Mumbai: New mom Deepika Padukone’s exit from Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s ‘Spirit’ and Ashwin Nag’s ‘Kalki 2’ sparked a debate over whether there should be fixed working hours in the industry.
Amid the ongoing debate, ‘Dhurandhar’ director Aditya Dhar praised his team, including his lead actor Ranveer Singh, for working 16-18 hours every day.
At the trailer launch of ‘Dhurandhar’ on Tuesday, Aditya lauded his entire team for working long hours without any complaint.
“Actors se leke HODs se leke, even assistant se leke even spot dada tak, everybody was like ki yaar is film ke liye jaan deni hai. We have worked 16 hours, 18 hours continuously for one and a half years. And not even once has anybody complained ki sir aap humse zyaada kaam karwa rahe ho. Everybody has given their hundred percent, absolutely. And that’s how this film happened,” Aditya said.
Aditya’s statement went viral as Deepika is demanding an 8-hour shift, while her husband is working for 16-18 hours.
Reacting to Aditya’s statement, a Reddit user commented, “Her husband is standing right there on the stage and not saying a word either ☺️☺️☺️.”
Another user wrote, “Said this in front of green flag husband Ranveer 💚💚 who didn’t utter a word 😂😂.”
One netizen pointed out, “Oof man and Ranveer is the lead of the film.”
One comment read: “Most of the casts are men who has family taking care of their kids or househelp…deepika was in position to demand though there were more to it and when it backfired, evrything was made about 8 hrs shift…infants are heavily dependent on mother in first 2 yrs plus women go thru multiple physical change…dp is still in demand so she asked for some support to get back at work…nothing wrong but producers did react badly…”
The trailer of ‘Dhurandhar’ left fans impressed.
Praising husband Ranveer, Deepika shared on Instagram, “‘The Chameleon’ is back!!!🔥🔥🔥.”