Sandeep Reddy Vanga was ‘sad’ with Javed Akhtar’s Animal comments, says people will puke if they watch Farhan Akhtar’s Mirzapur

Sandeep Reddy Vanga said that Javed Akhtar criticised Animal without watching the entire film. He also advised Akhtar to monitor his son Farhan Akhtar's Mirzapur, which had abuses.

Javed Akhtar recently spoke about Ranbir Kapoor's Animal. (Photo: AnimalTheFilm/Twitter, Express Photo)

Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s ‘Animal’ faced criticism for its portrayal of toxic masculinity in its lead character Ranvijay, played by Ranbir Kapoor. Lyricist Javed Akhtar called such films dangerous. In response, Sandeep urged Akhtar to monitor his son Farhan Akhtar’s work before pointing fingers at his film.

In an interview with Siddharth Kannan, Sandeep said, “It is very clear that he did not watch the film. It’s very clear in that comment that he did not see the entire film. Now if someone is talking without watching the film, what can I say about them? Obviously you feel bad because it is very clear that he has not seen the film and not only about him, anybody who is throwing stones on an art piece, why don’t they check their surroundings first?”

He continued, “Why didn’t he tell the same thing to Farhan Akhtar when he was producing Mirzapur. Duniya bhar ke gaali Mirzapur ek show mai hai and I haven’t watched the whole show. When the show was translated to Telugu, if you watch that, then you will feel like puking. Why is he not checking his son’s work?”

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Akhtar had recently said about Animal, “If there’s a film in which a man asks a woman to lick his shoe or if a man says it’s okay to slap a woman… and the film is a super hit, that’s dangerous.” In the controversial scene, Ranbir’s character was seen asking Tripti Dimri’s character Zoya to lick his shoe.

Animal was recently released on the OTT platform Netflix. The film also stars Rashmika Mandanna, Anil Kapoor and Bobby Deol among others. Animal has grossed more than Rs 900 crores worldwide.

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