There was an ongoing debate about 8 hour shifts in Bollywood Deepika Padukone‘s comments on work-life balance – continue to divide the industry. Now, the actor Chitrangda Singh He shared his point of view and said that the idea of establishing it in a creative field like cinema is “very difficult”.
“It’s a creative field, you can’t tie it to time”
Speaking to NDTV, Chitrangda, who is gearing up for her next film Maatrubhumi. Salman Khanexplained why it is difficult to enforce fixed working hours on film sets.“Bollywood mushkil hai, bahut mushkil hai, again, like you said, it’s a creative field. If the shot isn’t ready, the light hasn’t come, it’s raining, something goes wrong on set, a camera malfunction, anything can happen,” he said.
“There’s also a business side”
He added that filmmaking is not only creative, but also driven by business realities.“There’s also a business side to everything. So I feel as long as the producer is doing well… Deepika It’s Deepika, she’s a superstar, maybe she can say she’ll work for eight hours, and why not? he stated
‘You can’t put a hard stop’
Chitrangda stressed that strictly limiting shifts to eight hours is not always practical, for everyone.“I’m not just saying this for women. It’s also very difficult for a male actor. You can’t put a hard stop like that,” she said.
“Technicians need more regulation”
Highlighting a crucial gap, he noted that crew members bear the brunt of long working hours.“In fact, I feel that the lighting men and other technicians need more. They are the first to come to the set and the last to leave. The hours are incredibly long,” he said.Finally, asking for a more structured view of the departments. “The actors should probably get together and ask for better times, because honestly, there’s no real structure to departments like art and lighting.”
