Filmmaker Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal was released earlier in December last year. The film became a superhit soon after its release and fans appreciated the stellar acting of the film’s cast. Animal was headlined by Ranbir Kapoor and featured Rashmika Mandanna and Triptii Dimri in key roles. However, many netizens had an issue with the way their relationship was depicted and called out Sandeep for the misogyny. Now, Kajol’s sister Tanishaa Mukherjee has spoken in support of the film.
Speaking to Firstpost, she said, “Well, my take on Animal is that it wasn’t an anti-feminist film at all. In fact, I truly feel that it was a film that endorses equality on many levels… So, I thought it was beautiful and the movie is pretty much in favour of feminism and so is Ranbir’s character. It was very realistic because in certain instances, it actually makes women understand their own hypocrisy better. For instance, when Ranbir tells Rashmika that you are fine with me killing people but you aren’t fine with me cheating on you? Isn’t that hypocrisy? What is worse? Murder or cheating? I thought it was a very well-written film and beautifully done.”
“I know a lot of women who perhaps won’t see the movie thinking it’s anti-women. But I genuinely feel they need to see the movie because it’s not anti-women by any means. We need to understand the psyche of men who have to take care of their entire family. We have to understand the psyche of men who have been brought up from childhood to be the responsible one… I feel it’s wrong of critics and our very own industry people to criticize it the way it has been criticised. I am happy for Sandeep Reddy Vanga, Ranbir Kapoor and the entire team’s success. I feel Ranbir is one of the finest actors in our industry today. I also feel it was very pro-feminism especially because of that scene where Ranbir tells Rashmika that you are getting married to someone just because of the choice of your parents,” she said.
Speaking about the controversial scene where Ranbir asks Triptii to lick his shoes, Tanishaa said, “The ‘lick my boot’ line has been taken completely out of context. According to me, the context was that when Tripti’s character came to confess and tell him that she loves him, it was his way of testing whether Tripti was genuinely in love or not. In order to love, one needs to keep his or her ego aside. Licking someone else’s shoe is the worst thing someone can agree with and that’s why, when she is actually ready to do it, he doesn’t let her do so because he realises that she indeed does love him.”
Meanwhile, on the work front, the actress is currently seen in Jhalak Dikkhla Jaa.
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