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Animal - Subtext

  This movie has been quite controversial because of glorification of toxic masculinity and for being regressive towards women. But, what if I tell you that the actual vision of Director Vanga was something else...!!! The below piece of work is purely based on my observation after watching the movie Animal. It's a lengthy one, hope you will read it! ............ The actual story, characters and incidents were based on India - Pak conflicts and Indian patriotism.  It was shown in the movie using different symbolism which is evident throughout the movie. Let's dive deep into this. Balbir's family Balbir's father had two more brothers, one of them were sacked from the business empire as he used to betray the company. That brother became muslim after being left from the family business. It denotes  Pakistan, who formed a Muslim country after splitting from India. That muslim brother also stands for Jinna who left Indian National Congress to form his party, and then splitted