Ranbir Kapoor starrer Animal created waves at the box office last year as it turned out to be a blockbuster. However, the movie also garnered quite a lot of criticism and the actor has now reacted to it for the first time.
During his appearance on Nikhil Kamath’s podcast People by WTF, Ranbir said that several members of the Indian film industry also expressed their disappointment to him.
The film ignited a fierce debate upon its release, as the critics and audiences were divided over its portrayal of masculinity and violence.
The host claimed that the films should not be a place from which society derives their sense of morality, and looked only for entertainment. Ranbir 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, 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 apologise 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.”
