EXCLUSIVE | 'Dhurandhar' actor Rakesh Bedi on an actor's work-life balance amid Deepika Padukone's 8-hour shift demand: 'It's not possible in creative fields and...'

Veteran actor actor Rakesh Bedi has been a part of the Hindi film industry for the last four decades. He’s all set to play a crucial role in Ranveer Singh and Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar that releases in cinemas tomorrow.

In an exclusive interview with Firstpost, Rakesh Bedi opened up on an actor’s work-life balance amid Deepika Padukone’s 8-hour shift demand, something that has been dissected by the entire fraternity.

The veteran actor said, “It’s not possible in creative fields. If you have to set up a shot, erect a set, it will take at least 6 to7 hours. But you should be compensated if you are working extra. I will stick to that. But it seldom happens in the creative field.

In television, we are meeting deadlines all the time. We don’t plan in advance. We have seen actors fainting on the sets and people don’t know what to do. And the payments come after three months. We have not picked up the good stuff from the West. It’s time we do it.”

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Not much is revealed about the dense plot and dark characters going by the trailer. But Bedi has spilled the beans he plays a Pakistani politician. The actor was quoted saying, “My character is a replica. Even if you make a love story of a spy, there could be similarities. If a girl elopes from her house, is caught by the police and killed, and she becomes a victim of what we call Love Jihad, this is something we read so much in the newspapers.”

“It’s a spy film so there can be many parallels. Even I don’t know the inside story. I don’t know the story of Major Mohit Sharma. We all seek inspiration from somewhere. But I am quite sure of one thing that everything is inspired in some form or the other,” added Bedi.