EXCLUSIVE: Arshad Warsi calls Animal male version of Kill Bill, Aparshakti Khurana confesses Ranbir Kapoor starrer made him “forget the moral compass”; Manoj Bajpayee says, “If films could change society then by now we would have been living in heaven”

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Manoj Bajpayee, Arshad Warsi and Aparshakti Khurana graced the Bollywood Hungama roundtable 2023.

By Bollywood Hungama News Network -

December 19, 2023 - 6:08 PM IST

The Indian film industry has seen a lot of ups and downs in 2023. There have been a few films that took the box office by storm. And one of them is Ranbir Kapoor starrer Animal. The film has also generated different types of reactions. Thus, this year’s roundtable discussion by Bollywood Hungama also addressed the film along with Manoj Bajpayee, Arshad Warsi, Aparshakti Khurana, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Aditya Roy Kapur and Arjun Mathur.

EXCLUSIVE: Arshad Warsi calls Animal male version of Kill Bill, Aparshakti Khurana confesses Ranbir Kapoor starrer made him “forget the moral compass”; Manoj Bajpayee says, “If films could change society then by now we would have been living in heaven”

Starting the conversation, Arshad asserted, “All the serious actors may hate the film, but I love the film. It was like the male version of Kill Bill. My whole point of view is different. I look at films as complete entertainment and when you go to theatre this is what you want to watch. I don’t want to think too hard, don’t teach me, don’t give me lessons, I learned it in school.”

Meanwhile, Aparshakti added, “For me where the film wins is that it made me forget the moral compass after a couple of scenes. The composition in which scenes were written was so different than what we have seen before, and it almost seemed like a comedy film that has gags and doesn’t have a screenplay. This film just had really good structured scenes which was so engaging.”

In addition to this, Manoj Bajpayee also shared his point of view, and said, “It has to be engaging. If it engages you, you completely forget about the morality, all your principles, and everything and you just watch a story and how the director wants you to watch it. That’s it. I have maintained this that if films could change society then by now we would have been living in heaven.”

As the conversation progressed, the actors were asked if they would do a film with Sandeep in the future. Responding to the question, Manoj said, “You can’t just go by the filmmaker's name, but you have to see what is being offered. If everything is okay, then why can’t we do the film?”

On the other hand, Arshad explained, “There are things that we like to see but not do. Animal would come in that bracket. For instance, when Indra Kumar called me to do Grand Masti, I don’t like those kind of films. I don’t like sex comedies. I don’t mind watching it, it’s funny but I don’t want to do it. So, as an audience I like to see it, but as an actor I don’t want to do it. I like porn but I don’t want to do it.”