Educator and public official Vikas Divyakirti, known for his role in the popular film 12th Fail, recently shared his thoughts on the controversy surrounding director Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s project, Animal. During an interview on Neelesh Misra’s Slow Interview series, Divyakirti said that he believes the Ranbir Kapoor-led film should never have been produced.
Calling it a “fuhad and badtameez” film, he said, “A film like Animal takes our society back by 10 years. A film like this should not be made. You earned money. You showed that your hero behaves like an animal. There should be some social value, or are people working only for financial value?”
He also mentioned that he didn’t like a part of the movie where Ranbir’s character asks Tritii Dimri’s character to lick his shoe to prove her love. He said that he us worried that scenes like this might make immature boys think it’s okay to treat their girlfriends badly. Reacting to that scene, Vikas said, “After watching the film, what if some boys who are of a feudal mindset and are not that mature want to test their girlfriend’s love by asking them to lick their shoe, what then? Itni fuhad aur badtameez film hum bana rahein hai then it is very sad (It is sad when we make such careless and mean-spirited films) but both kind of forces are always there in the world.”
Animal received polarising reviews from critics and audiences alike. While many called the film out for ‘glorifying toxic masculinity’ yet again after Kabir Singh, a huge section of the audience has also praised Ranbir Kapoor for his performance. The film was slammed by a section of social media, with Javed Akhtar also criticising the film. Despite the criticism, the film did well at the box office. It crossed the Rs 500 cr mark worldwide.
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