Vidya Balan weighs in on the 8hour shift debate amidst Deepika Padukone, Sandeep Reddy Vanga 'Spirit' row: 'I'm not a mother so I have time...'
recently weighed in on the ongoing conversation about flexible working hours in the film industry, particularly as it relates to motherhood. Her comments come shortly after reports emerged that
Deepika Padukone
stepped away from
Sandeep Reddy Vanga
's Spirit, allegedly due to disagreements over her request for an eight-hour workday.
Padukone, who recently embraced motherhood, reportedly asked for a more balanced schedule, something the filmmaker was said to be unwilling to accommodate.
After Sonakshi Sinha, Ajay Devgn, Kajol and many celebs have responded to this 8hour shift debate, Vidya Balan has also weighed in on it. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter India, Vidya spoke about the importance of having flexible working hours in the early stages of motherhood.
'There is conversation about how mothers need to have an option to work for fewer hours, flexible hours, right? And I think that's fair," she said.
The actress added, "Every industry is adopting those practices so that we don't lose out on new mothers, or women in the early years of them having children, so I think it's very important that we do have flexible working hours for women."
Speaking about her personal schedule, Balan acknowledged the difference in her own circumstances. 'With the kind of films that I do, we cannot afford to shoot only for eight hours," she explained. 'And I am not a mother, so I have all the time in the world to be doing a 12-hour shift."
On work front, Vidya was last seen in 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3' with
Kartik Aaryan
and Madhuri Dixit.
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