"Be Thankful Nobody Vandalised": Allahabad High Court Slams 'Adipurush' Makers
Allahabad High Court on Tuesday pulled up the makers of 'Adipurush' over the dialogues used in the film.
Ever since its release on June 16, 'Adipurush' has been in the middle of a huge controversy as fans expressed their anger over the problematic dialogues and poor VFX. In the latest entertainment news, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday pulled up the makers of the new Hindi movie over the dialogues used in the film. The court has also directed co-writer Manoj Muntashir Shukla to be made a party in the case. The Allahabad High Court has also issued a notice to Manoj Muntashir Shukla, asking him to respond within a week, reported NDTV.
For the unversed, the court was hearing a petition, demanding a ban on 'Adipurush'. The Om Raut-directorial claims to be a mythological action film based on the epic Ramayana.
"The nature of dialogues in the film is a big issue. Ramayana is a paragon for us. People read Ramcharitmanas before leaving home," the bench said, while adding that films should not touch certain things.
"Agar hum log ispar bhi aankh band kar len kyonki yeh kaha jaata hai ki yeh dharm ke log bade sahishnu (tolerant) hain to kya uska test liya jayega? It's good that people did not harm the law and order situation after watching the film," the bench added.
Adding further, the bench said: "Lord Hanuman and Sita have been shown like they are nothing. These things should have been removed from the very beginning. Some scenes seem to be of A (adult) category. It's very difficult to watch such films."
When the Deputy Solicitor General informed the bench that the objectionable dialogues have been removed from the film, they said: "That alone won't work. What will you do with the scenes? Seek instructions, then we will definitely do whatever we want to do... In case the exhibition of the film is stopped, then the people whose feelings have been hurt, will get relief."
When an argument was presented that a disclaimer has been added to the film, the bench said: "Do the people who put the disclaimer consider the countrymen, and youth, to be brainless? You show Lord Rama, Lord Laxman, Lord Hanuman, Ravana, Lanka and then say it is not Ramayana? We saw it on the news that people went to the theatres and got the film shut down. Be thankful nobody vandalised it."
As per a report in Money Control, 'Adipurush' could record an overall loss of Rs 200 crore.
'Adipurush' collections did not pick up even after the makers slashed the ticket prices to Rs 150 and then to Rs 112.
The movie is now the third consecutive flop for Prabhas after 'Radhe Shyam' and 'Saaho'.
