Animal (2023 film)

Animal is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language action thriller film[3][4][5] co-written, edited and directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga and produced by T-Series and Cine1 Studios.[6][7] The film stars Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Rashmika Mandanna and Tripti Dimri.[8] The cinematography has been handled by Amit Roy and the production design by Suresh Selvarajan.[9]

Animal
Promotional poster
Directed bySandeep Reddy Vanga
Screenplay bySandeep Reddy Vanga
Saurabh Gupta
Story bySandeep Reddy Vanga
Produced byBhushan Kumar
Krishan Kumar
Murad Khetani
Pranay Reddy Vanga
Starring
CinematographyAmit Roy
Edited bySandeep Reddy Vanga
Music bySongs:
Pritam
JAM8
Vishal Mishra
Jaani
Manan Bhardwaj
Shreyas Puranik
Ashim Kemson
Harshwardhan Rameshwar
Gurinder Seagal
Background Score:
Harshwardhan Rameshwar
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • 1 December 2023 (2023-12-01)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹100 crore[1][2]

Animal was scheduled to be released on 11 August 2023, but was pushed to 1 December 2023 due to extensive post-production work.[10]

Premise

Animal revolves around a troubled father-son bond against the backdrop of extreme bloodshed in the underworld which causes the son to become a vicious psychopath.[11]

Cast

Production

Development and casting

Animal was officially announced by T-Series on 31 December, 2020, with an announcement video with Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, and Parineeti Chopra as the cast and Sandeep Reddy Vanga as the director.[12] A few days later, Tripti Dimri was also reported to play a role in the film.[13] In March 2022, it was reported that Rashmika Mandanna replaced Chopra, as she chose Imtiaz Ali's Chamkila over Animal.[14] Mandanna has been roped in to play Ranbir's wife Geetanjali.[15]

Filming

Principal photography began in Manali in April 2022.[16][17] The second schedule was in Mumbai in May 2022 and filming was held at Pataudi Palace in July 2022.[18] The next schedules were held in Delhi and Punjab.[19][20] The filming was wrapped up in mid-March. The film resumed in England and Scotland beginning in April with a schedule of 15–20 days.[21]

Music

The music of the film was composed by Pritam, JAM8, Vishal Mishra, Jaani, Manan Bhardwaj, Shreyas Puranik, Ashim Kemson, Harshwardhan Rameshwar and Gurinder Seagal, while the background score was composed by Harshwardhan Rameshwar.[22] Lyrics were written by Manoj Muntashir, Raj Shekhar, Siddharth-Garima, Jaani, Manan Bhardwaj, Gurinder Seagal, Ashim Kemson and Bhupinder Babbal.

The first single titled "Hua Main" was released on 11 October 2023.[23]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Hua Main"Manoj MuntashirJAM8, PritamRaghav Chaitanya, Pritam4:37
2."Satranga"Siddharth-GarimaShreyas PuranikArijit SinghTBA

Release

The film was set to release on 11 August 2023 but was postponed due to dubbing works. The film is now scheduled to release on 1 December 2023 in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada languages.[24][25]

References
  1. "Trade experts predict who will win as Shah Rukh Khan's Dunki clashes with Prabhas' Salaar, Ranbir Kapoor and Vicky Kaushal compete and Katrina Kaif and Sidharth Malhotra square off in December - Exclusive". Times of India. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023. Animal,' directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, of 'Kabir Singh' fame, is backed by a hefty budget of reportedly Rs 100 crore.
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