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Animal
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySandeep Reddy Vanga
Screenplay bySandeep Reddy Vanga
Pranay Reddy Vanga
Saurabh Gupta
Story bySandeep Reddy Vanga
Produced byBhushan Kumar
Krishan Kumar
Murad Khetani
Pranay Reddy Vanga
Starring
CinematographyAmit Roy
Edited bySandeep Reddy Vanga
Music bySongs:
JAM8
Vishal Mishra
Jaani
Manan Bhardwaj
Shreyas Puranik
Ashim Kemson
Harshwardhan Rameshwar
Background Score:
Harshwardhan Rameshwar
Production
companies
Distributed byAA Films
E4 Entertainment
Sri Venkateswara Creations
KVN Productions
Release date
  • 1 December 2023
Running time
201 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹100 crore[2][3]
Box office₹355.7 crore[4]

Animal is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film[5] directed and edited by Sandeep Reddy Vanga and produced by Bhushan KumarKrishan Kumar, Murad Khetani and Pranay Reddy Vanga under T-Series Films, Bhadrakali Pictures and Cine1 Studios. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor, alongside Anil KapoorBobby DeolRashmika Mandanna and Tripti Dimri. In the film, Ranvijay "Vijay" learns about an assassination attempt on his father Balbir Singh, and he sets out to exact revenge.

The film was officially announced in January 2021, along with the title of the film. Principal photography commenced in April 2022 and wrapped by April 2023. The film has music composed by JAM8Vishal MishraJaani, Manan Bhardwaj, Shreyas Puranik, Ashim Kemson and Harshwardhan Rameshwar, cinematography handled by Amit Roy and editing by Sandeep Reddy Vanga. With a runtime of 201 minutes (3 hours 21 minutes), the film was one of the longest Indian films made.[6][7]

Animal was theatrically released on 1 December 2023 in standard and IMAX formats and received mixed reviews from critics with praise for its direction, screenplay, soundtrack and performances of the cast particularly (Kapoor).[8] It has grossed ₹355.7 crore (US$45 million) as of 3 December 2023.[4]

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