Ranbir Kapoor starrer “Animal” which released last year was one of the biggest hits of the year as the movie went on to earn Rs. 900 crores but we cannot ignore the essential fact that it was also slammed a lot by audiences and few celebs for being toxic and problematic. The movie was directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga and it also starred Rashmika Mandanna, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Triptii Dimri, etc. in important roles.
Though few celebs criticized the movie and the director, there was rarely anyone from Bollywood who openly praised “Animal”.
The famous actor Emraan Hashmi who was recently seen in web series “Showtime 2” showered praises on “Animal” and he even went on to express his desire of being a part of the movie despite knowing that the flick faced a lot of backlash.
Emraan Hashmi stated, “I know there is a lot of backlash for a film [Animal] like that. But I really enjoyed it and I think it was Animal. I understand what that was for. But mai generally filmo ko sirf ek audience ke taur pe dekhta hu. [I generally watch movies as the audience. ] I did not want to get into the details of…There are a lot of things questionable about the way the film was made. But as a journey, I think the director really had a very very different vision…”
The actor also admired the director for his unique vision and for showing courage to make something which can’t be compared to anything made earlier.
Emraan Hashmi further added, “There is nothing that you will compare to the film, that film (with) anything before. And I appreciate that for a filmmaker to go out and do something daringly different. I really enjoyed it.”
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Earlier in a podcast, the interviewer asked Emraan to comment about the acting graph of Ranbir Kapoor as where it has gone after “Animal” and Emraan was full of praises for Ranbir. Emraan said, “Main jyadatar itni filmein dekhta nahi hoon but maine ye dekhi hai. I think it was commendable jis tarah unhone poore conviction ke saath ek aise character ko play kiya which is not easy to like. Grey shades hein but poore conviction ke saath unhone us character ko play kiya, which is commendable. (Usually I don’t watch a lot of films but I have watched this one (Animal) and I think it is commendable how he played a character, with grey shades and is not easy to like, with such conviction. This is commendable.)”
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