'Animal' star Ranbir Kapoor on parents Rishi Kapoor-Neetu Kapoor: 'Remember hearing them fight, break things'

Ranbir Kapoor is riding high on the success of his recently released Animal, which has turned out to be one of the biggest hits of his career, and could be the biggest soon. A decade-old interview of the actor has gone viral where he addressed the question about his parents’ marriage and attention from the press ahead of the release of his film Rockstar.

In an interview with The Big Indian Picture, Kapoor revealed, “See, at that time, press didn’t matter, because I was also in the fire zone. I live with my parents. Seeing them going through that phase, I was very much part of it. I was right there.”

He added, “I live in a bungalow; my parents live downstairs, I live on the floor above. I remember sitting on the staircases for four-four hours, from 1 am to 5 am, hearing them fight, break things… Everyone goes through it, it’s just that my parents were celebrities, it was out there in the press. It was a little embarrassing in school. Your friends don’t mention it, because they’re good friends, but somewhere there was a sense of, ‘I know what’s happening’. But you deal with it.”

Animal at the box-office

The film has amassed Rs 660 crore at the worldwide gross box office in nine days, the makers said on Sunday.

Fronted by Ranbir Kapoor and directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, the film released on December 1 in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.

Production house T-Series shared the collection update of “Animal” on X, stating that the film’s worldwide gross stood at Rs 660.89 crore. “#Animal Roars Louder,” the banner captioned the post.

“Animal” showcases a violent world set against the backdrop of a troubled relationship between Ranbir’s Ranvijay Singh and his father Balbir Singh, played by Anil Kapoor.

While it is running successfully in theatres, a section of critics and viewers have slammed “Animal“, calling it misogynistic and graphically violent.