Neena Gupta's HONEST chat: On Deepika Padukone's 8-hr shift demand, single parenting, pregnancy buzz

0:00 – Introduction 1:50 - Neena Gupta explains how becoming successful made her more confident, and people stopped saying mean things about her 3:00- Neena: I didn’t become bitter due to my struggles and unfair situations in my life 4:00 - Neena: I worked in multiple Shyam Benegal films, who made women-oriented films. Actors like us used to worship him 6:05 - Neena Gupta opens up about her ‘Mandi’ shoot experiences while shooting with Shabana Azmi 6:40 - Neena: We were all big fans of Naseeruddin Shah 8:25 - Neena Gupta explains why she started directing shows like Saans, Siski, etc. 10:45 - Neena Gupta talks about when she once requested a director to keep her only dialogue in the film; he abused me 11:30 - Neena Gupta on how the entire crew of the series ‘Saans’ respected and took care of her 13:00 - Neena Gupta shares an interesting incident about how she instilled values of discipline and cleanliness on her ‘Saans’ sets 16:00 - Neena Gupta on navigating through hierarchies, poor food quality for non-stars ams. Crew and unhygienic set conditions 17:00 - Neena: I found solutions for disrespect on film sets 18:45 - Neena: I never tried to be brave. Even today, I don’t go out alone after dark. Why should I attract bad things 21:45 - Neena Gupta on feeling unsafe in buses and on women's safety and sexual assault cases 22:50 - Neena: I keep telling in most interviews that women should be financially independent, but how to earn when streets are not safe? 24:00 - Neena Gupta on not morally judging women who sleep with powerful men of the industry to get roles 25:50 - Neena Gupta reacts to Deepika’s 8-hour shift conversation and working hours for mothers on sets 28:45 - Neena Gupta on how her relationship with her mother changed over the years 30:20 - Neena Gupta opens up about her first film set experience 30:45 - Neena: My mother would look down upon films 31:20 - Neena Gupta tells a funny story about how Satish Kaushik forgot to pick her up for the film shoot 32:15 - Neena Gupta on her friendship with Satish Kaushik and how she misses him 35:10 - Neena Gupta on how she refuses to go in negative roles because she was stereotyped as the vamp 37:45 Neena Gupta reveals why she told Masaba that this industry is not a good place to work and discouraged her 39:30 - Neena Gupta reacts to Aruna Irani calling her brave for deciding to be a single mother 40:00 - Neena Gupta explains why she does not want to propagate the idea of being a single mother because it was very difficult for her 43:50 - Neena: Because of what I did, my parents were upset, so I didn’t want to take money from them 45:20 - Neena Gupta on how her mother convinced her father to give her a certain part of their wealth to help me during my motherhood and bought her a small house 52:15 - Neena: I came from a very protected family. I lost it when I saw so much freedom, and then you are young and good-looking 54:30 - Neena Gupta explains that, due to a strict mother, she was asked to stay away from boys 59:30 - Neena Gupta shares anecdotes of ‘Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron’ shooting days 1:5: 00 - Neena Gupta on her experience of shooting the song ‘Choli Ke Peeche’ with Madhuri 1:6:15 - Neena Gupta talks about a specific Badhaai Ho scene 1:7:30 - Neena Gupta on how she reacted to the funny pregnancy rumours 1:12:15 - Neena Gupta on how a South producer asked her to get a nose job to fix her nose 1:14:00 - Neena on making documentaries about women and how men will not change 1:17:00 - Neena Gupta opens up about trying to protect the women in her family 1:18:30 - Neena Gupta on why Panchayat is relatable 1:20:50 - Neena: I am very proud of Kareena and Deepika. They are working and have a second child. They have changed the narrative for working mothers in the film industry 1:23:10 - Neena Gupta analyses why ageism exists in Bollywood 1:27:30 - Neena Gupta on how she does interesting things to keep herself busy and happy 1:12:10 - Neena Gupta on her happy relationship with her husband 1:30:20 - Neena Gupta on how her long-distance relationship with her husband helps her 1:31:00 - Neena: I refused to leave work after marriage 1:33:30 - Neena Gupta on how, in ‘Shrimaan Shrimati ', she was replaced by Archana Puran Singh without even being informed 1:35:00 - Neena Gupta on Chumbak. #neenagupta #podcast #celebritypodcast #masabagupta #exclusive