{"id":479865,"date":"2026-05-11T22:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/479865\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T22:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:05:15","slug":"anil-kapoor-responds-to-criticism-around-animal-father-son-scenes-with-ranbir-kapoor-drew-from-personal-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/479865\/","title":{"rendered":"Anil Kapoor responds to criticism around Animal: \u2018Father-son scenes with Ranbir Kapoor drew from personal experiences\u2019 |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Anil Anil Kapoor<\/a> recently opened up about the criticism surrounding Sandeep Reddy Vanga\u2019s Animal and shared how deeply personal the father-son scenes in the film were for both him and co-star Ranbir Kapoor.Speaking to The Indian Express, the actor said that while people can have different opinions about a film after release, the team approached the project with complete sincerity.<\/p>\n

\u2018Nobody knows what discussions will happen after release\u2019<\/p>\n

Reacting to the debates and criticism surrounding the film, Anil Kapoor said that as actors, their responsibility is to honestly portray the characters given to them.\u201cAs an artist and actor, you do your best for the character and the role. Nobody really knows before release what discussions or criticism will happen later,\u201d he said.The actor added that the team worked very sincerely on the emotional core of the film, especially the complicated father-son relationship shown between his and Ranbir Kapoor\u2019s characters.<\/p>\n

Anil Kapoor says father-son scenes drew from personal experiences<\/p>\n

Talking about the emotionally intense scenes in the film, Anil revealed that both he and Ranbir drew heavily from their own real-life experiences and family relationships.\u201cWe dug a lot into our personal experiences. Ranbir\u2019s relationship with his father, my relationship with my son, and my relationship with my father \u2014 all those dynamics came into the scenes,\u201d he shared.He further explained that while the dialogues may have been written differently, the emotional angst behind the scenes was very real for both actors.\u201cThe lines may have been different, but the emotions underneath were extremely real for both of us,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

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\u2018Those slaps and confrontations were discussed in detail\u2019<\/p>\n

Anil Kapoor also spoke about the controversial confrontation scenes between the father and son in the film, including the aggressive collar-grabbing and slapping moments.He revealed that many of those scenes were heavily improvised during discussions between him, Ranbir Kapoor and director Sandeep Reddy Vanga.\u201cUsually actors say, \u2018Don\u2019t hit too hard, just one slap.\u2019 But here the thought process was different. We discussed how angry a father in that situation would realistically be,\u201d he explained.According to the actor, the emotional intensity of the scenes came from those conversations and improvisations during rehearsals.\u201cRanbir, the director and I would sit together and discuss all the dynamics. Credit goes to the director for taking the best out of those discussions,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u2018The collar-grabbing was definitely real\u2019<\/p>\n

When asked whether the physical confrontations in the film were real, Anil admitted that some portions were authentic, though exaggerated for cinematic impact.\u201cIn films there is always some exaggeration for drama. One or two slaps may happen in reality, but cinema makes it more dramatic,\u201d he shared.However, he clarified that certain physical moments, especially the aggressive grabbing during confrontations, were performed realistically.\u201cBut yes, the collar-grabbing was definitely real,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anil Kapoor recently opened up about the criticism surrounding Sandeep Reddy Vanga\u2019s Animal and shared how deeply personal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[8433,210012,210016,210015,210018,18,117,210019,210013,19,17,327,148624,210014,210017],"class_list":{"0":"post-479865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-anil-kapoor","9":"tag-anil-kapoor-animal-movie","10":"tag-anil-kapoor-interview","11":"tag-animal-movie-criticism","12":"tag-controversial-scenes-in-animal","13":"tag-eire","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-father-son-emotional-scenes","16":"tag-father-son-relationship-in-animal","17":"tag-ie","18":"tag-ireland","19":"tag-movies","20":"tag-ranbir","21":"tag-ranbir-kapoor-anil-kapoor","22":"tag-sandeep-reddy-vanga-animal"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116558215600512169","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}