Ranbir Kapoor: Who changed Ranbir Kapoor’s career? The actor gave credit to this person
Uma Shankar February 07, 2026 09:23 PM

Ranbir Kapoor: Ranbir Kapoor, who has traveled the journey from Bollywood's chocolate hero to intense and dark characters, is talking openly about his career these days. Recently Ranbir admitted that for a long period of his career, he kept playing almost the same lover boy characters. His image in romantic films had become so strong that audiences and filmmakers started seeing him in the same frame. But Ranbir believes that the film 'Animal' and its director Sandeep Reddy Vanga have played an important role in breaking his image.

'Animal'It was released in the year 2023 and people liked this film very much, it also earned well and made a name for itself in the world. Now this film is going to be released in Japan, Ranbir Kapoor interacted with the audience after the screening of the film in Japan before its release on 13th February. During this, he also discussed about his character in 'Animal'. Ranbir Kapoor Said that since the beginning of her career, she got more offers for romantic and soft roles.

Animal was the turning point

After his debut film 'Saawariya', films like 'Bachna Ae Haseeno', 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani' and 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' presented him to the people as a perfect lover boy. Although these films were very successful for his career, Ranbir was playing the same type of characters. For a long time, he was not considered for roles with serious or negative shades in the industry. In such a situation, when Sandeep Reddy Vanga came to him with 'Animal', it proved to be a big turning point for Ranbir.

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Sandeep said thanks

According to Ranbir, Sandeep is one of the few directors who saw him from a different perspective and thought beyond his image. Ranbir's character in 'Animal' was not only full of gray shades, but violence, passion and emotional conflict were also clearly visible in it. This new avatar of Ranbir in the film 'Animal' was shocking for the audience too. While on one hand there were controversies regarding the film, on the other hand Ranbir's acting was also highly praised. Ranbir thanked Sandeep for his role in Animal.

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