‘Animal’: Sandeep Reddy Vanga opens up about ‘big pelvis’ line: ‘I thought that was a compliment’

Director Sandeep Reddy Vanga recently opened up about one of the most controversial dialogues from his latest film ‘Animal’ in which Ranbir Kapoor's character compliments Rashmika Mandanna's character for her 'big pelvis.'

In an interview with Galatta Plus, Sandeep Reddy Vanga said that he considered it a compliment and offered an explanation for its context.

He revealed, ‘I thought about shooting (that) he would just be playing with the petals of the flowers, and he’d just put his hand on her feet. I wanted to shoot that, but I thought I would not show it. I thought on the shooting day ‘Let’s not do that and again give a shock.’
‘I felt like she is walking away, he knew that if he let her go without saying one more line, he knew that she was gone. So how should I say that I am seeing my future with you? I want to marry you. I thought in these situations boys behave very differently sometimes. Your intention is something else but you end up saying something else. So, he didn’t know what to say. This was the brief given to Ranbir also. Suddenly, he doesn’t know what to say and he says Gitanjali got a big pelvis. He is giving a reason that I’m seeing a future with you that we’ll get married and have babies. I thought that was a compliment. I never thought. How you found it ugly’, Vanga explained.

Sandeep Reddy Vanga further shared why Ranvijay (Ranbir's character) could not express his feelings directly to Geetanjali (Rashmika's character) in the scene.

He said, ‘He’s trying a different route to explain to her because it’s her engagement day and they were not in touch. Coming with that force and saying ‘Listen Geetanjali I really love your pelvis.’ He is trying to explain a theory which is related to the character, the title also, for the audience, when they are watching the film it doesn’t seem like what theory he is talking about.’

Besides Ranbir and Rashmika, 'Animal' also starred Bobby Deol as the primary antagonist, Triptii Dimi, Anil Kapoor, Suresh Oberoi, Prem Chopra and Shakti Kapoor in key roles.

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