Animal (I) (2023)

Anil Kapoor: Balbir Singh

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Quotes 

• Ranvijay Singh : Okay Papa, let's play a game. I'll be you, you be my son. Remember when I was in fifth grade and there was that Michael Jackson concert happening in Bombay? You knew what a big fan I was of Michael Jackson. All my friends were going, but I didn't go because it was your birthday. Let's replay that day. You don't have to do much. Just say, "Papa, Papa..." and I'll pretend to be you, okay? Do it with conviction, Papa. It's my only chance, okay?

  [gets up, lights a cigarette, and throws away the lighter] 

  Ranvijay Singh : Action, Papa.

  [takes out phone and checks it] 

  Balbir Singh : Papa...

  [no response] 

  Balbir Singh : Papa...

  [no response again] 

  Balbir Singh : Papa...

  Ranvijay Singh : [angrily]  I can hear, I'm not deaf!

• Balbir Singh : I'm sure I made some mistakes. I didn't know how to train a son.

  Ranvijay Singh : You trained me well, Papa.

• Balbir Singh : [to Ranvijay]  I understand, son. You deserve to celebrate, but this is not the way.

• Balbir Singh : [to Ranvijay]  Swastik was my life. I wanted to give you my empire, and you just walked away, just like that. For eight years, I didn't talk to you. But couldn't you have reached out to me? Your mother kept in touch with you. You had kids, everyone in the house knew their names, had seen their photos, except me. "I am your bastard son", that's what you said! I'm your father and you're my son! And this is not a game!

• Balbir Singh : Vijay... in the next life, you'll be my father and I'll be your son. So don't make the same stupid mistakes I made. And in the life after that, I'll be your father again and you'll be my son. And you'll see how much I truly love you. Then you can proudly say that my father is the best father in the world.

• Balbir Singh : What do you expect me to say, huh? That I made a mistake? I don't believe in regrets!

  Jyoti B. Singh : Neither does your son!