A Kannada Filmmaker Just Publicly Backed Deepika's 8-Hour Workday Stance

Kannada filmmaker Indrajit Lankesh has publicly backed Deepika Padukone's long-running push for an eight-hour standard workday on Indian film sets, saying he feels genuinely great about what she has done and framing it as a stance that benefits every artist, not just her.

Padukone has been vocal about set working hours for several years now, at real professional cost by her own account, so public support from a filmmaker outside her usual circle carries more weight than another actor simply agreeing. Indian film sets remain largely unregulated on hours, which is exactly why this keeps resurfacing as a live issue rather than a settled one.