Swara Bhasker took the Internet by storm when she wrote an open letter to Sanjay Leela Bhansali for 'Padmavat'. Many fans and people slammed Swara because of the letter. In the letter, Swara wrote, "That's what I felt like at the end of your magnum opus. I felt like a vagina. I felt reduced to a vagina-only." In an interaction with Navbharat Times, Sahid was asked about this and he said,"I would say that this time is not for such things, Padmaavat has been representing the whole film industry. It is also representing freedom of expression and freedom of speech. It has been really difficult to make this film reach the audience. When the entire film fraternity is standing with us, in such a situation this open letter looks a bit awkward. But she has written about her personal opinion, and everyone has the right to have one."