IAS coach Vikas Divyakirti who played himself in filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s 2023 hit 12th Fail recently dropped his views on the Ranbir Kapoor starrer Animal. Divyakirti who hasn’t liked the film said that such films affect the mindset of the newer generation who consume such content, calling the film 'fuhad' and 'badtameez' (careless and mean-spirited)
In an interview with radio personality Neelesh Misra, Divyakirti gave an honest but brutal opinion on Animal. "A film like Animal takes our society back by 10 years. A film like this should not be made. You earned money. You showed that your hero behaves like an animal. There should be some social value, or are people working only for financial value?”
Talking particularly about one scene in which Ranbir Kapoor's character asks a woman (played by Triptii Dimri) to lick his shoe to prove her loyalty to him, he said, "After watching the film, what if some boys who are of a feudal mindset and are not that mature want to test their girlfriend’s love by asking them to lick their shoe, what then? Itni fuhad aur badtameez film hum bana rahein hai then it is very sad (It is sad when we make such careless and mean-spirited films) but both kind of forces are always there in the world.”
Ever since Animal released in theatres and on streaming platforms, several celebrities have shared their perspectives about the film. Recently, Vidya Balan while promoting her next, Do Aur Do Pyaar told in an interview to Pinkvilla, "Conviction is the name of the game here. We are told content is king. But you can have great content told unconvincingly. Animal is a great example of that. I don’t mean that it was not good content, but they were not apologetic and second-guessing. They told the story unabashedly. And look at the way the film worked. While telling a story, be unapologetic,”
Animal is directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, the film also stars Triptii Dimri, Rashmika Mandanna and Anil Kapoor in vital roles, the film released in December last year.