Rani Mukherjee on Deepika Padukone working conditions

Deepika Padukone landed in a huge controversy when she put conditions that she would work only for 8 hours at her leisure and convenient time and this resulted in the exit of two high profile projects of Prabhas' Kalki 2898 AD sequel and Spirit.

While some supported Deepika Padukone, others attacked her for dictating terms and turning unprofessional. In the midst of all this, Rani Mukherjee speaking to scribes spoke about Deepika's conditions. She said  "When I did 'Hichki', Adira was 14 months old, and I was still breastfeeding her, so I had to pump the milk and go in the morning, and I was shooting in a college in town."

She continued "From my house in the suburbs in Juhu to that place, and the traffic takes about two hours. So I kind of made it a thing where in the morning I would leave at 6:30 after expressing my milk and I would shoot. My first shot used to be at 8 in the morning and I used to wrap up everything by 12:30-1. My unit and my director, they were so planned that for those 6-7 hours I used to finish my shoot and before the traffic would start in town, I used to be home by 3 o'clock. And I did my film like that,"

She added "These things are up in conversation today because maybe people are discussing it outside. But this has been a norm with all professions. I've also done it where I have worked for certain hours. If the producer's okay with it, you go ahead with the film. If the producer's not okay with it, you don't do the film. So it's also a choice. Nobody is forcing anything on anybody,"