Overview

• Genelia Deshmukh said in a Zoom interview that she regularly works 10-hour days and sometimes extends shoots to 11 or 12 hours with advance planning.
• Deepika Padukone exited Spirit after her reported demand for an eight-hour shift, profit-sharing terms and refusal to deliver Telugu dialogue did not align with director Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s expectations.
• Sandeep Reddy Vanga posted a cryptic message on X accusing an unnamed actor of breaching trust and leaking the film’s story without naming Padukone.
• Triptii Dimri has been named as Deepika Padukone’s replacement in Spirit.
• Deepika Padukone is set to star in director Atlee’s next Telugu project with Allu Arjun while Genelia readies for the June 20 release of Aamir Khan’s Sitaare Zameen Par.