Adipurush director Om Raut says he ‘expected very positive response’ for teaser, claims Saif Ali Khan’s Raavan isn’t alleged to resemble Khilji

Director Om Raut isn’t ignoring the criticism that has been hurled on the teaser for his upcoming movie, Adipurush. Instead, he’s doing the rounds on information channels, defending his inventive decisions and urging audiences to have endurance. Adipurush is a big-budget adaptation of the Ramayana.

The director and the movie’s dialogue author, Manoj Muntashir, spoke to News18 in regards to the criticisms levelled on the movie — from poor visuals to an inauthentic illustration of sacred texts — and promised audiences that they received’t be ‘disappointed’ once they see the entire image in January.

“We expected a very positive response, to be honest. It is kind of mixed. There are a lot of people who are saying good things about it. There are some people who are not, and there are some differences in their minds. This has been a journey, I must say,” the director mentioned.

The filmmaker additionally responded to claims that the demon king Raavan’s look as been ‘Islamised’, and impressed closely by Ranveer Singh’s Khilji from the movie Padmaavat. He mentioned, “In order to make him intimidating, there is a certain visual, a certain image that comes to mind, which we tried to capture through our imagination. But definitely, that has got nothing to do with any Khiljis of the world, Nadir Shahs of the world, Genghis Khans of the world, Babars of the world. Not at all remotely is there a connection between them. So in today’s times, people perceive Alauddin Khilji as a villain. So it is very understandable, when they look at Ravana, the greatest villain of all time, they might see glimpses of Khilji, they might see glimpses of Kans also, they might see glimpses of Duryodhan also, they might see glimpses of Genghis Khan also.”

He mentioned that the primary purpose with Adipurush is to current it to a youthful technology of viewers who’ve grown up watching Marvel films and different Hollywood blockbusters. He mentioned that they need the movie to be loved the world over.

Adipurush stars Prabhas as Lord Ram, Kriti Sanon as Sita, Saif Ali Khan as Raavan and Sunny Singh as Lakshman. The movie might be launched in theatres on January 12.