India, Jan. 12 -- Actor Emraan Hashmi has spoken about films having hypermasculine characters and why Ranbir Kapoor's Animal worked. Speaking with News18 Showsha, Emraan also said that men in the Hindi film industry "are very insecure."

The actor said that "hypermasculine man who's seen as toxic is what's doing in theatres", adding that even though "there's an uproar surrounding it" but people still are buying tickets. Talking about Animal, he said, "Why did a film like Animal work? Yes, there was a woke brigade working against it. There was a perception to that. But there were so many men identifying with it."

He also spoke about his films Haq and The Dirty Picture, adding that men in the entertainment industry are "insecure." "Men in ...