Ranbir Kapoor's Animal has been granted an A certificate by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), the film's director Sandeep Reddy Vanga announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday.

Sandeep also stated that the film's runtime would be 3 hours and 21 minutes. This will be the longest runtime for a Ranbir Kapoor starrer.

The film's trailer is scheduled to drop on Thursday(December 23).

Apart from Ranbir, the film also stars Bobby Deol, Anil Kapoor and Rashmika Mandanna in pivotal roles. Produced by Bhushan and Krishan Kumar's T-Series, Murad Khetani's Cine1 Studios and Pranay Reddy Vanga's Bhadrakali Pictures, Animal will release theatrically on December 1 in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam