Saba Azad supports Deepika Padukone’s 8-hour shift demand: ‘Want to show woman her place’ | Bollywood News
5 min readMumbaiMay 25, 2026 06:28 PM IST Last year, actress Deepika Padukone lost out on major films like Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Spirit and also the sequel to Kalki 2898 AD. It was reported that the actress’s demand for an 8-hour workday was unacceptable to the producers, leading to Deepika exiting the project. While this stirred a huge debate on social media about the sexism that exists in Bollywood, months later, actress Saba Azad has also spoken about it. In a conversation with SCREEN, Saba Azad spoke about the patriarchy that exists in society. She also shared how actresses in the industry continue to face challenges. Saba Azad on 8-hour shifts for actresses During the promotions of her latest web show, Who’s Your Gynac? Season 2, Saba Azad discussed how liberated a woman feels in 2026. She said, “In the most progressive homes, women could be working, but she will come back and lay the table, feed everybody. We don’t tell our boys to stay at home, but tell the girls not to step out …
