Sharmila Tagore Calls Out Animal For Promoting Misogyny And Violence: “Young Women Want Such Romance..”
Sharmila Tagore condemns Animal for misogynistic themes in an interview!
Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s brainchild Animal was released in December 2023 and instantly became a superhit among the audience. But the film received as much hate as it received love due to its controversial theme and its treatment of women. This is why the conversations around the film haven’t stopped even after 6 months of release. Recently in an interview, senior actor Sharmila Tagore criticised the same.
Sharmila Tagore’s Thoughts On Animal
Veteran actor Sharmila Tagore recently appeared on the Dil Se Kapil Sibal interview where during a conversation with host Kapil, Sharmila brought up the Ranbir Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna starer Animal. To which Sibal quickly replied by saying that he thought the movie was terrible and full of violence. Adding to that Sharmila said that beyond the violence that was showcased in the film, misogyny was the bigger problem.
Sharmila was also aware of the fact that a lot of young women who wished to be loved the same way that Rannvijay loved Geetanjali (which is concerning on so many levels). She further added that any film which does the numbers that Animal did, it should not be taken lightly. You have to take a look at its impact and what the film is actually trying to say.
Many celebrities like Kiran Rao, Javed Akhtar, Adil Hussain and more have spoken about the concerning violence and misogyny in the film have raised their voices against the director for presenting such a film to the audience.
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Sharmila Tagore On Laapataa Ladies
Further into the conversation, the actor also talks about Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies which also did wonders. She said that the film did better than Animal only on OTT, clarifying that if the makers decide on the right budget, good movies like this can work in theatres.
She says that the movie did good in theaters as the budgets were low, whereas an Animal’s budget was massive and it earned more than that also. Tagore believes that small films like Laapataa Ladies will surely earn back its investment but not in the numbers that a Ranbir Kapoor or a Ranveer Singh film might.
First Published: June 26, 2024 7:15 PM
