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Director Ram Gopal Varma dismissed the suggestion that he brought about a revolution in Hindi cinema, and said that he was only playing around with established templates But he credited Sandeep Reddy Vanga of having achieved something truly original with his new film, the blockbuster Animal. In just over 10 days of release, the film has made nearly Rs 750 crore worldwide, and has emerged as the biggest A-rated movie in the history of Indian cinema.
In an interview with News9 Live, RGV was asked if Vanga can be described as his true successor, or if his successor has been Anurag Kashyap all along, seeing as how they’ve shaken up the film industry. RGV said, “I would think Anurag is closer to Sandeep. To say it in a cliché, I think Sandeep is a highly commercial version of Anurag Kashyap. The darkness of the characters, the very in your face… It’s something I’ve never done.”
He continued, “Heir is a wrong example, because I always followed a template, I didn’t do anything original. But Animal is completely original. I might have issues with it because of my sensibilities, but Animal is the only truly original film from Indian cinema. What I made were just hybrid versions of what was working.”
Anurag recently defended Vanga’s right to expression, and said that provocative cinema is good for society at large. In an interview with OTTPlay, he said that Animal has done more for discourse around misogyny and masculinity than any other film ever has. “More people were taught feminism because of Animal and the discussions around it,” he said.
RGV is credited with having broken Bollywood’s love affair with romantic films with his gritty gangster dramas in the late 90s and early 2000s. Then, a decade later, Anurag Kashyap released the seminal Gangs of Wasseypur, and now, a decade after that, another crime movie is emerging as one of the biggest hits of the year. Starring Ranbir Kapoor, Bobby Deol and Anil Kapoor, Animal has made more than Rs 720 crore worldwide.
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