Prabhas and Kriti Sanon starrer Adipurush is all set to release in theatres on June 16. On Thursday, the film received a 'U' certificate from the censor board. The movie’s runtime is approximately 3 hours (179 minutes). Adipurush, a re-telling of the Hindu epic Ramayana, sees Prabhas as King Raghava, Kriti Sanon as Raghava’s wife Janaki, and Sunny Singh as his younger brother Laxman. While Saif Ali Khan essays the role of Ravana in the movie, Devdatta Nage will be seen as Hanuman. On Wednesday evening, film producer Abhishek Agarwal, who has bankrolled movies like The Kashmir Files and Karthikeya 2, announced that he will donate 10,000 plus tickets of Adipurush for free. The tickets would be given to government schools, orphanages and old age homes across Telangana. Agarwal said, “This June, let us celebrate the most noble one. Let's celebrate the Maryada Purushottham. Let's celebrate Adipurush. Every chapter of Lord Shri Ram is a lesson to mankind. This generation needs to learn about him and follow his divine footsteps. Let's immerse in an experience like never before.” During the final trailer launch in Tirupati, director Om Raut requested the producers of Adipurush to keep a seat empty in every theater as a mark of respect to Lord Hanuman. “My mom says, every time Ramayan is staged, Hanuman ji comes to watch it. So my request to Bhushan sir, Anil (Thadani, the distributor) sir, that for our Hanuman ji, in every show of Adipurush, one seat should be kept vacant. Everywhere in the world, wherever there is an Adipurush show, I request the producer and distributor to keep one seat for Hanuman ji, he will come to see Ramayan,” Raut said.
