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New Delhi:

With solely two days left for the discharge of the much-awaited movie Animal, its forged together with director Sandeep Reddy Vanga are on a promotional spree, touring states throughout India to satisfy and greet their beloved followers. Amid all of the promotional duties, the director took a while off to have a chat with iDream Media, the place he revealed that not Shahid Kapoor however actor Ranveer Singh was his first option to play the titular position in Kabir Singh. He additionally talked in regards to the motive why Ranveer Singh rejected the supply earlier than Shahid Kapoor got here on board. Talking to iDream Media, the Kabir Singh director mentioned, “I was continuously getting calls from Mumbai to do the remake. First, it was pitched to Ranveer Singh. I wanted to do it with him. But finally, he decided he will not do it, because it was too dark for him at that time.”

Talking about how Shahid Kapoor got here to be part of the undertaking, Sandeep Reddy Vanga continued, “Shahid’s track record was a concern; none of his solo films had done ₹100 crore then, his highest was ₹65 crore. They used to say ₹55 crore, ₹65 crore is the kind of business Telugu movies do. ‘Why are you doing it with this guy? If it was Ranveer, the box office would be higher’. But I was always sure about Shahid, he’s a fantastic actor.”

For the unversed, like its Telugu counterpart Arjun Reddy, Kabir Singh went on to perform well at the box office. The film starring Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani, grossed around ₹380 crore globally, shared the director in the same interview.

Meanwhile, Animal’s Censor Board of Film Certification report has been released. As per an image of the report being shared widely on social media, the duration of the film is 203 minutes or 3 hours 23 minutes. In addition to awarding the film an Adults Only (A) certificate, the CBFC also asked director Sandeep Reddy Vanga to make five changes to the film. One change involves “intimate visuals,” and addressing it, the report says, “Modified the intimate visuals of Vijay and Zoya by deleting the close-up shots at TCR 02:28:37.” Additionally, CBFC ordered a word at 1 hour and 31 minutes to be modified to “Black” and the word “vastra”  to be replaced with “costume”. Additionally, two undisclosed dialogues were modified to “Kabhi nahin” and “Kya bol rahe ho aap”. The word “natak” at 2 hours and 13 minutes was muted, and the subtitles were changed to “You change pads four times a month.”

Sharing the report on X [formerly Twitter], a user wrote, “#Animal CBFC Report. Run-time: 3hr 23min 29sec. Certified: A. #AnimalCensorReport.”

#Animal CBFC Report.
Run-time: 3hr 23min 29sec
Certified: A#AnimalCensorReportpic.twitter.com/C1Hq0Ei2uZ

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Speaking about the film at its trailer launch, Ranbir Kapoor said, “Animal is basically the adult-rated Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham. If I had to describe this story in a line, then it’s about a man who goes to any length to protect his family. That’s what the core of the film is.”