Sandeep Reddy Vanga Comments On Bollywood’s Disparity; Says, “Bollywood Criticise Animal But Praised Ranbir Kapoor”

Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal starring Ranbir Kapoor has been completed more than a year after its release and it still marks as one of the most blockbuster films. However, the film has received backlash for its violent and misogynistic tone. Now, in Game Changers, the director revealed how members of the film industry criticized the film while praising Ranbir Kapoor, which made him wonder about the inequalities in the business.

Sandeep Reddy Vanga On Bollywood’s Disparity

Speaking about why the people in the industry criticised the film Animal, he said on Komal Nahata’s podcast, “One thing I’ll tell you—film-related people who criticised Animal very badly, all of them said, ‘But Ranbir toh todd diya (Ranbir smashed it).’ See, I am not jealous of Ranbir, but I don’t understand the disparity. What I understood was that they wanted to work with Ranbir. Kyunki agar Ranbir ko bolenge toh… (Because if they say something to Ranbir then…) Obviously, it’s a different thing to comment on a star.”

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He added, “Mere par comment marna asaan hai because I am new to this place (It’s easy to comment on me). A filmmaker makes a film every 2-3 years, but an actor appears in films five times a year. So jinke saath kaam zyada hai unke baare mein kuch bolenge nahi (They won’t say anything about the ones they work with more often).”

Sandeep also talked about if he feels like an outsider in Bollywood and stated, “No, I don’t believe in insider and outsider. I never felt like an outsider. As I said, there is a clear gang and disparity. But I think this happens when a new person comes to your school—you’ve been studying there since kindergarten, and someone joins in the 10th standard, so seniority lagta hai naa (you feel a sense of seniority).”

About Animal

Animal starred Ranbir Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna, Anil Kapoor, and Bobby Deol in the prominant roles. The movie tells the tale of Ranvijay Singh, the son of a wealthy industrialist, and his tumultuous relationship with his father, which gets worse as he sets out on a path of destruction and retaliation after his father was assassinated. The action-drama faced criticism for its violence and alleged misogynistic undertones. Celebrities such as Javed Akhtar and Kangana Ranaut bashed the film.

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