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Animal is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language action drama film[5] directed and edited by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Pranay Reddy Vanga and Saurabh Gupta. The film is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Pranay Reddy Vanga, Krishan Kumar and Murad Khetani under T-Series Films, Bhadrakali Pictures and Cine1 Studios. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Rashmika Mandanna, and Tripti Dimri. In the film, Ranvijay "Vijay" Singh learns about an assassination attempt on his father and sets out to exact revenge. Animal has earned $104 million worldwide till 22nd December 2023.
The film was officially announced in January 2021, along with the title of the film. Principal photography commenced in April 2022 and wrapped by April 2023. The film has music composed by JAM8, Vishal Mishra, Jaani, Manan Bhardwaj, Shreyas Puranik, Ashim Kemson and Harshwardhan Rameshwar. The cinematography was handled by Amit Roy and editing by Sandeep Reddy Vanga. With a runtime of 201 minutes, the film was one of the longest Indian films made.[6][7]
Animal was initially set for a 11 August 2023 release but was postponed due to post-production work.[8] It was theatrically released on 1 December 2023 in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada languages in standard and IMAX formats.[9] It received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for storytelling, action sequences and Kapoor's performance but some critics found it misogynistic.[10][11][12][13][14] Earning around Template:INRConvert, Animal has emerged a major commercial success as the third highest-grossing Indian film of 2023, 9th highest-grossing Indian film and highest-grossing A-rated Indian film of all time.[15]
Plot[]
Ranvijay "Vijay" Singh is the son of Balbir Singh, a Delhi-based business magnate who heads the generational steel company called "Swastik Steels". He has adored his father since childhood, but Balbir neglects him due to his busy schedule. After an incident where Vijay ambushes his sister's bullies with an AK-47, Balbir sends him away to a boarding school in the United States. Vijay returns after completing his education and convinces his former schoolmate Geetanjali, whom he has always loved, to break off her engagement and choose him.
During Balbir's 60th birthday, Vijay argues with his sister's husband Varun and is kicked out of the house. He breaks off contact with his family, marries Geetanjali, and moves to the United States, where the couple have two children. Eight years later, he learns that his father was shot by unidentified assailants, prompting him to return to India to find the person responsible. He rounds up his cousins from his native village in Punjab to help in his mission and sets up a doppelgänger named Kailash for Balbir. Kailash is killed by Asrar Haque's team as they mistake him to be Balbir.
Vijay discovers that Varun was involved in the assassination attempt and kills him during a meeting. He then goes to a hotel to meet an arms dealer, but Asrar's team arrives in droves to kill him. After a lengthy battle, he defeats them, but sustains brutal injuries and goes into a coma. Upon waking two weeks later and undergoing a heart transplant, Vijay learns that his heart donor was the fiancé of a woman named Zoya. Vijay begins an affair with Zoya, who soon falls for him. Zoya reveals that she was actually sent by Asrar's brother Abrar Haque.
Abrar had sent Zoya to honey trap Vijay in order to kidnap and replace him with a doppelgänger who would massacre his family. Vijay reveals that he knew this all along and simply wanted to discover the identity of the actual perpetrator. He learns from his grandfather Rajdheer that Abrar and his brothers are part of Vijay's family; they are the grandsons of Rajdheer's younger brother Shamsher Singh, making Vijay their cousin. Abrar planned the attempt on Balbir's life to avenge his own father Azim Haque, who was denied a share of their property.
This led to Shamsher committing suicide in front of Abrar, which traumatized him and rendered him mute. Vijay and his cousins barge into Abrar's house in Scotland to kill him, but learn that Abrar has escaped with his brother Abid in their private jet. They stop the flight and Vijay and Abrar engage in a brutal fight that ends with Vijay killing Abrar. During the family Diwali celebration, Balbir reveals that he has terminal cancer and has realised his failures as a father. Balbir finally reconciles with Vijay, who rejoices in attaining his love after many years.
In the post-credits scene, Aziz, revealed to be another one of Abrar's brothers, has successfully undergone plastic surgery to become Vijay's doppelgänger and Zoya is now pregnant, though unsure if the baby is Aziz's or Vijay's. Aziz kills two of Vijay's cousins and sets out with Abid to exact vengeance on Vijay for his brothers' deaths.
Cast[]
- Ranbir Kapoor in a dual role as Ranvijay Balbir Singh and Aziz Haque
- Ahmad Ibn Umar as young Vijay
- Anil Kapoor in a dual role as Balbir Singh and Kailash Petkar
- Bobby Deol as Abrar Haque
- Leon Ung as young Abrar
- Rashmika Mandanna as Geetanjali 'Gitu' Singh, Vijay's wife
- Diyara Valecha as young Geetanjali
- Tripti Dimri as Zoya Riaz
- Charu Shankar as Jyoti Singh, Balbir's wife and Reet, Vijay and Roop's mother
- Babloo Prithiveeraj as Asrar Haque, Abrar's brother
- Shakti Kapoor as PK Mishra, COO of Swastik Steels Corp.
- Prem Chopra as Dalbir Dodamal Singh "Bade Daji", Rajdheer's elder brother
- Madhu Raja as Rani Kaur "Beeji", Dalbir Singh's wife
- Suresh Oberoi as Rajdheer Dodamal Singh "Dadaji", Vijay's grandfather and Balbir's father
- Saurabh Sachdeva as Abid Haque, Abrar's brother
- Saloni Batra as Reet Singh, Vijay's elder sister and Varun's wife, Balbir and Jyoti's eldest child
- Neeven Vaid as young Reet
- Anshul Chauhan as Roop Singh, Balbir and Jyoti's youngest child, Vijay and Reet's younger sister
- Eva Chibber as young Roop
- Siddhant Karnick as Varun Pratap Malhotra, Reet's husband and Vijay's brother-in-law, Balbir's Son-in-law
- Maganti Srinath as Karthik, Geetanjali's elder brother and Vijay's friend
- Davy Grewal as Sangram Singh, Vijay's cousin and Dalbir Singh's grandson
- Vivek Sharma as Paali Singh, Vijay's cousin and Dalbir Singh's grandson
- Gagandeep Singh as Sunny Singh, Vijay's cousin and Dalbir Singh's grandson
- Kawalpreet Singh as Vikram Singh, Vijay's cousin and Dalbir Singh's grandson
- Amanjot Singh as Guru Singh, Vijay's cousin and Dalbir Singh's grandson
- Manjot Singh as Rajbir "Royal" Singh, Vijay's cousin and Dalbir Singh's grandson
- Avdeep Sindhu as Manjot Singh, Vijay's cousin and Dalbir Singh's grandson
- Kamaljeet Rana as Balli Singh, Vijay's cousin and Dalbir Singh's grandson
- Gursewak Singh Mander as Kirpal "KP" Singh, Vijay's cousin and Dalbir Singh's grandson
- Butta Badbar as Butta Singh, Vijay's cousin and Dalbir Singh's grandson
- Upendra Limaye as Freddy Wilfred Patil
- Mathew Varghese as Shreepad Balaji Iyengar, Karthik and Geetanjali's father
- Indira Krishnan as Motika S. Iyengar, Karthik and Geetanjali's mother
- Mrinmayee Godbole as Dr. Amrita Naidoo
- Shabana Haroon as Niloofar Rahmani, first wife of Abrar Haque
- Safina Shah as Mehrunnisa Baig, second wife of Abrar Haque
- Mansi Taxak as Umm-e-Hani Fareen, third wife of Abrar Haque and future wife of Aziz Haque
- Tanaaz Davoodi as Shirin Bahar,Main singer in the singing group at Abrar Wedding, Haqq Mansion, Edinburgh
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Based on 25 professional critic reviews, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 28% of those reviews were positive, with an average rating of 4.2/10.
Awarding the film 4.5/5 stars, Bollywood Hungama praised "Ranbir Kapoor’s outstanding performance, clap-worthy massy scenes, and interval block."<ref> Sukanya Verma of Rediff gave 4/5 stars and wrote "Animal is relentless as a euphoric medley of feral rage and dance of the dysfunctional. The twists go on well until end credits as more blood is splattered our way."<ref> Ganesh Aaglave of Firstpost gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Animal is an adrenaline experience which will have polarising views but you can't deny its entertaining quotient, breathtaking performances and storytelling."<ref> Puja Awasthi of The Week gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Animal for all its blood and gore, is the story of a son’s aching desire for his father’s approval. Why even its ballads are less romance, more revenge. And its female characters for all their luminosity, are just props".<ref>
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|url=value (help). Times of India. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.Animal,' directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, of 'Kabir Singh' fame, is backed by a hefty budget of reportedly Rs 100 crore.
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|url=value (help). Hindustan Times. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.The film, which will see Ranbir in an absolutely new avatar, is said to be made on a budget of ₹100 crore, and is set to release on December 1.
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- ↑ [TBA Ranbir Kapoor, Bhushan Kumar and Sandeep Reddy's Animal to release on August 11 2023] (en) (2023-01-01).
- ↑ [TBA SCOOP: VFX causes a delay for Ranbir Kapoor and Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Animal; now set to release in December]. Bollywood Hungama (July 2023).
- ↑ [TBA Animal Movie Review: ANIMAL is a powerful film that rests on Ranbir Kapoor's outstanding performance, clap worthy massy scenes] (December 2023).
- ↑ Verma, Sukanya (1 December 2023). [TBA Animal Review: Ruthless Ranbir Goes For The Kill].
- ↑ [TBA Animal movie review: Ranbir Kapoor delivers a pathbreaking performance in flawed yet riveting father-son tale] (December 2023).
- ↑ [TBA Animal review: Violent, but entertaining].
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- ↑ [TBA Animal box office collection Day 8 early report: Ranbir Kapoor-starrer becomes highest grossing 'A' rated film] (en) (2023-12-08).
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