Sandeep Reddy Vanga needed to be satisfied to maintain Ranbir Kapoor’s hair lengthy in Animal; he thought it appeared like Sanju

Jun 05, 2025 06:01 AM IST

In a current interview, hairstylist Aalim Hakim reveals Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s preliminary response to Ranbir Kapoor’s look in Animal. 

It is difficult to think about Ranbir Kapoor’s Ranvijay Singh in Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal right now with out his trademark lengthy hair and beard. But hairstylist Aalim Hakim revealed in an interview with Galatta India that Sandeep was initially not satisfied with the look because it appeared too just like Sanju. (Also Read: Did Sandeep Reddy Vanga slam Deepika Padukone for ‘ousting’ his Spirit script, placing down ‘younger’ Triptii Dimri?)

Ranbir Kapoor performs Ranvijay Singh in Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s Animal.

When Sandeep Reddy Vanga wasn’t satisfied with Ranbir Kapoor’s look in Animal

In the interview, Aalim revealed that Sandeep took some convincing to let Ranbir have lengthy hair and a beard in Animal. “Had Ranbir’s hair and beard not been long in Animal, I don’t think his character would have the same impact. It took time to develop his character’s look,” he mentioned, including, “Vanga sir initially said the long hair isn’t working, he’s looking like Sanju. How he looked in the Sanjay Dutt biopic. I had to convince him that he won’t look like that once his whole look is put together.” 

About Animal

Animal tells the story of Ranvijay Singh, who goes on a rampage after his father, Balbir Singh (Anil Kapoor), is threatened. After going via a bunch of enemies earlier than dealing with off towards Abrar Haque (Bobby Deol), his long-lost cousin. Rashmika Mandanna performs Ranvijay’s spouse Geethanjali within the movie, whereas Triptii Dimri performs his lover, Zoya. The movie ends with a cliffhanger, organising a brand new villain and a brand new story for the sequel, Animal Park. Animal was criticised, very similar to Sandeep’s earlier movies for misogynistic tones. However, the movie was an enormous success, accumulating 915 crore worldwide.

Ranbir Kapoor-Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s upcoming work

After the 2023 movies Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar and Animal, Ranbir is presently capturing for Love & War with Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ramayana with Nitesh Tiwari. Sandeep will direct Prabhas within the cop drama Spirit, which is able to go on flooring this 12 months. Deepika Padukone was initially imagined to star within the challenge however was changed with Triptii after she turned it down as a consequence of remuneration and work-hour points. 

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