Actor Bobby Deol shared that in the blockbuster film Animal, his character Abrar had a moment where he kissed the film’s hero, Ranvijay, played by Ranbir Kapoor. However, director Sandeep Reddy Vanga chose to cut the scene during editing, and he has now explained his decision and shed more light on the kiss.
In a recent interview with Galatta Plus, he said, “Yes, actually there was a kiss. Bobby will kiss Ranbir, a kiss on the cheek, and say, ‘Bhai, I didn’t even spend one day with my father’, and he’ll go back and open his zip. It was superb when we were shooting, but I felt like the kiss was diluting the zip. Why I removed it was because Bobby sir gave this expression with a smirk, and a tear falls down his cheek. I felt that was a bigger cinematic high than coming and kissing.”
Recounting Sandeep Vanga’s narration of the script to him, Bobby told The Quint in a recent interview, “He said, ‘You’re fighting, and you suddenly kiss him, and then you don’t give up, and he kills you’. But he removed the kiss. There was a kiss. I think it might come on the uncut Netflix version. After saying all this, he said, ‘You’re mute’.”
Meanwhile, Sandeep Reddy Vanga spoke about the moment where Ranvijay unzips his pants, and told Galatta Plus, “When he pulls his zip, there was a clear indication that his entire heroism might die in the climax. But the way Ranbir looks, and even he has tears, and the way he removes the cover of the knife… The way he took a turn, and the sunset is happening, all that really helped the scene. Superb it was.”
Animal is now the third-highest-grossing Indian film of the year, making nearly Rs 850 crore worldwide. Despite massive numbers at the box office, the film received poor reviews. Vanga, the director, stated that the criticism doesn’t bother him. However, he later went on a 20-minute rant, calling out critics by name and describing them as ‘illiterate and uneducated.’
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