Om Raut slams criticism over Lord Ram’s ‘angry man depiction’ in Adipurush: ‘He is a king in the war field, he is aggressive’

“It’s a rumour that Lord Ram never lost his temper. If you study Valmiki’s version or Tulsi’s version of Ramayana, this will become clear,” film’s dialogue writer and lyricist Manoj Muntashir added. When the interviewer pointed out that the use of graphics to portray the same might have stirred controversy, Raut asked what was wrong with using graphics. “When, as a child, I saw Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayana, it was phenomenal. It created a great impact on me. They used technology which was extremely modern for that period. We had never seen anything like that on TV before that. That work made an impact on me and we created Adipurush to make an impact on future generations.”

The makers of Adipurush on Sunday decided to change certain controversial dialogues of the film after they received backlash for “distorting and disrespecting” the epic. The backlash prompted Muntashir, a three-time national award winner, to release a statement that he penned more than 4,000 lines in Adipurush but some sentiments got hurt “because of five lines”. He also announced that the controversial dialogues will be altered.

“I can give countless arguments in favour of my dialogues, but this will not reduce your pain. I and the producer-director of the film have decided that some of the dialogues which are hurting you, we’ll revise them. They’ll be added to the film this week. May Shri Ram bless you all,” he said.

Meanwhile, during another interview, Manoj Muntashir said that he completely trusted Om Raut during the making of the film and asserted that all questions regarding its story and screenplay should be asked to Raut.