📌 Key Points
- Kangana Ranaut supports Deepika Padukone’s demand for 8-hour work shifts.
- Kangana says Deepika has ‘earned’ the right due to her status as a top actress and mother.
- Kangana recalls earlier days with Deepika when they worked 12-14 hour shifts.
- Kangana will appear in ‘Raaka’ and ‘King,’ while her ‘Emergency’ was her recent release.
Kangana Ranaut has voiced her support for Deepika Padukone’s request for 8-hour work shifts, a demand that previously sparked debate. Kangana emphasized that Deepika, as a leading actress and mother, has earned the right to set her terms.
Kangana Backs Deepika’s Work Shift Demand
A year after Deepika Padukone’s 8-hour work shift demand sparked a debate across the film industry, actor-turned-MP Kangana Ranaut has become the latest from the fraternity to back her. In a new podcast, Kangana said Deepika has ‘earned’ the right to demand that as the top-most actress and a mother.
On the ANI podcast, Kangana said that work-life balance evolves over time and with experience. On the work hours debate, the National Award-winning actor said, “I don’t think there should be an issue created out of this because if you see where she (Deepika Padukone) is coming from, she has earned that place. She has a daughter; she’s a mother now and the top-most actress. If today she is keen to work for eight hours, she has earned it.”
Evolving Work-Life Balance in Bollywood
The actor recalled a conversation with Deepika when they were younger and pushed themselves to work 12-14 hours, but admitted that those things change with time. “Deepika and I, when we were together, she said that they were working on Imtiaz’s film or something. She said, ‘We have a 12-hour shift.’ In response, I said that I work for only 10 hours. She’s like, you know, that’s amazing. So there was a time when we wouldn’t settle for anything less than 12-14 hours because we were ferocious. We wanted it. We were at it. We were going for it. We wanted to be successful and wanted all these things. Let me just conclude it with this. You know, when you’re new, you’re coming up, and you are replaceable. Your place is different. She (Deepika), being where she is, she’s a mother. She’s got a family to look after.”
Kangana’s Upcoming Film Projects
The actor still has her hands full with two big films. She will be first seen in Atlee’s Raaka opposite Allu Arjun. She also has a role in Shah Rukh Khan’s King. Kangana, on the other hand, was last seen in Emergency, where she portrayed Indira Gandhi. The actor will soon make her international debut in a horror-drama film titled Blessed Be the Evil.
Kangana’s support highlights the evolving work-life balance expectations in Bollywood. Her comments acknowledge Deepika’s achievements and the industry’s changing dynamics regarding working hours for top actresses.
