'I definitely wish to make a film with Shah Rukh Khan,' says Animal director Sandeep Reddy Vanga

Filmmaker Sandeep Reddy Vanga, who is gearing up for the release of Ranbir Kapoor starrer Animal expressed his wish to direct the King Khan of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan. For the unversed, Vanga and Khan were spotted at the T Series office in Mumbai in September, where the filmmaker expressed his towards the megastar. Talking about his meeting, he told PinkVilla, “Yes, I did meet Shah Rukh Khan recently. I didn’t discuss at length, but I told sir, ‘I am a big fan’.” When asked whether he wished to make a film with Jawan star, the filmmaker replied, “I don’t know what kind of film I would make, but I definitely wish to make a film with Shah Rukh Khan.” The filmmaker also added that after making heavy movies like Animal and Kabir Singh, he wants to make a comedy feature. “I have a comedy script but I don’t know when I will do it. There is a thought, it’s not a family comedy but again, I can’t tell you the exact subject,” said Vanga.

Talking about Animal ’s box office opening, film exhibitor and trade expert, Akshaye Rathi told Firstpost, “Animal absolutely has the potential to become Ranbir Kapoor’s biggest opener because it’s possibly the first time that Ranbir Kapoor is venturing out with as much of conviction into a hardcore mainstream commercial Hindi film. And as much as he’s had Shamshera which was a bit of an underwhelming film in terms of the storytelling and he’s had Tu Jhoothi Mein Makkaar, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani which are all good mainstream commercial films. This is a movie that’s as massive as it gets and as mainstream as it gets. And he hasn’t had too many of those in his career. So I truly believe that this has the potential to go beyond Sanju, Brahmastra and all the other films that he’s done in terms of the opening numbers and not just that, also in terms of the lifetime figures because it truly is looking spectacular. It is looking like one of those films that can cut across the tier, one, two, three towns, the single screens, the multiplexes, India, overseas, everywhere.”