Image instagrammed by Bhumi, a scene from Animal. (courtesy: BhumiPednekar)

New Delhi:

Bhumi Pednekar, whose new movie Bhakshak launched right now, shared her opinion on Animal – the much-debated movie of the current time. Bhumi watched the movie and she or he believes a movie is a filmmaker’s method of “self-expression.” When requested by The Lallantop if she watched Animal, Bhumi mentioned she watched the movie and added she has by no means loved watching “hyper-masculine films.” Bhumi informed The Lallantop, “I watched Animal. Par mujhe hyper-masculine films maja hi nehi aata. Aur ye abhi se nehi, bohat pehle se hain.. Hollywood ki bhi action films hain na…mujhe na rom-com, agar mera genre pooche, mujhe woh films zyada pasand aati hai ( I don’t like watching hyper-masculine films, and it’s not for now, earlier also I never enjoyed those kind of films. Even in Hollywood, the action films… I like watching rom-coms).”

Bhumi added, “I genuinely believe that a film is a filmmaker’s self-expression, and that is very important. But as an audience, what you learn from that self-expression, that is the challenge.”

Ever since Animal launched in theatres, the talk across the movie refuses to die. A big part of the viewers slammed the movie for its portrayal of misogyny and poisonous masculinity. Celebrities like Javed Akhtar, Konkona Sen Sharma additionally expressed their ideas on the movie. Javed Akhtar, with out taking the identify of Animal, slammed the movie closely final month. He mentioned on the Ajanta Ellora International Film Festival in Aurangabad, “I believe it’s a testing time for the young filmmakers today as to what kind of characters they want to create that the society will applaud. For instance, if there’s a film in which a man asks a woman to lick his shoe or if a man says it’s okay to slap a woman, and if the film is a super duper hit, then that’s very dangerous.” For context, Ranbir Kapoor (Rannvijay) asks Zoya (Triptii Dimri) to lick his boots within the movie.

Despite receiving criticism, the movie minted an enormous sum of money on the field workplace. Animal additionally received 5 Filmfare Awards this yr together with Ranbir Kapoor’s trophy within the Best Actor (Popular) class.