Mansi Taxak Makes SHOCKING Claims Over Marital Rape Scene With Bobby Deol In Ranbir Kapoor's Animal

Mansi Taxak addressed the controversial marital rape scene in Ranbir Kapoor starrer 'Animal,' where her character, one of the three wives of Bobby Deol's character Abrar Haque, faces such an incident. The actress seemingly defended the scene, stating that Bobby's character was depicted to be in an 'unpredictable' state of mind following the news of his brother's death. Initially denying any form of assault, she later described Abrar's character as 'twisted' and 'filled with animal instincts,' attributing his actions to pent-up frustration.

Directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga and starring Ranbir Kapoor and Rashmika Mandanna, Animal has faced criticism for its portrayal of toxic masculinity and misogyny. She told Zoom, "It is shocking, of course. Nobody expects their wedding to end that way. When the wedding sequence starts, if you see the lights, the way the art was done, it was beautiful. You hear the music, that has gone so viral on Instagram. It was heading towards a beautiful end, and suddenly, you see something like this happening. It was to tell the audience that and animal is coming; if you thought Ranbir (Ranbir Kapoor) was this way, you can expect the villain to be (worse). It was an apt way to establish Bobby sir’s character and to show the audience what real animal we’re talking about... I would not wish that to happen at my wedding ever!"

The scene in question involves Abrar, upon learning about his brother's death, displaying violent behaviour. He first kills the messenger and then proceeds to publicly assault Mansi's character, his youngest wife, on her wedding day. Asked about the assault, and the criticism that the film has been receiving for its portrayal of women, Mansi said, "If you see the scene before that, the wedding scene, if you see the sort of chemistry that we have, the eye-contact that we have… It tells you the back-story, that besides their differences, their age, their careers, they do love each other, and that’s why they’re getting married."

Defending the scene, Mansi said that she gets where people are coming from, but that was not the intent.' The actress stated, "It was not the intent to show that any sort of assault was happening. It was just that Bobby sir did not expect his brother’s death news to come on the wedding, which puts the character into a zone where he couldn’t think straight. And that’s what we’re talking about, right? Animal instincts are unpredictable instincts. So he goes into that zone, and to vent out his emotions, he comes to his wives. I don’t think it was intended to be any sort of assault. I didn’t feel it on the set, or in the script. That was not the case. It was just a relationship between two people that has panned out the way it did."

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About Animal

'Animal,' directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga and featuring a star-studded cast including Ranbir Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna, Bobby Deol, Anil Kapoor, and Tripti Dimri, among others, was released on December 1. The film, although facing criticism for its portrayal of toxic masculinity and misogyny, has witnessed exceptional success both in India and worldwide.

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