Adipurush first poster out! Prabhas, Kriti Sanon and Sunny Singh to recreate Ramayan on the big screen
In India, Hindus celebrate Ram Navami as the birth anniversary of lord Ram.
Adipurush, directed by Om Raut is produced by T- Series, Bhushan Kumar & Krishan Kumar, Om Raut, Prasad Sutar and Rajesh Nair of Retrophiles.
Controversy around Adipurush
Ever since the first teaser of the film dropped on social media in 2022, there has been a certain section on social media that has raised objections over the film, alleging that the film hurts religious sentiments. There have been demands for a ban on the film which was set to release in January 2023.
Most have raised objections to the way Raavan's character looks in the film. Actor Saif Ali Khan is set to play the character in the film who is the main antagonist of the film. "How Ravana has been depicted is absolutely wrong and condemnable. Through the media, we demand an immediate ban on the film," said the head priest of Ram Temple in Ayodhya Satyendra Das to the press at an event in October 2022.
He said Adipurush, a big-budget adaptation of the Ramayana and directed by Om Raut of Tanhaji: The Unsung Warriorfame, doesn't show Lord Rama and Hanuman as mentioned in the epic either and hence goes against their dignity.
Objection and disappointment were also expressed over the film`s poor VFX and the unrealistic look of various characters including Saif`s Raavan. Seeing Saif donning short spiked hair, a long beard, and kohl-lined eyes, several netizens have compared the actor`s look in the film with that of Ranveer Singh's Alauddin Khilji in Padmavat rather than Raavan.
Owing to the controversies, the makers had then later pushed the release date to April 2023 until it was finally changed to June 2023.
Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 3:02 am