Ranbir Kapoor starrer Animal received polarised reviews upon its release.
Imran Khan earlier said that he does not want to play a character that solves problems with guns. Many thought that he was taking an indirect dig at ‘Animal’ movie.
Actor Imran Khan, who is all set to make his comeback in Bollywood, has clarified that his recent statement on “glamourising violence” in films has nothing to do with Ranbir Kapoor starrer ‘Animal’. Imran, in an interview, has said that his reason for saying no to an espionage series is being misconstrued as critique for Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s directorial.
“I was talking about a role that I was offered,” Imran told Zoom TV. “People like to take these things and make it about something else. I would never critique another person’s film in public. I consider that disrespectful. I have been raised in such a way that I would praise in public and criticise in private. If you have to criticise to a person, do it on a private level.”
The actor continued, “Frankly, I was addressing the fact that last year I had entered conversations with Abbas Tyerwala to act in a show he was making. It was set in the backdrop of espionage. Ultimately, the show fell but I was addressing my part in it. My character was a spy, an action guy. It had a lot of violence and I was not wanting to play that kind of a role. the development of the show ceased later though.”
Last month in an interview, Imran said that nowadays violence is sexualised in films and he does not want to play a character that solves problems with guns. Several people wondered if he was taking a jibe at ‘Animal’.
“I have a sense about where cinema is these days,” he told Film Companion, before adding, “there is a glamorisation and a fetishisation and sexualisation of violence that makes me uncomfortable. There is a way to portray violence. This is not a morality thing. Violence and action are… it is a language in cinema but when we communicate it, when we portray it in films, there is a way to do it where you feel the weight of it.”
