'Movie is a filmmaker’s self-expression': Bhumi Pednekar on Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Animal

It's been more than two months since Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Animal hit theatres, but the movie continues to dominateheadlines. Ranbir Kapoor's violent dramagarnered massive backlash for showing excess violence and misogynist content.

The movie garnered mixed reviews from the audience, critics, and celebrities. Joining the bandagawan, actress Bhumi Pednekar shared her views on the violent drama.

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Bhumi Pednekar on Animal: I genuinely believe that a film is a filmmaker’s self-expression:

During her recent interview with the Indian news channel The Lallantop, Bhumi said she never liked ''hyper-masculine'' films.

“I watched Animal. Truly, I don’t like hyper-masculine films, and that’s not for just now, even earlier I never liked them. Even in Hollywood, the action films… I like watching rom-coms, those kind of films I really enjoy,” she said.

Further, the actress added that the movie is the self-expression of the filmmaker.“I genuinely believe that a film is a filmmaker’s self expression, and that is very important. But as an audience, what you learn from that self expression, that is the challenge,” she shared.

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Animal emerged as one of the blockbusters of 2023, earning billions of bucks at the worldwide box office. Asmentioned,the movie got polarising reactions from the audience, and recently, a war of words between veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar and filmmaker Sandeep Reddy Vanga ensuedafter Akhtar criticised the film, calling it dangerous.

Reacting to Javed's words onAnimal, Sandeep said he should scrutinise his son Farhan Akhtar's production, Mirzapur, known for its explicit foul language and content.

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Sandeep told Siddharth Kannan in an interview, "It is very clear that he did not watch the film. It’s very clear in that comment that he did not see the entire film. Now if someone is talking without watching the film, what can I say about them? Obviously, you feel bad because it is very clear that he has not seen the film and not only about him; anybody who is throwing stones on an art piece, why don’t they check their surroundings first?"

Apart from Ranbir, Animal also starredRashmika Mandanna, Bobby Deol, Anil Kapoor, and Triptii Dimri.

The movie was released on Netflix on January 26.