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While Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal has found success at the box office, it has faced criticism for its portrayal of toxic masculinity and misogyny. Addressing the controversy, actor Saloni Batra, who played Ranbir Kapoor’s onscreen sister, has shared her perspective on the portrayal of women in the film, stating that movies are often inspired by flawed characters.
In an interview with Bollywood Hungama, Batra said, “I’m an artist; I’m here to be a part of storytelling. As you can see, people are loving the film; they’re appreciating everything—how sir has put everything together, what people are feeling when they’re sitting in the theatre and watching the film with the background score, with the dialogues, with whatever is happening.”
She continued, “Of course, the characters are flawed, but you make stories on flawed characters. These are inspirations, and hence, you put them on screen to show them to the audience to sit and enjoy in a theater. Sandeep sir is so legendary with his craft, with his filmmaking, he knows how to reach the audience. Obviously, a character who has not gotten love from his father is going to be flawed. When we write stories, we always get inspired by real characters in life. Now it’s about also the audience to understand what is right and what is wrong. We can’t be sitting and preaching.”
When questioned about the scene in which Ranbir’s character takes a gun to her college and engages in free firing to scare people, Batra explained, “That does not happen in real life, and it should not happen. People have loved it, and how he’s devised everything in that scene. It is cinematic, and it’s for the film; it’s for the purpose of that character. So, I don’t think people should take back wrong things from it.”
Animal also stars Bobby Deol, Rashmika Mandanna and Anil Kapoor in pivotal roles. The film has collected more than Rs 600 crore worldwide in just eight days.
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