Swara Bhaskar Height, Age, Boyfriend, Husband, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Swara Bhaskar Chitrapu
Profession	Actress
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 165 cm in meters- 1.65 m in feet inches- 5’ 5”
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	9 April 1988 (Saturday)
Age (as of 2024)	36 Years
Birthplace	Delhi, India
Zodiac sign	Aries
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Delhi, India
School	Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi
College/Universities	• Miranda House, University of Delhi, New Delhi • Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Educational Qualification(s)	• B.A. in English Literature • M.A. in Sociology
Debut	Film: Madholal Keep Walking (2009, English) Guzaarish (2010, Bollywood) TV: Samvidhaan: The Making of the Constitution of India (2014, as a Presenter)
Religion	Hinduism
Food Habit	Vegetarian (turned vegetarian in 2016)
Address	A 3-BHK apartment in Yari Road, Mumbai
Hobbies	Doing yoga, Dancing, Cooking, Reading
Awards	2012: Zee Cine Award for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role– Female for the film 'Tanu Weds Manu' 2014: Screen Award for the Best Supporting Actress for the film 'Raanjhanaa', Zee Cine Award for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role– Female for the film 'Raanjhanaa' 2016: Silk Road International Film Festival Award for the Best Actress for the film 'Nil Battey Sannata', Screen Award for the Best Actress- Critics for the film 'Nil Battey Sannata'
Tattoo(s)	Right back- Lunar phase of "Moon" Left side of chest- Madhubani folk art representation of "Sun"
Controversies	• In 2014, there were rumours about the cold war between Kangana Ranaut and her on the sets of 'Tanu Weds Manu Returns' (2015). • In 2017, she revealed that when she was new in Bollywood she was harassed by a director. During an outdoor shoot at a remote area, he used to stalk her, text her, call her, and even asked for a one night stand. • In December 2017, after the results of the Gujarat assembly election, she congratulated the independent but pro-congress Dalit leader Jignesh Mewani, for which she was trolled on social media as she was allegedly supporting caste politics. • In 2018, after watching Sanjay Leela Bhansali's medieval epic 'Padmaavat', she made severely critical comments on the film through an open letter, especially in regard to women's 'right to live.' • In June 2018, after the release of her female buddy comedy film 'Veere Di Wedding,' she was widely critised and trolled on the internet for her masturbation scene in the film. • In November 2019, she faced severe backlash on social media for referring to a four-year-old child actor as "chu**ya" and "kam**na" on the chat show Son Of Abish. While describing her experience during her early days in the film industry, she used foul language for a four-year-old child who had worked with her in an advertisement. [1]News18 • In November 2024, she received criticism from the netizens after she uploaded a photo seeking blessings from Maulana Sajjad Nomani, an Islamic preacher known for her anti-feminism stand. She was criticised as she has often spoken in favour of women's rights.
Boys, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	She registered her wedding in court on 6 January 2023 under the Special Marriage Act. [2]India Today
Affairs/Boyfriends	• Himanshu Sharma (Writer) • Fahad Ahmad
Family
Husband/Spouse	Fahad Ahmad (political activist)
Children	Daughter- Raabiyaa (born on 23 September 2023)
Parents	Father- Chitrapu Uday Bhaskar (Columnist, Retired Commodore) Mother- Ira Bhaskar (Professor of Cinema Studies)
Siblings	Brother- Ishan Bhaskar (Elder) Sister- None
Favourites
Food	Guacamole, Dosa, Aloo sabzi, Maggi, Italian cuisine
Beverage(s)	Masala tea, Coffee, Kale spinach apple smoothie, Bloody Mary
Actor	Shah Rukh Khan
Actress	Meryl Streep
Film(s)	Bollywood- The Untitled Kartik Krishnan Project Hollywood- The Mill on the Floss, The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Director(s)	Aanand L. Rai, Vishal Bhardwaj, Anurag Kashyap, Ashwini Iyer Tiwari, Hansal Mehta, Joe Wright, Wong Kar-Wai
TV Show	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Play	Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible' directed by Yael Farber
Song	"Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira
Book(s)	Istanbul: Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk, The Illicit Happiness of Other People by Manu Joseph, The Faraway Tree series by Enid Blyton, A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif, The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
Colour	White
Restaurant	Dishoom in London
Travel Destination(s)	Italy, Istanbul, Beirut
Style Quotient
Car Collection	BMW X1

Some Lesser Known Facts About Swara Bhaskar

• Does Swara Bhaskar smoke?: No

• Does Swara Bhaskar drink alcohol?: Yes

• Swara was born into a multicultural family; as her father is a Telugu and mother, a Bihari.
  

  Swara Bhaskar’s childhood pic with her brother

• Her father, Chitrapu Uday Bhaskar, is a Columnist, and a retired Commodore in the Indian Navy, who is counted amongst the preeminent experts and critics in Indian security and strategic affairs.
  

  Swara Bhaskar’s father Chitrapu Uday Bhaskar

• Actress Minissha Lamba was her classmate in school.

• Since her college days, she has always been very pro-active about her stands on social issues.
  

  Swara Bhaskar protesting at JNU during her college days

• She has been fond of dancing since the age of 7 and is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer from Guru Leela Samson.

• She started her acting career as a theatre artist in N.K. Sharma’s ‘Act One’ theater group in Delhi.

• In 2008, she shifted to Mumbai to pursue her career in Bollywood, and after a lot of auditions, she got a film called ‘Niyati’ directed by Pravesh Bhardwaj, but it got shelved. Luckily through some connections, she got a role in the English-Indian film ‘Madholal Keep Walking’ (2009), but someone barely saw it.

• She first got noticed in the film ‘Tanu Weds Manu’ (2011), where she played the role of “Payal”, Kangana Ranaut’s best friend, which was widely appreciated by the critics and public. 

• Her breakthrough role came with the film ‘Raanjhanaa’ (2013), where she played the role of Banarasi girl “Bindiya,” who has had a crush on Dhanush‘s character “Kundan” since childhood.

• She has been friends with Sonam Kapoor since the making of ‘Raanjhanaa.’
  

  Swara Bhaskar and Sonam Kapoor

• In 2015, she went to Pakistan as a guest in a TV comedy show called ‘Mazaaq Raat.’

• Once, she gifted a sturdy, vintage box to Salman Khan to put his paints and brushes.

• She is an avid animal lover and has 3 cats- Kulfi, Utpaati, and Atom. She loves feeding stray cats and dogs.
  

  Swara Bhaskar, an animal lover

• Earlier she was a non-vegetarian, but in 2016, she turned vegetarian as she considers it the best detox.

• Her dream is to play Indira Gandhi in her biopic.