Ranbir Kapoor was hit multiple times for this scene by Rashmika Mandanna in Animal

Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s ‘Animal’ is receiving mixed reviews from the audience. Sandeep’s brother Pranay, who’s also the producer, has now talked about the film in a recent interview with iDream Media.

Addressing the criticism, they have faced since the release of the film, Pranay shared, “When Sandeep told me the villain will have three wives and eight kids, I knew it’s something people would talk about. I was right.” He shared that there was no ill intent behind showing the villain belong to a particular community.

“Some complained that we didn’t show the community in a good light. In the last three decades, we have seen numerous villains wearing a bottu (bindi/tilak). Nobody complained. Just because it’s a minority now, people are nitpicking,” he adds.

When asked if Sandeep is calculative in showing violence or giving female actors less screen space, he says, “I think Rashmika’s character Geetanjali is as important as RK (Ranbir Kapoor) and Bobby’s. RK hardly has four lines in a four-page-long Karva Chauth scene. RK also told Rashmika that this is her scene. He even told her she can hit him multiple times to get her scene right.”

He added, “RK is not insecure. He wanted the scene to work well emotionally.”