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Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal was one of the most talked about films of last year. It was released on Netflix on January 26 and now the cast of the film including Ranbir Kapoor, Bobby Deol and Anil Kapoor sat down for an interview with Anubhav Singh Bassi; where they talked in detail about the violent and dark world of the film. (Also Read: Ranbir Kapoor calls a security guard to pose with him and wins the hearts of fans. Watch)
Ranbir Kapoor on whether Animal promotes toxic masculinity
Animal did not receive favorable reviews upon its release, with many criticizing the film for being misogynistic and glorifying toxic masculinity. Addressing the issue, Ranbir said, “It has also started a very healthy conversation about toxic masculinity, which is great because cinema, at least, starts a conversation. If something is wrong, if you don’t show that it is wrong, and unless a conversation is started in society, we will never notice.”
About filming the action sequences in Animal
Bobby Deol asked Ranbir if he got tired after shooting so much action in Animal, to which he replied, “No, because this was the first opportunity I had to do action like this. “You both have done so many action movies that technically this is my first movie.” Bobby adds, “It’s like you got rid of all the frustration here,” “Yes, all of it!” says Ranbir.
Ranbir Kapoor, further expanding on the action in Animal, said that Sandeep Reddy Vanga has a unique sense of how to film action. He’s not like the other directors who would keep an action sequence in the middle. But Sandeep adds a story within that action sequence. “The sequence of intervals has a graph. The climactic fight where he used B Praak’s song, I think is very novel. While the audience watches the movie, they like the fact that it is not a typical action movie. Every moment has originality and meaning,” Ranbir added.
About the dynamic father-son dynamic
Ranbir added an anecdote from when he was shooting with Anil’s daughter Sonam Kapoor for Saawariya. “We used to go to Anil Sir’s house a lot…he had told me then that he has never played the role of a father, but one day I will play your father in a film.” Anil then added that it almost happened before with Zoya Akhtar’s Dil Dhadakne Do, where Ranbir was initially cast as his son.
Anil spoke more about the personal connection to the father-son story in Animal. She said, “I knew Chintu (Rishi Kapoor) and his relationship with Ranbir, which we talked about. So all of these things were very rich and very moist for me, internally. For me to do this role and do it with Ranbir… it was a very full circle. Then my own relationship with Harsh, which is very dynamic and different. Where we are more like friends but there is less communication.”
In Abrar Haque
Bobby Deol’s menacing role in Animal became the talk of the town after the release of Animal. But ask the actor and he says that he doesn’t consider him an antagonist. “Everyone has a story. My grandfather died, I lost my voice. “I love my wife and I’m a romantic… I have three wives,” he said.
As the cast spoke about the innovative and unique way of incorporating music into the film, Bobby added that Sandeep Reddy Vanga had made him listen to the now viral Jamal Kudu song before the shoot. Ranbir said that Sandeep found these songs on YouTube and then researched the process. “He understands the value of Hindi film music,” Ranbir added.
In the animal park
Will there be a sequel to Animal? Has there been any development at Animal Park? The answer is yes. Ranbir added that Sandeep Reddy Vanga has two scenes ready on Animal Park which he has narrated. Since he is very secretive about his scripts, not much is known. But Ranbir suggests that Animal’s success should give him the confidence to go “darker, deeper and more complex.”
Animal can be streamed on Netflix.
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