Rajkummar Rao defends Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Animal and Shah Rukh Khan's Devdas, blames the audience

The debate on whether films like Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Animal should be made continues almost a year after the Ranbir Kapoor starrer film was released. Should movies be showing things that can have a wrong impact on the audiences? Should audiences be getting inspired by such films? Sharing his two cents on the same, Rajkummar Rao who is basking in the success of Stree 2 drew parallel with Shah Rukh Khan starrer Devads.

Rajkummar Rao defends Devas

#RajKummarRao on debate around #Animal:

¡°I loved Animal & enjoyed #RanbirKapoor¡¯s performance in it. The title of the film is *Animal* not *A Perfect Man*. If you want to be like Devdas or Animal after watching those movies, the problem is with you.¡±
pic.twitter.com/vS3OlKIE2v

¡ª Raymond. (@rayfilm) August 22, 2024

On Raj Shamani's podcast, the Bollywood actor said that if anyone is relating to a character like Devdas, then the problem is with them as the film, which is based on a book, clearly shows what will happen in the end if you become Devdas - you will die sooner. "It's a character story... He is not telling you that he is facing all these, still he is living well and has a lot of money," he said.

Rajkummar Rao liked he experience of watching Animal

#DEVDAS : Ending scene ? https://t.co/Ah0HGgPmVK pic.twitter.com/uJCamnU6QW

¡ª Am!ra (@iamamiramia) December 12, 2023

Furthermore, talking about Vanga's Animal, he said that he enjoyed watching the movie and praised Ranbir Kapoor's performance. At the same time, he said that he might also have some issues with some of the scenes in the movie but that doesn't change the fact that he enjoyed watching it. "Rajkummar shared that a film critic said that the film was titled Animal and not Adarsh Purush, as the director wanted to show the story of an animal," he said.

The audience validating Ranbir's choice of Animal, and the film industry being clueless about it, clearly shows why the audience's opinion matters most to him and this just gave him confidence in his art & his future projects ?pic.twitter.com/8TIyYtRCMY

¡ª RK? (@seeuatthemovie) July 28, 2024

Meanwhile, Adil Hussain who played the role of college dean in Kabir Singh has recently hit back at Sandeep Reddy Vanga asking if he was more popular than Life Of Pi director Ang Lee. Adil, for the unversed, has kickstarted a controversy after he said that he regrets doing Vanga's Kabir Singh for its misogynistic content. Vanga on the other hand slammed him by saying that the movie made him popular and that he would replace his face using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the movie.

Also Read: Adil Hussain hits back with facts at Sandeep Reddy Vanga's claim, asks 'Is Ang Lee less famous than him?'

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