Wrapped in a towel, Swastika Mukherjee took to Instagram to share a series of photos from her bathroom. The actor was trolled for the images but hit back with a caption that spoke about self-love and embracing her body at the age of 42: “Getting mirror selfie. Embracing my boobs as they are supposed... for MY BODY TYPE (no they cannot be like Cameron Diaz’s). Feeling okay with BRA strap marks (for women who wear a bra for more than 12 hours these marks stay longer than heartbreaks)”.

Mukherjee also responded to criticism for posting these photos on X. “Don’t give a F but 90% comments are VERBAL RAPE... The place we are heading to is HELL,” she wrote, adding, “WOMEN turned into messiahs of culture and torch bearers of being the - Sushil Aurat!... No idea about the thoughts behind a post. Just tear the woman apart.”

One user commented, “In tawal (towel) in bathroom it’s intimate place ..what do u want to show? This is not swastika type I believe (sic).” She replied sarcastically, “There is a rule book where women cannot take photos in tawals and post them. Even though the woman concerned is paying for the tawal and the room and her phone and it’s her own Instagram handle.”