While the Ranbir Kapoor-Bobby Deol starrer ‘Animal’ continues its successful run at the box office, the film has encountered widespread criticism from critics, fans, politicians, and many others. It received significant backlash due to its graphic content, extreme violence, and treatment of female characters. Surprisingly, even Sunny Deol expressed his discontent, mentioning that certain aspects of the movie didn’t sit well with him, despite starring his brother, Bobby Deol.
Sunny Deol, who made an impressive comeback with ‘Gadar 2’ after several decades, recently shared his thoughts on ‘Animal.’ While expressing his dislike of certain elements in the movie, he shared how he is extremely happy for his brother Bobby Deol who is winning all the praises for his role as Abrar Haque.
While talking to PTI, Sunny Deol said, “I’m so happy, I’m really very happy for Bobby. I’ve seen Animal, I liked it, it is nice. There are certain things that I did not like, which I don’t like in many films including my own. But that’s as a person. I have the right to like or not like, but in totality, it is a nice film. The music is very good and that goes hand in glove with the sequences. Bobby is Bobby, he is always Bobby, but now he is Lord Bobby,”
Without indulging in specific things that he didn’t like, Sunny Deol said, “There’s nothing that I have not liked. Har film mein apni khamiya hoti hain (Every film has its flaws) but that’s the way the director sees the film. So, me not liking it is not the reason that the person is not good at his job. That’s his vision and the way he wants to emote, that’s the way he sees the world and relationship,”
On playing a villainous character like Bobby in Animal, Sunny shared how it will go against the image he has created over the years by playing heroic characters in movies such as Ghayal, Border, Hero, and Gadar. “First and foremost, I don’t know if anybody will want me to play that. Secondly, the kind of image which I’ve created over the years, (it) is going against it… But on the other note, I don’t think it will be accepted.”
In the past, Sunny Deol captured millions of hearts with his portrayal of a lawyer in the women-centric movie ‘Damini.’ The film revolved around Meenakshi Seshadri’s character, a simple housewife who finds the courage to confront her rich and powerful in-laws when they attempt to cover up a rape incident. ‘Damini’ is hailed as one of Bollywood’s finest women-oriented films.
In an era where Bollywood is engrossed in producing regressive movies like ‘Animal,’ there’s hope for the industry to draw inspiration from ‘Damini,’ a movie crafted three decades ago. The release of the regressive movie ‘Animal,’ 30 years after ‘Damini,’ highlights the shameful downfall of Bollywood!