India, July 1 -- The reported feud between actor Deepika Padukone and filmmaker Sandeep Reddy Vanga over the film Spirit's casting raised a debate, including the issue of eight-hour work shifts for female actors who are mothers. Chitrangda Singh, who has donned both the actor and producer's hat and is a mother too, offers her take on the matter.

Ask her if she feels women still ruffle the feathers of the bigwigs in today's time when they make their own demands, and the actor recently seen in Housefull 5 says, "For somebody like Deepika who is so senior, who has the stardom to make her demands and the privilege to decide whether she wants to be part of a project, depending on whether they accept what she wants, I think it's a great place ...