Rashmika Says 'Geethanjali' In 'Animal' Is Truly Strong!

It has been over two months since 'Animal' released. The movie set the cash registers ringing and collected over 900 crores at the box office and went on to get a record number of views on Netflix ever since it started streaming. Sandeep Reddy Vanga's film is something you cannot ignore. You either love it or hate it and people did not stop arguing about it ever since it came out. While there is huge praise for the film on one end, there is severe criticism regarding the violence and the way women are treated in the movie.

Rashmika played the female lead in the movie. Her character 'Geethanjali' became the talking point as many thought her character was written in a poor fashion and had a bad influence on modern society. However, Rashmika defends her character in the movie by saying that 'Geethanjali' is very strong for defending his man and standing up for him when everyone thinks that he is an alpha male. She goes to any length to save her family which is very strong.

She added, "My character in the film was written that way. I am an actor bringing the director's imagination alive. So, everything that we actors do on set or everything we do in the film is actually what the director's imagination is, right? So, you do as they say. If it's any little expression or reaction that the director doesn't like, he does another take. It's teamwork."

She further said, "So, we can't be like, 'Ok, this is what you have done and you know you're influencing girls in the wrong way.' I will do that character many times over and it should be given to me because I feel like she is truly strong and she is truly a woman that I have heard stories of. I know a lot of Indian women who are like that. So, I just wanted to do this character and I wanted to do it with full purity. I wanted to do it wholeheartedly. I think as an actor, I have done my bit."