Hyderabad: Actress Rashmika Mandanna, currently basking in the success of her latest release ‘Thamma’, has opened up on the importance of maintaining a healthy work-live balance, rather than overworking.
“I think us glorifying the fact that we overwork is not good. I overwork, and I’m telling you, it’s highly not suggestible. Don’t do it. It’s not sustainable. Don’t do it. Do what is comfortable for you, do what is right for you. Get those 8 hours, get those 9-10 hours also because trust me that’s going to save you in the later ages. As in, I have seen a lot of these conversations recently where people are like ‘okay, you know, work timing’ and all of that. I’ve done it both. And I’m telling you, this is not worth it. As in, of course, it’s a responsibility that you have. I tend to overwork myself because I take on so much more than a normal human being can and should. But I’m also not someone who will tell my teams that I can’t do something for them. If I know that they are struggling and they’re like ‘no we have this location only till now and we have to shoot so much in this time’ and all of that, I understand and I’ll give in,” Rashmika told Gulte.
Agreeing with filmmaker Rahul Ravindran, who said, ‘It’s almost every day in cinema’, Rashmika explained: “Yeah, that’s almost every day in cinema. And that’s the love and respect I have for my teams. But if I could choose for myself, I would say ‘please don’t make us actors do that, because there’s a lot that’s going on’. Not even actors. Directors, lightmen, music, everyone, just have, like you know how office time is 9 to 6 or 9 to 5 or 9 to 4, let us have that. Because there’s still a family life that I want to focus on, there’s still my sleep that I want to get in, I still want to work out so, you know, later on I’m not regretting that I wish I was, you know, healthy and fit and working out when I was younger. I’m still thinking about my future. But right now I don’t have a say because I’m taking on too much on myself.”
Rashmika's take on the 8 hour shift.
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Rashmika’s statement comes amid the ongoing debate over Deepika Padukone’s 8-hour shift demand after she became a mother.
Recently, producer Sreenivasa Kumar had heaped praises on Rashmika’s work ethics, stating that she has never been fussy over working hours.
On the work front, the actress will next be seen in ‘Girlfriend.’
