Animal (2023 film)
Animal is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language action thriller film co-written, edited and directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga and produced by T-Series and Cine1 Studios. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Rashmika Mandanna and Tripti Dimri. The cinematography has been handled by Amit Roy. Animal was scheduled to be released on 11 August 2023, but was pushed to 1 December 2023 due to extensive post-production work. Premise 
Animal revolves around a troubled father-son bond against the backdrop of extreme bloodshed in the underworld which causes the son to become a vicious psychopath. Cast

Production

Development 
Animal was officially announced by T-Series on 31 December, 2020, with an announcement video with  Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, and Parineeti Chopra as the cast and Sandeep Reddy Vanga as the director. Casting 
A few days later after the film announcement, Tripti Dimri was reported to play a role in the film. In March 2022, it was reported that Rashmika Mandanna replaced Chopra, as she chose Imtiaz Ali's Chamkila over Animal. Mandanna has been roped in to play Ranbir's wife Geetanjali. Filming 
Principal photography began in Manali in April 2022. The second schedule was in Mumbai in May 2022 and filming was held at Pataudi Palace in July 2022. The next schedules were held in Delhi and Punjab. The filming was wrapped up in mid-March. The film resumed in England and Scotland beginning in April with a schedule of 15–20 days. Music
The music of the film was composed by Pritam, JAM8, Vishal Mishra, Jaani, Manan Bhardwaj, Shreyas Puranik, Ashim Kemson, Harshwardhan Rameshwar and Gurinder Seagal, while the background score was composed by Harshwardhan Rameshwar. Lyrics were written by Manoj Muntashir, Raj Shekhar, Siddharth-Garima, Jaani, Manan Bhardwaj, Gurinder Seagal, Ashim Kemson and Bhupinder Babbal. The first single titled "Hua Main" was released on 11 October 2023. The second single titled "Satranga" was released on 27 October 2023. Release 
The film was set to release on 11 August 2023 but was postponed due to post-production and dubbing works. The film is now scheduled to release on 1 December 2023 in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada languages. References

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2023 action thriller films
2023 films
2023 crime action films
Upcoming Hindi-language films
Upcoming Indian films
Indian action thriller films
Indian crime action films
Indian gangster films
Indian neo-noir films
Pan-Indian films