Ananya Panday has come out in help of her former co-star Deepika Padukone, following a full-blown debate surrounding her alleged choice for 8-hour shifts, since changing into a mom. Talking throughout her current interplay, Ananya was joined on the new seat by Kareena Kapoor Khan and Kalyani Priyadarshan. Throughout the chat, Panday defended her ‘Gehraiyaan’ co-star, insisting that she simply voiced her wants as a brand new mom and that the dialogue was ‘personal matter’. Ananya Panday defends Deepika PadukoneWanting again on her time shared with Deepika on the movie units, Ananya instructed the Hollywood Reporter India, “I’ve labored together with her earlier than she turned a mom, there was no such factor like that. She was working, coming for workshops, no complaints, no asking for something, and that kind of approach.”Nevertheless, Panday added that the actress’ priorities could have change since she embraced motherhood and welcomed daughter Dua with husband, Ranveer Singh in 2024. “Now she’s a mom and that is what she wants,” she mentioned and added, “To type of be current together with her little one at a time throughout the first two years is a problem.”Ananya Panday praises Kareena Kapoor KhanThe actress additionally identified that conversations about work-life steadiness usually are not new in Bollywood. Turning to Kareena, she credited her for her efforts in serving to shift the narrative for working ladies and dealing moms within the Bollywood movie business. “Kareena did that, she modified the sport for all the women coming after her,” Panday famous.Ananya Panday encourages dialogue between filmmakers and actorsEmphasising the necessity for dialogue between actors and filmmakers, she mentioned, “So, I feel it is okay to have a dialog together with your producer, to discover a steadiness between it is a personal dialog you need to have, and it is one thing that may be labored round.”“There isn’t any arduous and quick rule like ‘nai karenga, nai karna hai’. I feel everyone seems to be allowed to have that dialog,” she concluded.Deepika hit the headlines final 12 months, when she reportedly exited a big-ticket movie, over filmmakers refusing to fulfill her 8-hour shift calls for and the next remuneration. The actress has since gone on to share how motherhood has modified her priorities from a career-driven life to specializing in her kid’s well-being.