Javed Akhtar is a screenwriter and lyricist who has written many male characters. He had come out indirectly criticizing the film Animal. While speaking at the 9th Ajanta-Ellora International Film Festival, Javed Akhtar expressed concern about the success of films like Animal. To create an image. Writers today should think about it, because there is so much confusion among them. It is because the society is confused.”
“Society does not decide what is right or wrong, but cinema reflects that. There was a time when the poor were good and the rich were bad. But today we have only one thought in our head how to get rich. So, we can’t turn the rich into bad people because we all want to be rich,” he said. “A man asking a woman to lick her shoe, or a man saying it’s okay to hit a woman, and such a film becoming a super hit is dangerous,” said Javed Akhtar, indirectly referring to a scene in Animal. Meanwhile, Animal collected Rs 900 crore at the global box office. And the film received huge criticism from the critics. Many people highlighted the character creation in the film.
