Sandeep Reddy Vanga, director of 'Animal', responded to Javed Akhtar's criticism of the film. He suggested that Akhtar should check Farhan Akhtar's work before criticizing. Vanga expressed disappointment with critiques without watching the film and questioned the inconsistency in criticizing his work but not his son's. Akhtar had expressed concerns about scenes condoning violence against women in successful films.