Animal (2023 movie)

Animal is an Indian Hindi language action thriller movie. It is written, edited and directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga and produced by T-Series, Bhadrakali Pictures and Cine1 Studios. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Rashmika Mandanna and Tripti Dimri.

 Plot 

The movie revolves around the complex relationship between Balbir Singh and his son Arjun Singh, who is a descendant of the business family. After the tragedy with his father, he goes out to take revenge on Viraj Surve, and vows to never leave his family, causing a fierce gang war.

 Cast 

 Ranbir Kapoor in a dual role as Ranvijay "Vijay" Singh Balbir and Aziz Haque 
 Ahmad Ibn Umar as young Ranvijay
 Anil Kapoor as Balbir Singh, Ranvijay's father and Kailash (Balbir's decoy)
 Bobby Deol as Abrar Haque
 Leon Ung as young Abrar
 Rashmika Mandanna as Geetanjali "Geeta" Singh, Ranvijay's wife
 Diyara Valecha as young Geetanjali
 Tripti Dimri as Zoya
 Charu Shankar as Jyoti Singh, Balbir's wife, and Ranvijay's mother
 Babloo Prithiveeraj as Asrar Haque
 Shakti Kapoor as Mishra
 Prem Chopra as Bade Dadaji
 Suresh Oberoi as Rajdheer Singh, Balbir's father and Ranvijay's grandfather
 Siddhant Karnick as Varun Pratap Malhotra, Reet's husband, and Ranvijay's brother-in-law
 Saurabh Sachdeva as Abid Haque
 Vivek Sharma as Paali
 Maganti Srinath as Karthik, Geetanjali's brother
 Gagandeep Singh as Sunny
 Upendra Limaye as Freddy
 Mathew Varghese as Geetanjali's father
 Indira Krishnan as Geetanjali's mother
 Mrinmayee Godbole as Dr Amrita
 Saloni Batra as Reet Singh Malhotra, Ranvijay's elder sister and Varun's wife
 Neeven Vaid as young Reet
 Anshul Chauhan as Roop
 Eva Chibber as young Roop
 Avi Rakheja as Roop's husband
 Sanvir Sachdeva as Ranvijay's son
 Myreen Grover as Ranvijay's daughter
 Sartaaj Kakkar as Reet's son
 Mansi Taxak as Abrar's bride
 Suresh Sippy as Abrar's father
 Promila Bittu as Abrar's mother
 Mohammad Monis as Akbar Mohd Mansoori

Soundtrack

The movie score is composed by Harshavardhan Rameshwar, who scored Reddy's previous movies Arjun Reddy and its Hindi remake Kabir Singh. The songs featured in the movie are composed by JAM8, Vishal Mishra, Jaani, Manan Bhardwaj, Shreyas Puranik, Ashim Kemson and Harshwardhan Rameshwar, while the background score was composed by Harshwardhan Rameshwar. Lyrics were written by Manoj Muntashir, Raj Shekhar, Siddharth-Garima, Jaani, Manan Bhardwaj, Ashim Kemson and Bhupinder Babbal.

The first single titled "Hua Main" was released on 11 October 2023. The second single titled "Satranga" was released on 27 October 2023. The third single titled "Papa Meri Jaan" was released on 14 November 2023. The fourth single titled "Arjan Vailly" was released on 18 November 2023.

 Release 
The movie was scheduled to be release on 11 August 2023, but was postponed due to post-production and dubbing works. The film was then released on 1 December 2023 in Hindi, Telegu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada languages. The movie was planned to premiere in North America on 30 November 2023, a day before its release. It has a running time of 201 minutes, making it one of the longest Indian movies ever made.

A day before the trailer release, Animal recieved 'A' (adults only) certificate from the Central Board of Film Certification due to excessive violence and sexuality. For this reason, It was also classified 18 by the British Board of Film Classification.
Response
Critical response
Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express said she was disappointed that the performances of Ranbir and Anil Kapoor had been "wasted in this pointless, vile (too bad) tale".
 References 

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Category:2023 action movies
Category:2023 crime movies
Category:2023 thriller movies
Category:2020s Indian movies
Category:Movies about alcoholism
Category:Movies about revenge
Category:Movies about dysfunctional families
Category:Movies directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga
Category:Indian action thriller movies
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