Adnan Sami defends Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal, compares it to Sholay, Deewar, The Godfather: ‘No one is forcing you to watch…’

Music composer and singer Adnan Sami recently took to social media to defend Ranbir Kapoor-starrer Animal and said that since the film had gotten an ‘Adults only’ certificate, it was meant for an audience that was mature enough to understand the difference between right and wrong. In the past few days, Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal has received a lot of flak for its problematic messaging. Adnan, in his social media post, said that a film should be watched as entertainment and said that one must not look for logic in movies. He added that he had not watched the film yet.

Adnan compared Animal to films like Amar Akbar Anthony, Sholay, Deewar, The Godfather, Scarface and said that despite their not-so-logical sequences and glorification of crime, these films were considered as classics. He wrote, “If you’re looking for logic then also tell me the logic behind the illogical blood donation scene that featured in Amar Akbar Anthony. Three sons of a mother donate blood to her at the same time through a singular tube! That movie is hailed as a cult classic & rightly so because we all love it! Explain the morality shown in Deewaar or the logic behind ’Thakur’ beating the crap out of Gabbar in the climax of Sholay with just his feet & no hands!! That too is an incredible classic which we love!! The Godfather has us rooting for the bad guys again… Quentin Tarantino is considered a genius who has made a career out of gore!! We loved Al Pacino in ‘Scarface’!!”

Adnan further said that a film’s ‘A’ rating meant that it was up to the adult audience to interpret it and he insisted that the audience was “mature and educated enough to understand between what is right & wrong morally & thus would not get negatively impacted or influenced by the content of the film!”

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He ended his post by writing, “And, NO, I haven’t seen ‘Animal’ as yet but will always defend the right of a creative artist to express what they want to in any form of ‘art’. We as an audience have the right to like it or reject it as per our aesthetics! But it is important for us all to co-exist along with a ‘live & let live’ policy!! No one is forcing you to watch or hear anything; similarly don’t force your opinions on others, especially when those people are presenting a fantasy!! ITS-JUST-A-FILM!!!!!”

Animal is Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s latest film that follows a father-son story, also starring Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol and Rashmika Mandanna.