Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal has broken many records at the box office. The film, directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, hit theatres on December 1 and has turned out to be a massive success despite receiving backlash for its storyline and the toxic behaviour of the characters. After successfully earning more than Rs 800 crore at the worldwide box office, the film made its OTT premiere on Netflix. Among those who defended the film against backlash, Bhumi Pednekar explained her stance on it.
Speaking with Jist, Bhumi Pednekar explained, “When I look at Animal, I look at a character who is the avatar of max toxic masculinity. I am addressing that, I don’t want my son to become that. I don’t think even the filmmaker is justifying his action anywhere in the film. He is an anti-social element of the society.”
She added, “My genre as an audience is not hyper-masculine films, I get bored while watching them. My genre is rom-com, and romance, I enjoy this genre. I don’t understand action films. I do feel every filmmaker has the right of self-expression but how the audience perceives that self-expression is where it becomes tricky. It is a filmmaker’s prerogative, but as an audience, it is on us also to see where are we leading with our society.”
Quoting Vikrant Massey’s 12th Fail as an example, Bhumi quipped, “As a filmmaker, you need to have freedom of expression, but as an audience, we need to understand…like while watching 12th Fail, you know you have to be like that person, take inspiration from him similarly you don’t have to take inspiration from that character (Animal’s Ranvijay).”
Released on December 1, Animal revolves around a man and his toxic relationship with his father. The film shows Vijay (played by Ranbir) as an anti-hero who would go to any lengths to protect his father, including gun down 200 people with machine gun.
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