The Hindu Mahasabha’s Lucknow unit has given a written application for filing a First Information Report against the producer, director, star cast and entire team behind the movie Adipurush.
The application records the Mahasabha’s objection to the alleged insult that the film heaps on its central characters, including Ram, Sita and Hanuman. It also objects to the clothes, the get-up, and the dialogues of the film and says that these appear to be done to disrespect Sanatan dharma.
“The film industry has been constantly targeting Sanatan because it does not have the guts to make a movie on any other religion”, reads the complaint given to the station in charge of the Hazratganj police station in Lucknow.
Shishir Chaturvedi of the Mahasabha said, “The film industry funded by Dawood Ibrahim is constantly targeting Hinduism, our Gods, our holy books and traditions. Adipurush portrays Lord Ram, Sita Maiyya, Hanuman ji in a highly objectionable manner. We demand that the presentation, dialogues, choice of words and clothes be completely changed. This is a wholly wrong depiction of our Lord’s life”.
The Mahasabha is demanding that the central government and the state government impose a complete ban on the film.
Chaturvedi said, “If Nepal can ban the film, what is stopping us from doing so”. The objection in Nepal though is over the wrong depiction of the birthplace of Sita.
“How can it be possible that while a grand Ram Temple is being built such films which shamelessly ridicule our Gods be allowed to play?”, said Chaturvedi.
The Mahasabha’s chairperson Chakrapani Maharaj has called for the arrest of Manoj Muntashir who has penned the dialogues of the movie.
“He deserves to be in jail for hurting the feelings of millions of Sanatanis”, said Chakrapani.
Social media too has come out overwhelmingly against the film- most specifically its dialogues. The majority opinion is that the language used is unbecoming of the story. Many social media users are comparing it to Ramanand Sagar’s television series, ‘Ramayan’ which had a cult following when it was released in 1987. That its popularity remained intact was proven when the serial was re-run on Doordarshan during the COVID-19 lockdown.
