Sandeep
Reddy
Vanga
rose
to
fame
with
his
Telugu
blockbuster
Arjun
Reddy
which
featured
Vijay
Deverakonda
in
leading
role.
Later,
he
made
his
directorial
debut
in
Bollywood
with
a
Hindi
remake
of
this
film
with
Shahid
Kapoor.
Titled
Kabir
Singh,
this
film
also
hit
the
bull's
eye
at
the
box
office.
Now,
all
eyes
are
on
Sandeep's
upcoming
film
Animal
which
stars
Ranbir
Kapoor.
Recently
during
a
promotional
interview
with
RRR
director
SS
Rajamouli,
the
latter
asked
him
if
there
are
any
similarities
between
the
characters
of
Kabir
Singh
and
Ranbir
Kapoor
in
Animal.
Reacting
to
this,
Vanga
clarified
that
they
are
not
close
or
similar.
"I
don't
think
Ranbir's
character
is
close
to
Kabir
Singh.
You
won't
find
any
similarity
in
the
characters
but
there's
definitely
violence.
What
will
be
common
between
both
the
movies
is
that
they're
character-driven
stories,"
Rajamouli
further
asked
Sandeep,
"Since
you
have
named
the
film
Animal,
it
gives
a
sense
that
Ranbir's
character
would
be
violent.
The
audience
is
thinking
like
this,
including
me."
Hearing
this,
Sandeep
Reddy
Vanga
told
him,
"There's
violence,
but
the
characters
are
not
the
same.
I
used
to
ask
my
ADs
if
there
are
shades
of
Kabir
Singh
or
Arjun
Reddy
in
Animal.
But
no,
the
plot
and
characters
are
different."
He
further
added
that
the
only
common
thread
between
Kabir
Singh
and
Animal
is
that
both
are
character-driven
stories.
Touted
to
be
a
crime
drama,
Animal
revolves
around
the
main
protagonist's
troubled
relationship
with
his
father.
Starring
Ranbir
Kapoor,
Parineeti
Chopra,
Anil
Kapoor
and
Bobby
Deol,
the
film
is
slated
to
release
on
August
11,
2023.
On
the
other
hand,
SS
Rajamouli's
much
anticipated
film
RRR
spearheaded
by
Ram
Charan
and
Junior
NTR,
hit
the
big
screens
today
and
opened
to
positive
reviews
from
the
critics.