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Ranbir Kapoor starrer Animal, which released in December 2023, earned over Rs 500 crore at the box office and turned out to be the one biggest blockbusters in the history of Bollywood. However, the Sandeep Reddy Vanga directorial garnered polarising views as a certain section slammed the movie for showcasing toxic masculinity.
Actor-politician Kushboo Sundar recently spoke at the Witt: Female Protagonist – The New Hero summit by TV9 and shared his thoughts on Animal .
She started the conversation by stating that she has not watched the movie as her daughters warned her against watching it. “But as a member of the National Commission for Women, I have seen a lot of cases of harassment, abuse, marital rape and even triple talak, despite it being illegal,” said Kushboo.
She added, “If a misogynistic film like Animal continues to bring in moolah, becomes one of the biggest box office grossing films, we need to think of the mindset of the people who make it a success.”
However, she didn’t blame director Vanga and instead put the onus on cinegoers who watched the movie. “We had a major issue with Kabir Singh and Arjun Reddy. But I don’t blame the director because I think for him, it’s success which will count. We show what’s happening in society in films. We talk about respect for women and yet, people watch such films. I wouldn’t want my girls to watch the film. But they did watch it because they wanted to know what it was about. They came back and said, ‘Amma (mother), please don’t watch the film.’ Where are we heading when such films have a repeat audience,” she questioned.
Animal also featured Rashmika Mandanna, Bobby Deol, Anil Kapoor, Triptii Dimri among others in prominent roles.