India, Dec. 18 -- The work hour debate for female actors, especially new mothers has been doing the rounds for the last few months. It all started ever since actor Deepika Padukone was reportedly ousted from filmmaker Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Spirit for demanding fixed working hours as a working mother.

Actor Radhika Apte, who was recently seen in Saali Mohabbat and is a new mum herself having celebrated the first birthday of her daughter recently, agrees with the demands and feels happy that the conversation has finally started. Giving her full support to the matter, she says, "I will not be able to work unless the producers now agree to 12 hour shifts, and by 12 hours, I mean, including travel, makeup and hair. Otherwise we are basically ...