Ranbir Kapoor from the film Animal. (courtesy: __ranbir_kapoor_official__)

New Delhi:

Ranbir Kapoor says his upcoming movie Animal made him realise “how inadequate” he’s as an actor and pushed him to work exhausting.

The crime drama, directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga of “Kabir Singh” fame, additionally stars Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol and Rashmika Mandanna.

Ranbir, who has round 30 days of labor left on Animal, mentioned his character within the film is an “alpha” with shades of gray, in contrast to his actual self.

“It’s a new territory for me. It’s a crime drama and a father-son story. It’s something audiences don’t expect me to do. It has got shades of grey. He is very alpha, again something I’m not. So, I’m looking forward to it.

“It is totally out of my consolation zone. As an actor, such challenges are necessary because it actually shook me up. It made me work exhausting, and realise how insufficient I’m and the way a lot I wanted to work to achieve a sure stage,” the actor told PTI. Produced by Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series, Murad Khetani’s Cine1 Studios and Pranay Reddy Vanga’s Bhadrakali Pictures, “Animal” is set to release on August 11.

Ranbir, 40, said he hasn’t signed any film post Animal, but is hopeful that the much-anticipated Kishore Kumar biopic with director Anurag Basu will be on track soon. The duo have previously worked on Barfi and Jagga Jasoos.

“The Kishore Kumar biopic has been in dialogue for a while. We are nonetheless in talks. Basu is engaged on the script. Apart from that, there may be nothing,” the actor said.

Reports of the actor starring in the biopic of the legendary singer-actor have been doing the rounds for many years. He recently confirmed that he is part of the film at a promotional event of his latest release Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar in Kolkata.

Post the pandemic, the film industry is going through a phase of course correction, believes Ranbir. “There is a correction taking place within the trade. To be sincere, not many movies are being made proper now. Numerous actors and stars are sitting at residence. I assume individuals are confused, what’s a cinema movie, what’s an OTT movie. It is a complicated time proper now. Hopefully, we are going to come out of it stronger with higher concepts and good content material,” he added.

Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar released in cinemas on Wednesday. Directed by Luv Ranjan, the film also features Shraddha Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia and Anubhav Singh Bassi. It is produced by Luv Films and Ankur Garg and presented by Gulshan Kumar and Bhushan Kumar of T-Series.

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