Animal Makers Trolled For Their “Your Art Form Is Big False” Response To Javed Akhtar After His Criticism: “You Made A Problematic Film”

Since yesterday, Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal has been making headlines for different reasons. The film, which Sandeep Reddy Vanga helms, was released on big screens on December 1, facing a box office clash with Vicky Kaushal’s Sam Bahadur. Last night, the entire unit of Animal celebrated the film’s success that saw who’s who from the star cast making a dazzling appearance. On the other hand, veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar slammed the film, calling its success ‘dangerous.’ However, the makers have responded to the same.

For the unversed, at the 9th Ajanta-Ellora International Film Festival in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, the renowned lyricist bashed the film and expressed concern for films in which a man “asks a woman to lick his shoe or if a man says it’s okay to slap a woman.” Now, the makers of the film have reacted to the same, and their response has received flak from netizens. Scroll down.

Taking to Twitter, the official page of Animal reacted to the criticism and told Javed Akhtar that his all his art form is a big false as he couldn’t understand the betrayal of a lover. The Tweet read, “Writer of your calibre cannot understand the betrayal of a lover (Between Zoya & Ranvijay) then all your art form is big FALSE & If a woman (betrayed and fooled by a man in the name of love) would have said “lick my shoe” then you guys would have celebrated it by calling it feminism. Let love be free from the politics of gender. Let’s just call them lovers. LOVER cheated and lied. LOVER said lick my shoe. Period. @Javedakhtarjadu.”