When asked about the ongoing debate around working hours in the film industry, Rasika Dugal is clear. "There has to be some structure. In the absence of one, the powerful win and the person who is lower in the hierarchy continues to get exploited." Long, unpredictable days come with the job, she says, but without any framework, those with the least bargaining power end up paying the price.

It’s the same clarity she brings to the women she plays on screen. As she returns to Neeti Singh in Delhi Crime and Beena Tripathi in Mirzapur: The Movie , Dugal is revisiting two characters that sit on opposite ends of the emotional and moral compass.

Stepping back into Delhi Crime , she says, feels unusually personal. "Coming back to Delhi Crime is a homecoming for me," she says. "I am ofte

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