Swara Bhaskar

Actor Swara Bhaskar

- Nidhi Choksi

Did you ever fear that you’d be bracketed as the heroine’s best friend or a hero’s rejected lover?

I think the best way to avoid stereotyping is to break all the so-called rules and do everything people tell you not to do.

One realisation on the first day at the sets of a Sooraj Barjatya film.

I stood between Salman Khan and Sooraj Barjatya and watched the preparation for a shot for the title track of Prem Ratan Dhan Payo (2015) and realised I was probably living the dream of majority of the cinema-watching population of our country. I felt blessed.

A rumour you’d like to spread about yourself.

That I’m a no-nonsense person, and a tough cookie... so that people stop taking me for granted.

What’s it like to date a writer (Himanshu Sharma, the scriptwriter of Tanu Weds Manu series and Raanjhanaa)?

Awesome. You get to hear lots of wonderful stories, especially if he is a good narrator. Dating a writer makes for great conversations and great romance!

You grew up in a navy household. Was it as disciplined as people think?