Animal actor Saurabh Sachdeva said he had no moral dilemma about doing the film

Saurabh Sachdeva, who first came under limelight with acclaimed Netflix show Sacred Games, h a great year in 2023 - with his performance in 2 big films Jaane Jaan and Animal receiving a lot of acclaim. While Jaane Jaan, which was an OTT release, received somewhat mixed reviews from critics overall, Animal has broken many box office records, also giving a wide visibility to Sachdeva who up until w h been doing work catering to a relatively niche audience.

I was working only to protect my family, Sachdeva said about his Animal character

Animal, besides its box office success, also me news for its questionable portrayal of heroism and alleged glorification of ‘toxic masculinity.’ However, During a recent media interview, Saurabh Sachdeva shared that he h moral dilemma about doing Animal at all.

Talking from point of view of his character, Sachdeva ded, “re I was only working to protect my family. He is my bror, I have to take care of him and fight people who would try to harm m – that was thought. re was problem with that." Sachdeva also clarified that he was trying his best to stick to essence of simple character brief given to him before shoot. He stated, “I never knew full story of this film. Sandeep Reddy Vanga just told me my part – that we are cousins to Ranbir’s character, that we have a conflict, and we are out re to take revenge. And that I am my bror’s voice.” Sachdeva furr spoke about how that’s all he kept in his mind while playing character, ding that he came to learn of all criticism coming along Animal’s way much later. 

Sachdeva says he h to push his moral judgments aside for Jaane Jaan

On contrast, Sachdeva ded that he did judge his role as Ajit Mhatra in Sujoy Ghosh directorial Jaane Jaan, where he played an abusive husband to Kareena Kapoor’s character. He stated, “ I was in two minds because my values were t in line with character. I h to push those moral judgements aside and think why this character is like this and believe that what he does is right.” Sachdeva also recalled making up a backstory for his character to play part.

Besides Animal and Jaane Jaan, Saurabh Sachdeva also appeared in prominent roles this year in shows like Kaala and Bambai Meri Jaan. actor also played a pivotal part in Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer OTT film Hdi.