India, July 27 -- Radhikka Madan is the latest celebrity voice to join the ongoing debate on film industry work hours, noting a clear difference in how male and female actors can set their schedules. "I have worked for 12-14 hours, but I have also seen work done in eight hours for certain actors. Kaam utna hi hota hai, voh unn hours mein hi nikaal lete hain. Project ban bhi jaata hai, movie hit bhi ho jaati hai. I have seen how it works because people then are focused and prepped ki uss din yeh shot lena hai, sirf eight hours hain. If that would not have happened, I would have said maybe itne hours mein kaam nahin ho paata hai," says the 30-year-old, who will be seen next in Subedaar with actor Anil Kapoor. This debate kicked off after there were reports of actor Deepika Padukone requesting an eight-hour workday for director Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Spirit, a collaboration that eventually fell through. Since then, actors like Ajay Devgn, Pankaj Tripathi, and Rana Daggubati have also joined the conversation. Radhikka adds, "If women are speaking out and demanding that [work-life] balance, it's not new. If the reasons are understood by both the parties, and respect is there, it can be worked out. It is really weird when certain male actors are given that privilege and women are not." Radhikka says that as a result of adjusting to the working hours expected of her, she has experienced burnout - mental and physical exhaustion from prolonged work - multiple times. She says, "I have experienced it a lot of times. A few years ago, I was working in seven projects in a single year. I went into depression, I was really drained. I had to seek help. Burnout is real, I just want equality in the industry and no special treatment given to certain male actors."...