Kangana Ranaut’s Interview Goes Viral Amid Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal Release: ‘Show Dark Cinema But…’

When Arjun (Vijay Deverakonda) slapped his girlfriend Preethi (Shalini Pandey) in Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Telugu film, Arjun Reddy, it caused widespread shock in theatres. In the Hindi adaptation, Kabir Singh, Sandeep disregarded audience disapproval and even went as far as defending the toxicity of his male characters. Now, Sandeep has returned to theatres with Animal, featuring Ranbir Kapoor. The film is being touted as more toxic and controversial than the director’s previous two films.

Amid this criticism, an old interview of Kangana Ranaut has gone viral on Reddit. In the video, Kangana could be seen speaking to Aamir Khan and Deepika Padukone about how it is not wrong to depict dark subjects in films but their consequences must also highlighted, lest should have a bad influence on the audience.

Kangana said in Hindi, “I’m not saying there shouldn’t be dark cinema or that the reality shouldn’t be shown. But if it’s shown, showing its consequences is also important. How it affects the girl and her future and how it affects the boy as well. So, there cannot be a happy ending.”

“Such boys start ragging others when they grow up. They not only harass girls but everyone. Even their parents. They are antisocial people who are problematic for everyone. They feel that such characters in movies justify their behaviour. They’ll wear the same shirt as the character and convince themselves that they are right because films are being made about them. They think the heroes are inspired by them,” she added.

Netizens are greatly appreciating Kangana’s take on Reddit. Recently, Aamir Khan’s old interview also resurfaced addressing the same topic. In the interview, the actor spoke about how ‘directors who aren’t that talented’ resort to violence as a means to achieve success in their films.