Overview
- Gautam publicly supported Padukone’s ask for an eight-hour workday, noting some actors already work eight hours, five days a week, and avoid night shoots.
- She emphasized that any time cap is typically pre-decided among the director, producer, and actor based on each project’s needs.
- Padukone reportedly exited Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Spirit and Nag Ashwin’s Kalki 2 after her request for an eight-hour daily schedule was not accommodated.
- Gautam referenced motherhood in explaining why some performers seek capped hours and questioned why similar requests by women draw scrutiny when male actors have long had such arrangements.
- Gautam’s film Haq opens November 7 and was cleared with zero cuts by India’s CBFC as well as boards in the UAE, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.