{"id":84178,"date":"2025-10-19T05:53:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T05:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/84178\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T05:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T05:53:07","slug":"protocol-of-time-has-been-abused-ishaan-khatter-reacts-to-deepika-padukones-eight-hour-work-shift-debate-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/84178\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Protocol of time has been abused&#8217;: Ishaan Khatter REACTS to Deepika Padukone\u2019s eight-hour work shift debate | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ishaan-khatter-deepika-padukone.jpg\" alt=\"'Protocol of time has been abused': Ishaan Khatter REACTS to Deepika Padukone\u2019s eight-hour work shift debate\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> The 8-hour work shift has gained a lot of spotlight ever since <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/deepika-padukone\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deepika Padukone<\/a>\u2019s alleged exit from Sandeep Reddy Vanga\u2019s \u2018Spirit\u2019. Her demand for a fixed eight-hour workday sparked wide discussions across Bollywood, bringing attention to working conditions on film sets. Many industry figures have shared their opinions, and now actor <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ishaan-khatter\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ishaan Khatter<\/a> has weighed in, calling the topic \u201can important conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ishaan Khatter highlights abuse of time protocols on sets<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with NDTV, Ishaan said, \u201cI&#8217;ve been on sets where sometimes the protocol of time has been abused even, but that is something I would say is an important conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deepika Speaks Up On Her 8-Hour Shift Demand And Fair Pay Amid &#8216;Kalki 2&#8217;Controversy<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cBe considerate about people. It is a privileged position to say that I&#8217;m an actor and I can work only as many hours, but they should be considerate of it. Acting is a work of passion. Sometimes we see actors go beyond their shift and see their passion realised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Deepika Padukone&#8217;s take on eight-hour workday<\/p>\n<p>Deepika had earlier publicly spoken about her eight-hour shift demand, which became headline news after her alleged exit from the sequel to Prabhas\u2019 \u2018Kalki\u2019. In a chat with Brut, she said, \u201cIn the Indian film industry, there are a lot of male actors who have been working on an 8-hour shift for years, and it has never made headlines. I don\u2019t think what I am asking for is ridiculously unfair. I think only someone who has worked in the system enough will know the conditions that we work in. I am saying this as if I may say so\u2026a top star. Imagine what the working conditions must be like for everyone else in the crew.\u201dSeveral industry personalities have voiced their support for Deepika\u2019s stance. Actors <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/vikrant-massey\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vikrant Massey<\/a>, Rashmika Mandanna, Vidya Balan, and director Anurag Basu have all backed the idea of flexible working hours in Bollywood.<\/p>\n<p>Ishaan Khatter on the work front<\/p>\n<p>Ishaan was recently seen in \u2018Homebound\u2019, which has been selected as India\u2019s official entry for the Oscars. The film, directed by Neeraj Ghaywan, also stars Vishal Jethwa and Janhvi Kapoor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 8-hour work shift has gained a lot of spotlight ever since Deepika Padukone\u2019s alleged exit from Sandeep&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[58157,458,8981,49122,146,58158,85,27577,46,472,27576,3220,28700,27575],"class_list":{"0":"post-84178","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-bollywood-working-conditions","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-deepika-padukone","11":"tag-eight-hour-work-shift","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-flexibility-in-working-hours","14":"tag-il","15":"tag-ishaan-khatter","16":"tag-israel","17":"tag-janhvi-kapoor","18":"tag-neeraj-ghaywan","19":"tag-oscars","20":"tag-vikrant-massey","21":"tag-vishal-jethwa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}