Sandeep Reddy Vanga proved 'big stars' wrong with Ranbir Kapoor starrer Animal, says Ram Gopal Varma: 'It was the cheapest film...'

Despite garnering criticism from some celebs along with a certain section of the audience for glorifying toxic masculinity, Ranbir Kapoor starrer Animal turned out to be a global blockbuster with collections of over Rs 900 crore. This collection of Sandeep Reddy Vanga's directorial is insane since it was an 'A' rated movie.

Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, who lauded Animal during its theatrical release, has said that Vanga has proved big stars wrong by delivering a blockbuster without relying on a massive budget or VFX.

“Different kinds of audiences will like different kinds of films. I can’t believe that the same kind of audience will like both ‘Gadar 2’ and ‘Animal.’ Having said that, one can like a certain dish and others can like something else. It is not, ‘I only eat this kind of food,’” the Satya helmer told Galatta Plus.

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Highlighting the pressure of contemporary big stars face to participate in big-budget films, RGV explained, “They have to. They have a competition amongst them, and every big star wants to expand his fanbase and market so that he can make bigger and bigger films. That’s technically what big stars think, and that kind of thing can only come from very heavy VFX and huge production and design costs.”

“Sandeep Reddy Vanga proved them wrong because ‘Animal’ was the least expensive film; however, if you look at Ranbir Kapoor in ‘Brahmastra’ or ‘Shamshera,’ ‘Animal’ was the cheapest film in terms of production. He is one of the biggest names, and the film did better than the so-called big production value films. So there are no hard and fast rules,” added Satya helmer.

When questioned if the success of Animal would encourage filmmakers to follow a similar path, RGV responded, “But because ‘Animal’ happened, will other films made faster and with lesser expenses still earn as much money? That decision… I mean, so many films have been made with big production value, and ‘Animal’ comes and surprises us. For filmmakers to make a film like ‘Animal’ and think back, it is going to take some time. Aamir Khan cracked this by doing smaller films and big films more than 25 years back. I don’t see a single person doing that now.”