Nana Patekar on Ranbir Kapoor’s ‘Animal’: ‘I refused to watch the film earlier, Anil Kapoor’s was the only restrained performance, everyone else was…’

Ranbir Kapoor starrer Animal, which turned out to be one of the biggest grossers in the history of Indian cinema, garnered criticism from a section of audience along with celebs like Javed Akhtar, Swanand Kirkire, Kangana and others. Nana Patekar, in a conversation with Anil Kapoor for his upcoming movie Vanvaas, had a take on the blockbuster too.

Patekar joked how he saw the film, called Anil Kapoor, and said ‘Teri film Anil-mal dekhi.’ Nana also said he didn’t want to watch the film but when he did, he felt Anil Kapoor’s was the only restrained performance in the action-drama.

Now, the lead star has finally opened up about the criticism and said that some people were disappointed of him. “Social media played havoc. They need something to talk about, so they really went to town claiming it was a misogynistic film. What happens is that the hard work that you put in… I know the director had made Kabir Singh, which also faced the same thing, the hard work gets diminished. Because it gets this tag, which isn’t true, the perception stayed with this film. So, the general public will speak very fondly about the film, but there are many people I meet, who tell me, ‘You shouldn’t have done this film, we are so disappointed in you’. And a lot of people from the film industry (said the same thing). I quietly apologize and say, ‘Sorry I won’t do it next time.’ I don’t really agree with them, but I am in that phase of my life I don’t argue with anyone. If you don’t like my work, I will say I am sorry I will try harder next time,” said Ranbir while talking to Nikhil Kamath.

Revealing the real reason of doing 
Animal, RK added, “I had always been following a career path where I was doing good roles, trying to give good social messages, play the ‘good boy’ basically, the coming-of-age romantic image that I had. So, I found this very bold, adult-rated. I was scared that maybe the audience will not accept me. When the film released, even though it did amazing numbers and we got a lot of love, there is a big audience which found the film misogynist and wrong, in some way.”