Ranbir Kapoor starrer Animal was a big blockbuster of the year 2023 and it is certainly the biggest hit of Ranbir Kapoor’s career. The movie has been directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga and just like his earlier movies – Arjun Reddy & Kabir Singh, this film has also been called out for being toxic and problematic.
Not just the social media users but many celebs have also spoken against Animal and recently, the famous writer Javed Akhtar spoke against it too. During an event, Javed Akhtar said that the image of the lead actor should be created by keeping in mind what is wrong and what is correct. Though he didn’t take the name of any movie, it was easy for everyone to guess which movie he was talking about. He said, “If there’s a film in which a man asks a woman to lick his shoe or if a man says it’s okay to slap a woman… and the film is a super hit, that’s dangerous.”
Javed Akhtar was talking about the scene which involved Ranbir Kapoor and Triptii Dimri’s characters but this criticism didn’t go well with the makers of the movie. The official X handle of the movie tweeted, “Writer of your calibre cannot understand the betrayal of a lover (Between Zoya & Ranvijay) then all your art form is big FALSE & If a woman (betrayed and fooled by a man in the name of love) would have said ‘lick my shoe’ then you guys would have celebrated it by calling it feminism. Let love be free from the politics of gender. Let’s just call them lovers. LOVER cheated and lied. LOVER said lick my shoe. Period @Javedakhtarjadu”
Netizens were not happy with the manner in which Sandeep slammed Javed Akhtar for speaking against his movie, here are some selected reactions:
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