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Ranbir Kapoor-starrer 'Animal' has become one of the most successful movies of 2023 and has been receiving a lot of love and praise from the audience. Several celebrities also hailed the film and lauded Sandeep Reddy Vanga's direction. Filmmaker Karan Johar, who delivered a hit with 'Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani' in 2023, recently praised 'Animal' and revealed he became emotional during the climax scene of the film.

While speaking at the Mega Pan India Roundtable 2023 organized by Galatta Plus, Karan Johar said, "People have come up to me after I spoke about how much I loved Animal, and said, 'You have made Rocky Aur Rani,' That's the vaccination for a film like Animal. It's the opposite extreme. I said that I cannot disagree with you more, because Animal to me is the best film of the year. It took me a while to reach to this statement and a lot of courage because when you are around people, you fear judgment."

 
 
 
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Talking about his fear of judgement, Karan added, "Like during the time of Kabir Singh, which I also loved... I was like I am going to say this and I am going to get dirty looks from certain people but I don't care anymore."

The 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai' director said that he had tears in his eyes while watching the climax scene of 'Animal'. He said, "I loved Animal for its front-footed, absolutely conviction-based narrative storytelling, breaking grammar, breaking myths, breaking everything that you think conforms to mainstream cinema. Suddenly you have an interval block where the hero is getting bashed up and everyone's singing a song... I am like, 'Where have you seen a sequence like this?' It's genius."

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He added, "The end, where the two men are going for each other and they play that song... I had tears in my eyes, but there was only blood. So I was like something is wrong with me or something is wrong with him, but something put together is very right about this film. This is not an average thinking mind. This is a mind of someone who is so distinct, so individualistic that I was blown away. I saw the film twice, first to see as an audience member and second to study it. I think the success, and acceptance of Animal is game-changing. The conviction is something that I want to have.”

On the work front, Karan Johar is currently seen as the host of his chat show 'Koffee With Karan'.

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