Swara Bhasker has addressed criticism after she used cuss words to describe a child artiste, saying that her words, though "ill-advised," were used "jokingly and self-deprecatingly" and that she has "never abused children or any co-actor." Bhasker, 31, was pulled up on social media last week after she appeared on a comedy talk show.

In the course of the show, she used swear words while relating how outraged she felt when a four-year-old co-star called her 'aunty' while filming an advertisement. She has said her comment was "obviously a joke" and points out that she was on a comic show. "I was on a comedy show, narrating a funny incident about my first experience shooting in Mumbai.