Sandeep Vanga faced criticism from Bollywood media circles along with the industry people for Kabir Singh and the same response went to the next level with his next film, Animal. Instead of this criticism, both movies ended up as massive blockbusters as audiences liked those films. The recent interview of Vanga sparked the debate against targeted hatred against him. Netizens also say that why blame Sandeep Vanga, not Ranbir Kapoor?
In a recent interview, Vanga raised a point that Hindi film industry people and media criticized him but not the lead actor of the film, Ranbir Kapoor as they do not want to break the relation with Ranbir.
Sandeep Vanga points out the Hypocrisy of Bollywood
Animal, an action-drama by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, thrived in 2024 even with negative reactions as a section of audiences/critics called it a violent and misogynistic movie. During his conversation with Komal Nahata in an interview, the filmmaker revealed that critics targeted his film but lauded Ranbir Kapoor, prompting him to reflect on industry biases. Netizens also say that why blame Sandeep Vanga, not Ranbir Kapoor?
“One thing I’ll tell you—film-related people who criticised Animal very badly, all of them said, ‘But Ranbir toh todd diya (Ranbir smashed it).’ See, I am not jealous of Ranbir, but I don’t understand the disparity. What I understood was that they wanted to work with Ranbir. Kyunki agar Ranbir ko bolenge toh… (Because if they say something to Ranbir then…) Obviously, it’s a different thing to comment on a star. Mere par comment marna asaan hai because I am new to this place (It’s easy to comment on me). A filmmaker makes a film every 2-3 years, but an actor appears in films five times a year. So jinke saath kaam zyada hai unke baare mein kuch bolenge nahi (They won’t say anything about the ones they work with more often).”
Animal succeeded at the box office, making over ₹900 crore despite heavy criticism from a section of Bollywood. Right now, Sandeep Reddy Vanga has two projects: Spirit featuring Prabhas and Animal 2 starring Ranbir Kapoor.
