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Act0r Shakti Kapoor, who has portrayed a special role in Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal, directed by filmmaker Sandeep Reddy Vanga, recently opened up about the divisive response the film is receiving. The actor also called the film’s lead actor Ranbir Kapoor “one of the best actors in the industry” and said that he wishes late actor Rishi Kapoor was alive to see his son’s success.
The Raja Babu actor said that he is feeling “absolutely amazing” after Animal became successful and is doing “great business” as the audience is watching the film “again and again”. Discussing the misogyny and violence in the film, he told ETimes that even if one is not watching Animal, there is a “lot of violence happening on the television and on OTT.” Defending the film, he said that people are watching the film because it has “some good performances” and not because of the violence in it. He said, “Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s work is amazing.”
Shakti also opened up about how he wished that his good friend and long-time collaborator Rishi Kapoor was alive to see Ranbir score with his performance in the film. Shakti and Rishi have acted together in films like Yaraana and Prem Rog, among others. He shared Rishi’s relationship with his son Ranbir was “amazing” and that they both “loved each other”.
He also shared that his family was close to Rishi’s and when his daughter Shraddha Kapoor and his son Siddhanth were younger, the two families would go on holidays together. And now, after co-starring with Ranbir, he only wished that “Chintu was alive to witness the success his son has achieved.”
Shakti Kapoor plays Ranbir’s character Ranvijay’s supporter and his family’s close aide in Animal.
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