Adipurush Controversy: Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Urgent Plea Against HC Order Summoning Producers – News18

Adipurush is a 3D film based on the mythological story of Valmiki's Ramayana.

Adipurush is a 3D film based on the mythological story of Valmiki’s Ramayana.

The Allahabad High Court had earlier ordered Adipurush director Om Raut, producer Bhushan Kumar and dialogue writer Manoj Muntashir to appear before it on July 27.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to entertain an urgent plea against the Allahabad High Court order summoning the makers of the Prabhas starrer. Adipurush To appear on July 27. The apex court will now hear the matter on Thursday, July 13.

The Allahabad High Court had earlier ordered Adipurush director Om Raut, producer Bhushan Kumar and dialogue writer Manoj Muntashir to appear before it on July 27. The court had also asked the central government to form a five-member committee to look into the disputes. Film.

The Allahabad High Court also reprimanded the makers of Adipurush and the Censor Board. “What does the censor board keep doing? What do you want to teach the generations to come?” The court had asked in June this year. It was hearing a petition which said that the characters of Ravana and Lord Hanuman in the film directed by Om Raut were ‘completely alien to Indian civilisation’. The petition also objected to the dialogues of the film and termed them as ‘ridiculous’, ‘low level’ and ‘cheesy’.

Adipurush, starring Prabhas, Kriti Sanon and Saif Ali Khan in the lead, released on June 16. The film is based on the Hindu mythological epic Ramayana. However, since its release, the film has been facing massive backlash from the audience for allegedly distorting the epic. People have expressed disappointment over the film’s dialogues and portrayal of Ravana and Lord Hanuman. Even though the makers changed the infamous ‘Kapda tere baap ka’ dialogue last month, it had no effect and many people demanded a boycott of the film.

Last week, Adipurush writer Manoj Muntashir also accepted that the film hurt the sentiments of people and issued a public apology. “I accept that sentiments of people have been hurt by Adipurush. I apologize unconditionally with folded hands. May Lord Bajrang Bali keep us united and give us strength to serve our holy Sanatan and our great nation,” he wrote.