Overview
- Kangana Ranaut, in an ANI interview on Thursday, said Deepika Padukone has earned the right to work eight-hour days as a top actress and new mother.
- Her remarks follow Padukone’s 2025 exits from Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Spirit and a planned Kalki 2898 AD sequel, moves widely linked to her push for fixed shifts.
- The Kalki 2898 AD makers said they parted ways with Padukone after careful consideration and argued the film required a higher level of commitment.
- Padukone later called the backlash gendered, noting that male superstars have long worked roughly eight-hour schedules without similar scrutiny.
- The renewed support is feeding calls for clearer schedules, with experts urging capped hours and guaranteed rest to curb burnout in a business built on marathon shoot days.