Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Deepika
Padukone/Instagram
Deepika
Padukone
has
found
support
in
Mani
Ratnam
over
her
exit
from
Sandeep
Reddy
Vanga’s
Spirit.
Reports
claim
that
Deepika
demanded
a
steep
salary
of
Rs
20
crore
(Rs
200
million),
an
eight-hour
work
day
in
order
to
balance
her
other
role
as
a
mother
to
daughter
Dua,
and
a
share
in
the
film’s
profits.
Without
taking
any
names,
Reddy
slammed
the
actress
in
a
post,
calling
out
her
‘dirty
PR
games‘.
Mani
Ratnam
spoke
up
in
Deepika’s
defence
in
an
interview
to
NDTV,
saying,
‘It’s
fair
if
she’s
a
young
mother
and
needs
to
take
care
of
her
child,
and
she
chooses
something
that
will
allow
her
to
do
so
without
any
hindrance.’
Ratnam
also
praised
Deepika’s
assertiveness
by
saying,
‘I
think
it’s
nice
when
women
ask
for
what
they
want
and
get
what
they
want.
It’s
a
very
healthy
sign.’
Earlier,
Ajay
Devgn
had
also
supported
Deepika.
When
a
reporter
asked
him
to
comment
on
the
eight-hour
shift
that
she
demanded,
he
said,
“It’s
not
that
it’s
not
going
down
well
with
people.
Most
honest
filmmakers
will
not
have
a
problem
with
it.
Apart
from
this,
being
a
mother
and
working
for
eight
hours,
most
people
have
started
working
eight-nine
hours
shifts.”
Saif
Ali
Khan
also
spoke
about
the
importance
of
family
time.
‘I
hate
coming
home
and
seeing
the
kids
already
asleep.
That’s
not
success.
Success
is
being
able
to
say,
“No,
I
need
to
go
home
now
to
catch
that
half
hour
with
them”,’
Saif
said.
Deepika
has
been
replaced
by
Tripti
Dimri
in
Spirit,
which
stars
Prabhas.
