'Ramayan' series director Moti Sagar on 'Adipurush' backlash: They could have been careful

Directed by Om Raut, ‘Adipurush’ has been panned on social media over its poor VFX and colloquial dialogues, with writer Manoj Muntashir Shukla under fire for Lord Hanuman’s dialogues in the ‘Lanka Dahan’ sequence among others

Adipurush team could have been careful in their approach towards the Ramayana, says Moti Sagar, one of the directors of the iconic DD show based on the mythological epic.

Directed by Om Raut, Adipurush has been panned on social media over its poor VFX and colloquial dialogues, with writer Manoj Muntashir Shukla under fire for Lord Hanuman's dialogues in the 'Lanka Dahan' sequence, among others.

"Certain dialogues, which I am reading on the news and on Twitter, I can say they could have been careful," Moti Sagar, who worked on the 1987 show Ramayan with his father Ramanand Sagar and brother Prem Sagar, told PTI.

"He (writer) must have thought of making the film more attractive for the common man, who speaks such language," the director-producer said.

Adipurush, a retelling of the Ramayana, released in theatres on Friday. It stars Prabhas as Raghav, Kriti Sanon as Janaki and Saif Ali Khan as Lankesh.

The multilingual film, produced by T-Series, released across the nation in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil.

Many viewers pointed out the oversimplified language used by the characters, especially Hanuman played by Devdatta Nage.