Anurag Kashyap reacts to Ranbir Kapoor-Bobby Deol's Animal: ‘People in this country get easily offended with films’

Ranbir Kapoor starrer Animal directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga is doing phenomenal business at the box office. The massy-actioner has already entered the Rs 200 crore club and is set to challenge all-time blockbusters of Bollywood. While _Animal_ is expected to be the biggest hit of RK, a certain section of the audience has been bashing the film for its misogynistic approach and toxic masculinity. Now filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has reacted to this and said ‘Nobody has the right to tell a filmmaker what kind of films they should and shouldn’t make.’ While having a conversation with News 18, the Kennedy helmer said, “I’m yet to watch Animal. I just returned from Marrakech. But I’m aware of the conversations happening online. Nobody has the right to tell a filmmaker what kind of films they should and shouldn’t make. People in this country get easily offended with films. They get offended with my films too. But I expect educated people to not get offended at the drop of a hat.”

Recalling the same thing happening with Vanga’s Kabir Singh, he added, “This discussion happened during Kabir Singh too. Filmmakers have the right to make any film they want to and represent what they want to. We can criticise, argue and disagree with them. Films either provoke or evoke. I’ve no problem with filmmakers that make provocative cinema.” Pointing out one flaw in Kabir Singh, Kashyap said, “What is morality? It’s a very subjective thing. Every kind of character and people exist in this society. 80 per cent of Indian men are like Kabir Singh. I didn’t have an issue with the subject. The only problem with that film was that the other characters didn’t have agency. They were only used to prop up the central character. That’s a discussion that needs to happen. Healthy debates should happen. We can’t be standing and cancelling each other.” Anurag said that he is looking forward to seeing Animal and concluded, “Once I see Animal, I’ll discuss it with the filmmaker. I’ll pick up the phone on him. That’s what I always do. If I’ve an issue with a film, I always call up the filmmaker and talk to him. I don’t want to get into social media chatter,”