Karan Johar attended the Forbes India Leadership Awards 2024. The filmmaker has been vocal about a lot of things in the last couple of years. Last year, Ranbir Kapoor and Sandeep Reddy Vanga movie Animal turned out to be one of the biggest hits and it also caused controversy. A lot of celebs have praised the movie and a lot of people, including some celebs have called out Animal as well. At the Forbes India Leadership Awards 2024, Karan Johar also weighed in on the debate over the Triptii Dimri and Rashmika Mandanna starrer movie. BollywoodLife is now on WhatsApp. Click here to join for the latest Entertainment News.
Karan Johar talks about the Animal debate
The Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani filmmaker shocked fans by admitting that the film did impress, engage and arouse him like no other. He talked about people saying a lot of things about Animal, for and also against it. Karan Johar also noted that the Animal director, Sandeep Reddy Vanga also said a lot of things about the movie. Sharing his views on the movie Karan said that he saw the movie as a character film based on a character. He called RK’s character deeply dysfunctional, inherently violent and someone with a lot of emotional issues. And he loved the treatment of the movie.
Karan Johar says he loved Animal as a filmmaker
Karan admits that he did not deep dive and dissect the movie as others. He did not talk about moral communication as he was swept by the narrative. He praised how Sandeep narrated the movie through the BGM, sound, screenplay, dialogue, and character development and said, “As a filmmaker, I loved it.” Karan shares that people called him up and shared their views about Animal and agreed or even disagreed with his opinion. He is just embracing every reaction to the same.
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Talking about Animal, the film earned about Rs 900 crore at the box office. Apart from Ranbir, Triptii Dimri and Rashmika Mandanna, the film also starred Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol and Suresh Oberoi to name a few. While the film got flak, the film also got praise from stars and people alike. Allu Arjun, Alia Bhatt, Trisha, Adnan Sami, Sunny Deol and more showered praises on the film. Karan Johar is not the one to mince his words. He has now opened up on Ranbir Kapoor starrer Animal and the controversy and debate it caused upon release.