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‘Animal’ faces criticism for violence and

misogyny as it makes record at box-office

Helmed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, the movie stars Ranbir Kapoor, Rashmika

Mandala, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Del, Shakti Kapoor and Triptii Dimri

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ctors Ranbir Kapoor and Bobby Deol star- ---
rer action thriller film ‘Animal’ has received
Amassive love from the audience and the
craze for the film doesn’t appear to be ending any-
time soon. The film has now successfully entered Rs
300 crore club in just 1 week of its release.
Taking to Instagram, trade analyst Taran
Adarsh shared a post which he captioned, “#Ani-
mal is SENSATIONAL... Packs an EXTRAORDI-
NARY TOTAL in Week 1...Third biggest *7 days*
of all time. Biggest *7-day* total for a film released
on non-holiday. Biggest *7-day* total for a film that
faced a clash with another film. Highest-grossing ‘A’
certified film. #Animal Fri 54.75 cr, Sat 58.37 cr,
Sun 63.46 cr, Mon 40.06 cr, Tue 34.02 cr, Wed 27.80
cr, Thu 22.35 cr. Total: Rs 300.81 cr. #Hindi ver-
sion. Nett BOC. #Boxoffice.”
On Thursday, the film minted Rs 22.35 crore
Nett in the Hindi language which took the film’s to-
tal Hindi collection in India to Rs 300.81 crore. In
all languages (Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malay-
alam) the film has minted Rs 338.63 crore Nett in
India in just a week of its release.
‘Animal’ emerged to be Ranbir’s career biggest
opener. ‘Animal’ helmed by Sandeep Reddy Van-
ga also stars Rashmika Mandana, Shakti Kapoor
and Triptii Dimri. It showcases a story about a fa-
ther-son relationship, played by Anil and Ranbir
Kapoor. Ranbir’s character is protective and ob-
sessive about his father’s love and is seen threat-
ening everybody who comes in the way of his love
for his father. The 3 hour-21-minute-long film was
released in 5 languages- Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kan-
nada and Malayalam.
Despite its success at box office, the film is
facing a lot of criticism for excessive violence and Bollywood actors Ranbir Kapoor, Bobby Deol and Rashmika Mandana pose for a picture during
some scenes of misogyny. Congress Rajya Sabha
MP Ranjeet Ranjan on Thursday slammed actors the promotion of their movie ‘Animal’ in Mumbai (ANI)
Ranbir Kapoor and Bobby Deol’s action thriller
film ‘Animal’ and said that “the film’s justification in the film and raised concern. disaster #AnimalTheFilm was! Glorifying misog-
of violence and misogyny is shameful.” She said that Arjan Vailly was a prominent fig- yny in today’s world and then tagging it as mere
In the Rajya Sabha, Ranjan said, “Cinema is a ure in Sikh history. He was the son of Sikh military “traditional masculinity” and “alpha male” is a dis-
mirror to society. We have all grown up watching commander Hari Singh Nalwa from the 19th centu- grace. We ain’t living in the jungles and palaces and
films. Cinema has a great deal of influence in soci- ry and is known for his bravery and valour. Ranjan fighting wars or going hunting anymore. It doesn’t
ety, especially among the youth. Nowadays, there said the film’s use of the song to highlight the gang matter how good the acting was, one shouldn’t glo-
are some films that are coming, like Kabir (Singh), war was offensive. rify & show such acts in a movie that is watched by
Pushpa and now this film, Animal.” She also questioned the Central Board of Film millions. There is a thing called social responsibility
“My daughter and a bunch of other children Certification about how they give nod to these types even in the entertainment industry that one should
were watching the film. They cried and left the the- of films that are disease for our society. never forget. Just feels bad that I wasted my 3 hours
atre at halftime. The film’s justification of violence Also, senior cricketer Jaydev Unadkat delet- to watch such a pathetically made movie.”
and misogyny is shameful,” she added. ed the tweet in which he said he wasted his time But despite the criticism by politicians and crit-
Ranjan also pointed out the song ‘Arjan Vailly’ by watching the film. It read: “What an absolute ics, the film looks all set to break box-office records.

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