- By Tapapriya Dutta
- Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:23 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Deepika Padukone’s exit from Spirit and Kalki 2 due to 8-hour working hours became a debate in the Hindi film industry. Her fixed shift timings or 8-hour schedule have met with divided opinion; some celebrities came in favour of it, while others were against the approach. Recently, in an interview, Delhi Crime actress Shefali Shah revealed that she has fixed working hours mentioned in her contract. She further revealed that she always demands a hotel suite, a vanity van and she doesn’t work beyond a certain time period in a day.
Shefali Shah believes that she can make such demands after she started headlining one of the country’s biggest shows, like Delhi Crime. After the success of the show, she can now keep her demand forward. In an interview with News18, Shefali said, “After all this time, after Delhi Crime, after me headlining a show, now I get what I ask for. Earlier, it was out of the question. For the longest time, I didn’t have an agent. Now I have someone with me who is very fierce, and she goes all out to protect me. Also, now there is a thing of if this is not possible, then I will not do the project. Earlier, whatever they say, I agreed.”
“Recently, Vipul Shah (her husband and producer) was talking to my assistant and told her that she has to get me out of the set after the agreed time because I can’t shoot for 24 hours. He told her, ‘She has to be taken out of there. She has to be physically moved out.’ I am still made to feel guilty about it in certain ways,” she added.
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Shefali Shah continued, “I believe I am a very reasonable person. I ask for basic things, and there is a logic when I ask for things. You need a good room or a suite. But they ask, ‘Why do you need a suite?’ Because my hair, makeup, and everything are set up over there. In a hotel room, where is the space beyond the bed?”
“So, where will I keep all of these things? You want to do creative meetings with me? Where will I sit? On my bed? Would you allow it? It’s a basic thing. But people see it as a luxury. If not, give me an office space where I can do my trials,” the actress also said.
Not only that, Shefali Shah talked about demanding a vanity van and said, “When I’m asking for a vanity van, I am asking it not just for myself, but also for my team. I don’t like my team standing outside in the heat or the rain. A lot of actors don’t care, but I don’t like it. You are asking for a decent van and a toilet, and not just for yourself. I also speak for my team. If I am on a shoot, and the producer says that I will only pay for your food, then I say okay and I give my card. I don’t want to discussion about it because it is not worth my effort.”
“I was shooting a few months ago, and there is a stipulated time on my contract, so I used to leave and I remember after 2-3 days an AD and some crew members said that ‘thank God, she leaves because that way we get to go home, otherwise we are just here, we live on the set,’” Shefali added.
Shefali Shah was last seen in Delhi Crime season 3, which released on Netflix on November 13. The show also featured Huma Qureshi, Rasika Dugal, Rajesh Tailang, Sayani Gupta, Sidharth Bhardwaj, Mita Vasisht, Anuraag Arora, Gopal Dutt, Jayaa Bhatacharrya, Aakaash Dahiyaa, Yashaswini R Dayama, Anshumaan Pushkar and Yukti Thareja in key roles.