Anurag Kashyap shares pic with Sandeep Reddy Vanga: Most misunderstood filmmaker

New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 13, 2024 12:27 IST

Anurag Kashyap met ‘Animal’ director Sandeep Reddy Vanga. The acclaimed filmmaker posted pictures with Vanga and also shared a note about him. In fact, he raved about Ranbir Kapoor-led ‘Animal’ as well and called it ‘the biggest game changer of Hindi cinema in the longest time’.

ANURAG KASHYAP MEETS SANDEEP REDDY VANGA

Director Anurag Kashyap, who latest film ‘Kennedy’ have been receiving rave reviews in film festivals, recently met ‘Animal’ director SandeepReddy Vanga. He also wrote a long note and called him ‘the most honest, vulnerable and a lovely human being’.

The note read, “Had a great evening with @sandeepreddy.vanga . The most misunderstood, judged and reviled Filmaker at the moment . To me he is the most honest, vulnerable and a lovely human being . And I really don’t give a f””” what any one thinks of him or his film. I wanted to meet the man and I had questions and he answered every thing I asked of him about his film that I actually saw twice . Thank you for being patient and being yourself(sic).”

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He continued, “40’days since i first saw ANIMAL and 22 days since I saw it the second time . The biggest game changer of Hindi cinema in the longest time and a film whose impact (good or bad) which can’t be denied . And the filmmaker who takes it all on his chin . Great evening spent with him (sic).”

WHEN ANURAG KASHYAP RAVED ABOUT ‘ANIMAL’

Speaking with OTT Play at the Kolkata International Film Festival, Anurag Kashyap had earlier praised the film. He had said, "You cannot force responsibility on anyone. People take responsibility for themselves or they don’t. How many people went and watched a film that you considered to be feminist? Only a handful of people watch them and underline if it was a real feminist film or a pseudo-feminist film. A film like ‘Animal’ has galvanised more feminists in this country than any other feminist film. It has created more discussion around misogyny than any other film. So it is doing something good.”

"You need a provocateur in a society for people to understand. More people were taught feminism because of ‘Animal’ and the discussions around it. Why are you scared of a provocateur? We are educated and learned people. Why are we afraid of someone who provokes us? I think being provoked is a good thing. I have always tried to make films to make people uncomfortable, as a filmmaker. When I made ‘Ugly’, I wanted people to go back and not sleep that night," the director concluded.

Animal stars Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna, Triptii Dimri among others in pivotal roles. It was released in cinemas on December 1.