Flash News: Adi Purush in legal tangle

Ever since the makers of Prabhas' Adi Purush released the teaser on Dasara with much fanfare, huge negativity is witnessed on all fronts. While the netizens mocked the VFX and graphics branding them as substandard compared to the popular video games The Temple Run etc, many anti-fans trolled the look of lead actors Prabhas, Kriti Sanon, and Saif Ali Khan who played the roles of Lord Ram, Goddess Sita, and Demon King Rawan.

Even the Hindu groups and the ruling BJP which is always known to support and propagate the Hindu culture this time expressed their anger. Many saints and religious priests also took a strong exception to the way the makers depicted Ram, Sita, and Rawan as cartoon characters. According to the latest, an injunction has been sought against Adipurush makers. Though Om Raut went on record that he will not hurt the sentiments of any, people are in no mood to believe him.

Delhi-based advocate Raj Gaurav approached the court and sought a permanent and mandatory injunction against defendants - producer Bhushan Kumar and director and co-producer Om Raut - alleging they had manipulated the basics of the epic Ramayana. The matter will come up for hearing on Monday before senior civil judge Abhishek Kumar.

In his petition, Raj Gaurav alleged "The defendants have hurt the religious, cultural, historical and civilizational sentiments of the plaintiff and other Hindus by the depiction of Hindu gods Lord Ram and Lord Hanuman in a very unwarranted and inaccurate way in the teaser or promotional video of their upcoming movie Adipurush. While the traditional picture of Lord Ram was that of a serene and calm person, who believed in forgiveness, the defendants in the promotional video had shown him as "atrocious, revengeful and angry", wearing a leather strap and modern footwear made of leather"

He continued in his plea " Lord Hanuman was depicted in an "atrocious manner", wearing leather straps all over his body and his appearance was against the description in the religious verse of Hanuman Chalisa. Also, the character of Ravan, a staunch Brahman, was "awfully cheap and appalling", while the vanar sena was shown as a "whoop of chimpanzees"

Finally, he concluded "That prima facie the teaser or promo of the movie is so atrocious wicked and diabolical that it along with the pursuant movie which is to be released on January 12, 2023, should be outrightly banned in its present form in the interest of religious feelings, sentiments and aspirations of Hindus of India and elsewhere,"