Rebel star Prabhas and Kriti Sanon starrer Adipurush, which was released on 16th June 2023 worldwide in a very grand manner, has become the talk of the town ever since it was released in theatres. The Om Raut directorial venture is running Successfully at the box office. While a section of social media users have shared their love for the storyline, others have shared their disappointment. A few netizens are trending #BanAdipurushMovie on Twitter.
Few are saying that Adipurush is allegedly the wrong interpretation of Ramayana. One of the Twitter users shared a video of a protest against Adipurush outside Chhattisgarh theatre and wrote, “Demand to ban Adipurush. Ab to sharam karo makers.” Few other comments are as follows:
Iamabhi: Hurting our religious sentiments is favourite hobby of Bollywood #BanAdipurushMovie
Valley: #BanAdipurushMovie This movie hurting sanatani’s sentiments why #sensorboard has paas this movie, why bollywood has playing with our sentiments why they always target only Hindu culture, Hindu god-Goddess, No Comparison with Ramanand sagar’s Ramayan. #JaiShriRam
Chakra Bhatt: How dare they make a movie like #Adipurush which is a TOTAL distortion of Hindu Gods Actually they do know that we #Hindus despite immense insult & hurting we can’t react the way peaceful people do #BanAdipurush #BoycottBollywood #BollywoodKiGandagi #BanAdipurushMovie
Vibhu: What significance exactly does this “fist on heart” salute shown in Adipurush have in Hindu religion or culture? Answer is none. It is just a woke gesture blindly copied from Hollywood war films. #AdipurushDisaster #BanAdipurushMovie.