Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s film Animal starring Ranbir Kapoor and Rashmika Mandanna was released in theatres on December 1, 2023. However, the debates around it are still ongoing. Recently, Indian politician Khushbu Sundar reacted to the portrayal of toxic masculinity and misogyny in the film and commented on why it is harmful to the audience’s consumption. She also stated that she didn’t like it when her daughters watched the film.
In the list of everyone who finds the Sandeep Reddy Vanga film Animal problematic, the recent addition was of Indian politician Khushbu Sundar. She expressed her opinion during a recent conclave hosted by TV9 Bharatvarsh. Khushbu spoke about the film being problematic from the perspective of audience consumption. Her response did not focus on the director’s vision being the major problem here as she believes that it is just success for him, However, Khushbu Sundar blamed the audience for going to the theatres in such big numbers to watch a film that is problematic on so many levels. While talking about the same, she also revealed that her daughters also watched the film and she was not in favour of that. However, Khushbu Sundar’s daughters gave her feedback on Animal and asked her not to watch it.
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Khushbu Sundar further expressed her amusement to the young audience who find films like Animal Good and stated that she firmly wants such an audience to change their mindset about such films. Khushbu Sundar also compared Animal’s toxic masculinity content to that of Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s previous hit Kabir Singh. She asserted that it is the audience who should stop entertaining films like these and for that, there is a need for a change in mindset, as per the news report.
Well, there have been a lot of opinions around Animal and the majority think that the film is problematic. However, Sandeep Reddy Vanga has always been seen defending his film and he dismissed any kind of criticism of it.