“Animal” cast discusses toxic masculinity

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Here’s how Ranbir Kapoor justified what he did in his blockbuster film "Animal".  : Netflix

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00:00There is a very healthy conversation that has started about toxic masculinity also.

00:04And the characters got what they deserved.

00:05Can you hear me? I am not deaf.

00:15What was your feeling when you saw the script for the first time?

00:17There was no dialogue in it.

00:18But now you have to do it. What is the change now?

00:20That was the best thing.

00:21Because I have always tried to do work which is out of my comfort zone.

00:27And I never thought that Sandeep would be ready to work with me.

00:32And I don't know why he chose me.

00:34Because I have told this story many times.

00:35But when he came to meet me, he showed me a photograph of me.

00:38CCLC.

00:39I saw it. I saw it day before yesterday.

00:40Yes. I used to play for the celebrity cricket league.

00:42You had grown a beard in unemployment.

00:44Yes, I had grown a beard.

00:45So he was of use to me in my unemployment.

00:48But like how he was saying, he knew which one to cast.

00:53And I was just happy.

00:54But when he said, I am going to be mute.

00:55I said, my power comes from you.

00:59But I said, let's go with it.

01:02Because I knew those 15 days work which he is giving me

01:05is actually of a guy who is also not really an antagonist.

01:11Everybody has a story.

01:13My grandfather died. I lost my voice.

01:15I love my family. And I am a romantic.

01:17I have three wives.

01:20Actually, there is a negative streak.

01:22In everyone.

01:23Everybody was negative before.

01:25That's life.

01:26But everybody was loving the negative side also.

01:29Because the portrayal was so good.

01:32When he is doing this.

01:34Everybody is liking.

01:35Of course, there is a very healthy conversation

01:38that has started about toxic masculinity also.

01:40Which is a great thing.

01:41Because in cinema, at least there starts a conversation.

01:43If something is wrong,

01:44if you don't show that it is wrong

01:46and unless a conversation starts in society,

01:48we will never realize it.

01:49So the characters that we portray,

01:52those are characters.

01:54So it is very important that as actors

01:56we have empathy for them

01:57because we have to play them.

01:58But as an audience,

01:59then you decide that this is wrong.

02:02You can make a film on a wrong person

02:04and it should be made.

02:05If you don't make a film on them,

02:06society will never improve it.

02:08Storytelling is how do you write a story.

02:10It is the reflection of the society.

02:12It is showing you what is happening in the society.

02:14And there are so many things we don't want to talk about.

02:17But we actors,

02:18we are just getting an opportunity

02:19to play different characters.

02:20That's the fun of being an actor.

02:22And the characters got what they deserved.

02:24He got what he deserved

02:25and I got what he deserved.

02:26He got what he deserved.

02:27It is the character playing

02:29that you have to understand.

02:31Still, whoever said something

02:33as an audience,

02:34whoever didn't like anything,

02:36I would like to compliment you as an actor

02:38because everyone said that

02:40the acting was very good.

02:41The portrayal was very good.

02:42Sir, you are giving the same look

02:43that you were giving him at that time.

02:45Don't scare me, sir.

02:46What did I do?

02:47You were giving him the same look.

02:48Now he is looking at me like this.

02:50He slapped me four times.

02:51I didn't do anything, sir.

02:52Look, Basit,

02:53you and I have done this film.

02:54But when the film runs,

02:56everything runs.

02:57When the film doesn't run,

02:58nothing runs.

02:59No matter how much acting you have done,

03:00no matter how good acting you have done,

03:01it is useless.

03:02We have done a lot of films.

03:03From the first frame to the last frame.

03:05When the film runs,

03:06everything runs.

03:07From the first frame to the last frame.

03:08But after the last frame,

03:09after the screening,

03:10we forget everything.

03:11Correct.

03:12We did a great job

03:13but it didn't work.

03:14We won't get anyone at the party.

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