{"id":18275,"date":"2023-10-26T20:45:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T20:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/ranbir-kapoor-calls-animal-his-darkest-film-yet-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T20:45:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T20:45:09","slug":"ranbir-kapoor-calls-animal-his-darkest-film-yet-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ranbir-kapoor-calls-animal-his-darkest-film-yet-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranbir Kapoor calls \u2018Animal\u2019 his &#8216;darkest film&#8217; yet | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p>Bollywood A-lister Ranbir Kapoor took to social media for a forthright talk with fans about <em>Ramayana <\/em>and <em>Animal<\/em>, two of his much-anticipated projects lined up for release. During the interactive session, Kapoor called <em>Animal <\/em>\u201cthe darkest film\u201d he\u2019s ever done, nodding at his character\u2019s gritty outlook towards life.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Sanju <\/em>star also commented on the remarkable physical transformation he underwent to bring it to life. He disclosed, &#8220;For <em>Animal<\/em>, I had shaved my hair! For the last scene, I had done that. So now I am growing my hair. Since I am not working on any film, I am eating a lot, and not following any diet. I have changed my entire lifestyle. I have quit smoking, so I am eating a lot of chocolates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Dydmpfo68DA\">\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"ANIMAL (OFFICIAL TEASER): Ranbir Kapoor |Rashmika M, Anil K, Bobby D |Sandeep Reddy Vanga |Bhushan K\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dydmpfo68DA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kapoor also expressed admiration for director Sandeep Reddy Vanga&#8217;s distinctive approach to filmmaking, declaring <em>Animal <\/em>the most serious project in Vanga\u2019s filmography, whose other films include <em>Arjun Reddy<\/em> and <em>Kabir Singh<\/em>. According to the <em>Barfi <\/em>actor, Vanga\u2019s forthcoming release is a nuanced dive into a psychopathic killer\u2019s modus operandi, tapping into the depths of a profoundly dark character.<\/p>\n<p>The actor attributed his investment in the role to his character\u2019s complexity, adding that he found it difficult to identify with such a morally ambiguous person which changed his perspective on acting and taking on more daring roles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Animal <\/em>is slated for release on December 1, 2023, and stars Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, and Rashmika Mandanna aside from the <em>Rockstar <\/em>lead.<\/p>\n<p>Talking about <em>Ramayana<\/em>, Kapoor stated, \u201c<em>Ramayana <\/em>is such a big project, where a lot of work is needed behind it. Nothing has been finalized. I hope it is done soon. As of now, I have been hearing a lot of subjects but nothing (is locked).&#8221; As per <em>The Indian Express<\/em>, the Nitesh Tiwari mythological epic will likely start production in 2024 and potentially cast Kapoor alongside South Indian actors Yash and Sai Pallavi as Hindu deities, Ram, Ravan, and Sita respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The actor also hinted at another grand project in the pipeline with director Anurag Basu, with whom he has previously worked on <em>Barfi <\/em>and <em>Jagga Jasoos<\/em>. This prospective project will apparently see the two reunite for a Kishore Kumar biopic which has been in development for a few years. Kapoor revealed his intention to review the script before the month&#8217;s end.<\/p>\n<p><em>Have something to add to the story? Share it in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v5.0&#038;appId=419051588770002&#038;autoLogAppEvents=1\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bollywood A-lister Ranbir Kapoor took to social media for a forthright talk with fans about Ramayana and Animal, two of his much-anticipated projects lined up for release. During the interactive session, Kapoor called Animal \u201cthe darkest film\u201d he\u2019s ever done, nodding at his character\u2019s gritty outlook towards life.\u00a0 The Sanju star also commented on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/Ranbir1698301067-1\/Ranbir1698301067-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}