Entertainment Desk

Bollywood film ‘Animal’ has generated polarized views, with discussions around its violence, romance, and intimate scenes. Actress Triptii Dimri, who stars in the film, addresses the question of whether the film is misogynistic. She believes that cinema should be about free artistic expression and cites examples from her previous films where controversial scenes were necessary for the story.

Triptii, who has been crowned as the new national crush, told, “I think cinema is about free artistic expression, and it should be that way.”

The 29-year-old actress, who in just seven days from the release of ‘Animal’ went from over 600K followers to 2.4 million, said that for her, it is really important as an actor, to not judge the character that she is playing.

“I think this is something that I've learned in my acting classes from my acting coach: that every time you do a character, you're given a character to play, play it with utmost honesty," said the actress, who made her debut in 2017.

She added, “Even if your character is killing people or your character is doing something bad or harming someone, you have to feel everything that the character is supposed to feel because he's also coming from someplace, and in his head, the actions that he's taking are justified.”

Triptii said that she is not like her characters Qala, Bulbul or Zoya and she as a person don’t agree with what they have done.

“I would not have done in my life. But in that situation, in that moment, I have to submit to the director's vision, and I have to do what the character and the script demands of me and do it with full honesty, because people have a right to present their opinion. That is why we make films; that is why every film should be discussed," said the actress, who featured in Forbes Asia’s 30 Under 30 list of 2021.