Actor Ranbir Kapoor and director Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s maiden collaboration, Animal has earned big at the box office. While they might have come together now, Ranbir was familiar with the director’s work since his debut directorial, Arjun Reddy. In fact, the actor had even texted him after the release of the Telugu drama but since it was an SMS, the filmmaker missed it.
In an interview with Dainik Bhasker, Sandeep said that he had lost the habit of checking his text messages because maximum communication would happen on WhatsApp.
“He (Ranbir Kapoor) SMSed me. Ever since WhatsApp has come, the habit of checking SMS has gone. I stopped checking SMS because everyone uses WhatsApp. Ranbir actually showed me the message also I think. Like this, I have missed a lot of people’s messages. Anil ji, Anil Kapoor had also messaged.”
He added, “Some messages I never read because so many messages keep coming from bank, Facebook, and all these.”
When asked if the director-actor had come in contact back then, were there chances of Ranbir being part of Arjun Reddy’s Hindi remake Kabir Singh in 2019?
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Sandeep was quick to reply, “No, Ranbir very clearly said that he wouldn’t do a remake. So, I knew.”
Kabir Singh starred Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani in the leading roles, whereas Arjun Reddy was headlined by Vijay Deverakonda and Shalini Pandey.
Animal, which was released in Hindi and Telugu, received a massive response at the box office. The film, which released on December 7, is now streaming on Netflix and also stars Rashmika Mandanna, Bobby Deol, and Anil Kapoor.
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