Noted Bollywood lyric writer Javed Akhtar has lashed out at Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal starring Ranbir Kapoor and stated that the success of this film is a danger to society. His statements come out as Animal became a cult blockbuster and collected a whopping Rs 890 crore+ worldwide collections and several accolades for Ranbir Kapoor.
While the film was a massive success, certain scenes and dialogues from the movie turned out to be quite controversial and attracted a lot of negativity. Animal, regardless of its box-office success was criticised by many for its misogynistic content. And Javed Akhtar has now joined several others in criticizing the film.
“If there’s a film in which a man asks a woman to lick his shoe or if a man says it’s okay to slap a woman… and the film is a super hit, that’s dangerous.”- Javed Akhtar
Javed Akhtar is one of the most notable writers in Bollywood and has written screenplays and stories for several blockbusters along with lyrics for several popular songs. He is a recipient of many National Awards, Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan, and is also an ex-Rajya Sabha member.
He recently wrote a song Nikle The Kabhi Hum Ghar Se for Dunki and charged the biggest remuneration of 25 lakhs. This is the highest paid remuneration for a lyrical writer for a song in Bollywood.
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