Charu Shankar portrays Ranbir Kapoor's on-screen mother in the recently released movie Animal, despite being just a year older than him in real life. IMDb records her birthdate as August 17, 1981, while Ranbir Kapoor was born on September 28, 1982. In the film, Charu, aged 42, essays the roles of Jyoti B Singh, wife to 66-year-old Anil Kapoor.