It came as a huge letdown for many fans when the news regarding Ranbir Kapoor-Rashmika Mandanna starrer Animal getting postponed started doing rounds. While the makers didn’t reveal any exact date, it was certain that the film was pushed further to December owing to some embellishment in the VFX department. Now that we’ve got a release date, the makers of Animal are ready to commence their promotional stint for the film from this month itself.
As per sources close to the entertainment portal PinkVilla, Sandeep Reddy Vanga might be releasing the teaser of Animal to mark Ranbir Kapoor’s birthday. The source revealed, “It’s work in progress on the teaser front and the idea is to bring it out on RK’s birthday. Which a rough cut is already locked, it’s sent for polishing the post production department. If the teaser is locked, which mostly likely will be, the team will treat all the fans with an epic teaser on Ranbir’s birthday."
However, the source also added, “If not for a teaser, the idea is definitely to bring out some other asset like a poster, motion poster or something else none would expect."
On New Year, Animal’s director Sandeep Reddy Vanga had tweeted the poster of the film. Ranbir Kapoor can be seen smoking a cigarette while staring at someone. He is wearing a white shirt stained with blood, and holding an axe that is covered in blood. The movie’s old release date, August 11, was also disclosed along with the poster. Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Shakti Kapoor and Triptii Dimri all have significant roles in the Sandeep Reddy Vanga directorial.
Sandeep Reddy Vanga had also addressed the fans on social media about the delay in Animal’s release,"Coming to the topic of why we are unable to release the film on August 11 is because of the quality. It might sound like a generic answer but it’s only the quality. I am not going to explain how the post-production work is being layered. To cut it short, I’ll give you one example, there are seven songs in the film and when those seven songs are multiplied into five languages, it becomes 35 songs. So 35 songs, different sets of lyricists, different sets of singers, it’s going to take a little more than what I actually planned for," he had shared.
He also explained, “I’ve only realised this now else I wouldn’t have released the pre-teaser. Thank you for the response to that. Some of you said that it won’t be in the film but it is a cut out of the film. Coming back to the songs, the kind of lyrical that we have achieved in Hindi, I need to give the same to all the other languages. For that, I really need to spend energy, time because when it releases in all different languages, I don’t want to give it a feeling that it is Hindi dubbed Tamil film or a Hindi dubbed Telugu film. It has to be like the regional cinema. For that we are taking time and there’s no other reason."
“And the favourable date that we found Is December 1. December 1st is when we are coming into the theatres and all I can promise you is that we’ll come with the best quality, in terms of video, audio and everything. And ye bohot badi film hai. Badi film kehne ka matlab it’s not because of the star cast or the humongous budget. But it’s very rich in content, it’s a very emotional film. It will engage you in a way that no others films have engaged you. That I can promise. Toh aajaiye theatres mein December 1st. Ranbir Kapoor ka vishwaroop dekhne!," he concluded.
