Director Sandeep Reddy Vanga Explains Reason for Delay in Ranbir’s ‘Animal’

New Delhi, 3rd July 2023: It was recently announced that fans will have to wait a bit longer to witness Ranbir Kapoor in action. ‘Animal’, the actor’s highly anticipated project, has been postponed.

Originally scheduled for August 11, the film will now be released on December 1. Director Sandeep Reddy Vanga took to Twitter to announce the delay and explain the reason behind the decision.

The filmmaker revealed that the creation of music in numerous languages for Animal is taking longer than intended. Given that the film will be released in multiple languages, the crew must verify that the song’s lyrical value is constant throughout all regional versions.

The film will be released in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam in addition to Hindi.

Sandeep also expressed gratitude for the excellent response to the film’s pre-teaser and remarked, “I’m making this video for two reasons. One is that I’m going to explain why we aren’t able to achieve the film release on August 11. And another one is that I’m going to announce the new release date. See, coming back to the topic of why we are not able to release the film on August 11, the only reason is, and it might sound like a generic answer, the quality.”

He further explained and added, “See, I’m not going to explain to you how the post-production work has been delayed as it might bore you. I’ll cut it short. I’ll give you one example. For example, there are seven songs in the film, and when seven songs are multiplied by five languages, they become 35 songs with different sets of lyrics and singles, so it’s going to take a little more time than what I’ve actually put in for. I’ve lately realised this, or I wouldn’t have released the pre-teaser.”

Thanking the fans Vanga said, “Thank you so much for the pre-teaser response. A few of them said that it is not and will not be in the film, but it will be in the film; it is a cutout of a film episode. Thank you so much for the response.”

Sandeep Reddy Vanga is best known for directing Arjun Reddy, a Telugu hit starring Vijay Deverakonda. He also directed the Hindi adaptation of the film, Kabir Singh, starring Shahid Kapoor. Both versions were huge movie office successes, despite receiving criticism for their portrayals of toxic masculinity.

With the release of the Animal pre-teaser on June 11, fans were exposed to a glimpse of Ranbir Kapoor’s dramatic transformation in the film, which piqued their interest. Along with Ranbir, the film also has key performances by Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Rashmika Mandanna, and Tripti Dimri.