Overview

• Triptii Dimri has replaced Deepika Padukone as Spirit’s female lead after Padukone exited over her request for an eight-hour filming day.
• Mohit Suri says shoot-day lengths hinge on production budgets and warns that renegotiating terms after signing undermines contractual fairness.
• Ram Gopal Varma calls the controversy a media exaggeration and insists fixed shift hours must be mutually agreed between actor and director.
• Veteran actors including Neha Dhupia and Soha Ali Khan have publicly supported Padukone’s push for capped daily shooting hours to safeguard well-being.
• Despite widespread support from industry figures, no formal eight-hour work-day standard or union rule has been adopted across Bollywood.