Dulquer, Ranna share their thoughts on 8 hours schedule. Dulqer Salmaan and Rana shared their thoughts on 8 hours work schedule in the film industry in the midst of growing clamour for the same.
Rana said “This is not a job, it’s a lifestyle. You either choose to be in it or not. Each film will govern and ask for something else. It’s not a factory. It’s not like we sit for eight hours and the best scene is going to come out. Unless the top brass involved understands that they are creating a story and are willing to do whatever it takes to make that happen, it doesn’t trickle down. It’s hard to define it as an industry standard.”
Dulquer said “In Malayalam, you just keep going, and you don’t know when you’ll finish. But it would’ve been a great, gruelling, hard day. When I did my first Telugu film (Mahanati in 2018), it was the first time in my acting career that by six I could go home. It was starkly different from shooting in Tamil, where second Sundays are off. I remember thinking that when I produce, I would do it differently. But there’s not much you can do. Going extra hours on a day is cheaper than shooting an additional day.”