Animal 2023, the action drama in Hindi written by the Telugu screenwriter Sandeep Reddy Vanga, has been circulating around the Internet after its release. This film was starring legendary actors Ranbir Kapoor Rashmika Mandanna Anil Kapoor Bobby Deol, and Tripti Damri and has been hailed as one of the top Indian films that have made huge money projects. So, if contemplating watching Animal but are not sure about its review as well as box-office collections, and OTT platform, check out this guide for an overview.
Release Dates
The film was announced early in 2021, the movie was initially scheduled to release on August 11, 2023. however, the release date was delayed due delays in post production work. Then, Animal OTT release dates were changed to 1 December 2023 and launched on the 1st of December in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada languages.
Animal Reviews
While the film in Hindi has been ranked first on the list of the top-rated Indian films however, critics have a different opinion to say. According to the well-known American Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes “Top Critics”, the film’s plot has often been described by critics as “misogynist.”
Anupama Chopra, a famous Indian journalist, author and a qualified film critic, said about the film “A film that is jolly sexually sexist, morally bankrupt, and terrifyingly violent. It’s all I could have sat through had the drama and emotional intensity had not been triggered.”
However, in addition to its violent and feminist storyline, the film received praise due to Ranbir Kapoor’s and Bobby Deol’s exemplary acting, based on reviews.
Animal: Box Office Collection
Despite being repeatedly labelled an “misogynistic and violent film” the film was able to do quite well because of the action-packed plot, and was accompanied along with the most memorable music of this year. Therefore, in addition to being surrounded with critics who criticized it and a host of other critics, the film set records such as the highest non-holiday debut and the biggest single day as well as the biggest weekend opening and the highest beginning week for India.
In the month of January. 2024 Animal Movie continued to make the sum of INR 896.61 Crores (US $110 million) globally, while claiming itself as an important commercial success. Not only this, but the film made several records like the third-highest-grossing Indian film of 2023, the fifth-highest-grossing Hindi film, the ninth-highest-grossing Indian film, and the highest-grossing A-rated Indian film.
Cast
The Animal film’s cast includes,
- Ranbir Kapoor, in a double part in the role of Ranvijay Balbir Singh as well as Aziz Haque
- Anil Kapoor, in a double part in the role of Balbir Singh, and Kailash Petkar in a dual role as Balbir Singh and Kailash
- Bobby Deol as Abrar Haque
- Rashmika Mandanna in the role of Geetanjali “Gitu” Singh Vijay’s wife
- Tripti Dimri as Zoya Riaz
- Charu Shankar as Jyoti Singh
- Babloo Prithiveeraj plays Asrar Haque Abrar’s brother.
- Shakti Kapoor as PK Mishra
- Prem Chopra as Dalbir Dodamal Singh
- Madhu Raja in the role of Rani Kaur “Beeji”, the wife of Dalbir Singh.
- Suresh Oberoi as Rajdheer Dodamal Singh
- Saurabh Sachdeva is Abid Haque, Abrar’s brother.
- Saloni Batra as Reet Singh
- Anshul Chauhan as Roop Singh
- Siddhant Karnick as Varun Pratap Malhotra
- Maganti Srinath is Karthik Geetanjali’s elder brother and Vijay’s best friend.
- Upendra Limaye as Freddy Wilfred Patil
- Mathew Varghese as Shreepad Balaji Iyengar
- Indira Krishnan as Motika S. Iyengar, Karthik and Geetanjali’s mother
- Mrinmayee Godbole as Dr. Amrita Naidoo
- Ahmad Ibn Umar as young Vijay
- Leon Ung as young Abrar
- Diyara Valecha as young Geetanjali
- Eva Chibber as young Roop
- Neeven Vaid is portrayed as a young Reet
Animal: OTT Platform
According to a media report, Animal is all set to debut digitally on Netflix on January 26th, 2023. However, the report has not been confirmed nor denied by Netflix. OTT giant.
Additionally, media reports indicate that Netflix will release the film in a pre-cut version Animal which will be couple of minutes more than its theatrical counterpart that was a total of 3 hours and 21 Minutes.
