It all started with that one scene from Veere Di Wedding, where Swara Bhasker moaned and writhed on-screen while masturbating. While a certain class of viewers grew uncomfortable and called this sequence “vulgar” and “cheap” on social media, most women nodded in approval. But that was just the beginning, because in 2018, Bollywood embraced female […]

This piece is perhaps a little late in coming but better late than never. So, a week ago I watched Veere Di Wedding. By then, I had heard all about the (in)famous masturbation scene performed by Swara Bhasker’s character, Sakshi. Needless to say, I was more enthused about this particular scene than the rest of […]