Updated On: 05 December, 2023 04:57 AM IST | Mumbai | The Hitlist Team
Lyricist-singer-actor Swanand Kirkire has strongly criticised the recently released Ranbir Kapoor-starrer film Animal—directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga—over its treatment of women

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Lyricist-singer-actor Swanand Kirkire, who is known for his work in Barfi, and Parineeta, has strongly criticised the recently released Ranbir Kapoor-starrer film Animal—directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga—over its treatment of women. Listing several female-centric films, he wrote, “There are many such films in Hindustani cinema which taught me how to respect a woman, her rights and her autonomy. But today after watching the movie Animal, I felt pity for the women of today’s generation. Today again a new man has been prepared for you, who is more scary, who does not respect you at all and who aims to subdue you and suppress you, and feels that it is his objective as a man to feel proud of doing these things.” Criticising the response of the film’s female fans, he added, “The girls were sitting in that cinema hall and applauding when [the actress] was being beaten. I, in my mind, paid homage to the idea of equality.”