Kangana Ranaut has supported ‘Top Most Actress’ Deepika Padukone’s demand for 8 hours of work.
Kangana Ranaut has supported the debate over Deepika Padukone’s alleged stance on eight-hour working days, supporting her right to set boundaries at this stage of her career.
Actress and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut has extended her support to Deepika Padukone amid the ongoing eight-hour working day debate, calling her the “supreme actress” in the industry. The controversy started when Padukone decided to walk out of Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s film Soul and sequel Kalki 2898 AD in 2025, reportedly citing concerns over working conditions.
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Ranaut, recently in a podcast ANIexpressed his understanding of Padukone’s stance and emphasized that padmavat The actress has earned the right to set her own work hours, especially now as a new mother. Ranaut said, “I don’t think it should be an issue because if you look at where she (Deepika Padukone) is coming from, she has earned that position. She has a daughter, she is a mother now and is a top actress. If today she is willing to work eight hours, she has earned that position.”
Kangana says Deepika has gone far beyond the ‘replaceable’ stage
Recalling their previous conversation, Ranaut recalled discussing working hours with Padukone during a project with director Imtiaz Ali. “Deepika and I, when we were together, she said they were working on Imtiaz’s film or something. She said, ‘We have 12-hour shifts.’ In response I said that I work only 10 hours. She’s like ‘this is amazing’. So there was a time when we would not agree to less than 12-14 hours because we were cruel.”
Thalaivi The actor highlighted the challenges faced by women in balancing their career and family life and argued that it is unfair to ask them to work long hours. He explained, “When you’re new, you’re coming in, and you’re replaceable. Your place is different. She (Deepika Padukone), where she is, she’s a mother. She’s got a family to take care of. She’s also earned that place where people will say, ‘Wait a minute, I want her. And it’s OK if she comes in for eight hours because we’ll work around her time.’
Deepika Padukone on her demand for 8 hour shift
Deepika Padukone’s decision to step out Soul and this Kalki 2898 AD The sequel attracted critical attention, with subsequent producers citing the need for a higher level of “commitment”. in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar, Padukone addressed the issue, Pointing out gender bias in the response to her request.
“Being a woman, if it feels pushy or something, then fine. But it’s no secret that many superstars in the Indian film industry, male superstars, have been working 8-hour days for years, and it never made headlines!” He said.
Meanwhile, Padukone is all set to reunite with Shah Rukh Khan in Siddharth Anand’s upcoming film King. She will also be seen with Allu Arjun Raka.