Team Animal Responds to Javed Akhtar’s Comment on Film: “Let Love Be Free From the politics of Gender”
Mumbai: The team behind the Ranbir Kapoor-starrer “Animal” has hit back at veteran lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar, urging him to let love be free from the politics of gender. This comes days after Akhtar took a swipe at the film, expressing concern over the commercial success of movies with problematic scenes.
While Akhtar did not explicitly mention “Animal,” he referred to a controversial bootlicking scene involving Ranbir Kapoor and Triptii Dimri in his statement. In response, the “Animal” team tagged Akhtar on social media, stating that a writer of his caliber cannot understand the betrayal of a lover and that love should be free from the politics of gender.
Directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, “Animal” has been the most divisive film of 2023, receiving criticism for its graphic content, extreme violence, and treatment of female characters. It is worth noting that the movie has been one of the highest-grossing Hindi films of the year, earning Rs 900 crore globally.
The “Animal” team also pointed out that if a woman had asked a man to lick her shoe, it would have been celebrated as feminism. They emphasized that the film portrays lovers who cheated and lied, regardless of gender.
During the Ajanta Ellora International Film Festival in Aurangabad, Javed Akhtar expressed his concerns about the current state of cinema, stating that it is a testing time for young filmmakers to create characters that society will applaud. He warned against the dangerous trend of successful films featuring problematic scenes.
The team behind “Animal” believes that the audience holds the responsibility to decide which films to accept and reject.
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