Overview

• Speaking at FICCI Frames 2025 in Mumbai on October 8, Anil Kapoor recounted an exchange with Ranbir Kapoor during Animal’s production.
• Kapoor said Ranbir arrived dejected after Shamshera underperformed, worrying that people saw him only as the face of a flop.
• He told Ranbir to deliver one good shot and trust that audiences would move on rather than dwelling on negativity.
• Kapoor noted that Animal later became a blockbuster and that viewers came to associate Ranbir primarily with that success.
• He expanded the lesson to his own career, saying it took more than 45 years to learn to block criticism, and described the team jamming with director Sandeep Reddy Vanga the next day.