Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal starring Ranbir Kapoor was criticised for its violent and misogynistic tone. Now, Ranbir has finally opened up on the same and revealed why Animal was important to him. In an interview with Nikhil Kamath, Ranbir Kapoor opened up about the aftermath of Animal’s release, and how people from within the industry told him that they were disappointed he headlined the movie.
He said, “Social media played havoc. They needed something to talk about, so they really went to town claiming it was a misogynistic film. What happens is that the hard work that you put in.
.. I know the director had made Kabir Singh, which also faced the same thing, the hard work gets diminished.
Because it gets this tag, which isn’t true, the perception stayed with this film. So, the general public will speak very fondly about the film.” He further added how he apologised to people who were disappointed in him for doing Animal and said, “but there are many people I meet, who tell me, ‘You shouldn’t have done this film, we are so disappointed in you’.
And a lot of people from the film industry (said the same thing). I quietly apologize and say, ‘Sorry I won’t do it next time.’ I don’t really agree with them, but I am in that phase of my life I don’t argue with anyone.
If you don’t like my work, I will say I am sorry I will try harder next time.” He added that he was ‘scared’ when he was offered the film and wanted to do it to break free of his goo.