Karan Johar Expresses His Love For The Film Animal, Says Cried At The Climax
Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar after keeping aside the fear of being judged has finally now revealed his love for the film Animal, directed by Sandeep Vanga Reddy. Karan who attended the Mega Pan India Roundtable 2023 organised by Galatta Plus said that Animal is the best film of the year and its success was a game changer.
He said, “I loved Animal for its front-footed, absolutely conviction-based narrative, breaking grammar, breaking myths and breaking everything that you conform to in mainstream cinema.”
Director Sandeep Vanga Reddy’s Animal was one of the most controversial films of 2023. Though it was successful in breaking box-office records, the film was highly criticised for its glorification of violence and toxic masculinity.
Karan Johar said that out of love for the film, he watched Animal twice. He watched as an audience member and later rewatched it as a filmmaker. He then elaborated the part where he liked the most. “Suddenly, you have an interval block and the hero is being bashed up and people are singing a song. I am like, ‘Where have you seen a sequence like that? It’s genius’. Then, in the end, two men are going at each other and they play that song and I have tears in my eyes when there is only blood. I felt something is wrong with me, something is wrong with him (Vanga) but something put together is very right about this film.”
The filmmaker said that the vision of Sandeep is “distinct and individualistic”. He continued, “Its going to bring in a tone and syntax which doesn’t exist”. He concluded by dismissing all the debates surrounding the film in regards to its misogyny concept. He ended by reminding the director’s talent in crafting the story. “I have seen so many good films this year, but the only film which taught me something was this film,” he said.
The film Animal revolves around a troubled-father relationship. In the film, Ranbir appears in the role of Rannvijay Singh who goes for an assassination attempt on his father.
