The movie Animal, directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, hit the screens in December 2023 and made a huge impact at the box office from the first day. Featuring Ranbir Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna, Bobby Deol, Anil Kapoor, and Triptii Dimri, the film set numerous box office records. Although it received praise from many, some criticized it for glorifying toxic masculinity. Recently, veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar critizized and mentioned that it’s “dangerous” if such a film has emerged as a superhit. Now, the team of Animal has reaced to the same.
Animal team reacts to Javed Akhtar’s comment on the film’s ‘lick my shoe’ scene
Recently, following criticism of Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Animal’s ‘lick my shoe’ scene featuring Ranbir Kapoor and Triptii Dimri and Kabir Singh by veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar, the team of the movie which also features Anil Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna and Bobby Deol in significant roles responded with a sarcastic remark.
Today, the movie's official page took to their X (formerly known as Twitter) handle and mentioned that if a writer of his "caliber" fails to comprehend the betrayal of a lover, then the entire art form is a significant falsehood. The team of the film also made a sarcastic comment about feminism.
The Animal’s page’s tweet read, “Writer of your calibre cannot understand the betrayal of a lover (Between Zoya & Ranvijay) then all your art form is big FALSE & If a woman (betrayed and fooled by a man in the name of love) would have said "lick my shoe" then you guys would have celebrated it by calling it feminism. Let love be free from the politics of gender. Let's just call them lovers. LOVER cheated and lied. LOVER said lick my shoe. Period @Javedakhtarjadu.”
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