Deepika Padukone and Sandeep Reddy Vanga's row over work hours, has reignited debate in the Indian film industry. For the unversed, Deepika was supposed to collaborate with Vanga for the upcoming film Spirit. However, reports claimed that they had disagreements over Padukone's demand of 8-hour work shift and remuneration.
Since then, several celebs including Kajol, Ajay Devgn, Mani Ratnam, Kabir Khan, Saif Ali Khan and others have shared their thoughts on the working hours. The latest to join the debate on fixed work hours in Rashmika Mandanna.
Rashmika Mandanna on 8-hour work shift
In a conversation with Mojo Story, Rashmika opened up about her working experience in South and Hindi film industries with different working hours. "I do work in multiple industries which is for example, in the South – Telugu industry, Kannada industry, or Tamil industry, we work 9 am to 6 pm, like it’s our office hours. After shoot, we spend time with family, we go to sleep and we head to shoot the next day. In Hindi, I’ve realised it’s a 9 am to 9 pm shift. It’s 12 working hours so now as an actor, I am open to both of these working hours because this is what my firm requires," she said.
The Pushpa actress also said that the conversation on the working hours should ideally be between the filmmaker and the actor prior to signing a contract. "Today the whole country is debating about flexible hours and everything, but that is for discussion amongst the teams and figure out what works for them. It’s their personal choices, so that’s what I believe in. I feel like every film have to have that discussion and to be open to how many hours in the day they want to work," she added.
Rashmika also admitted that sometimes there are long working hours like like 36 hours-48 hours, which she called "normal". But she also said that if anyone has problem with it, then he/she can tell the director that "this is the timeframe I want to work in. Can we do this.".
On the work front, Rashmika Mandanna's recent release was Sekhar Kammula's Kuberaa, with Dhanush.
