Adipurush controversy: Why is Prabhas-Kriti Sanon starrer banned in 2 cities of Nepal?

kathmanduScreening of mythological film ‘Adipurush’ has been stopped in all cinema halls of Kathmandu and Pokhran after the mayors of both these cities objected to the dialogue describing Janaki as the daughter of India in the film. On Friday, the Film Certification Board of Nepal also said that the film will be allowed to be screened in theaters only after changing the dialogue that says ‘Sita is the daughter of India’. Many believe that Sita, also known as Janaki, was born in Janakpur in southeast Nepal.

An announcement in this regard was made on Sunday and the authorities directed all cinema halls in the metropolitan city in central Nepal to stop screening not only ‘Adipurush’ but all Bollywood films starting Monday. A report in HT mentioned that police personnel were deployed in 17 halls in Kathmandu to ensure that no Hindi film was screened.

Why Adipurush was banned in 2 cities of Nepal?

On Sunday, Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah said that no Hindi film will be allowed to run in the Kathmandu Metropolitan City until the dialogue in Prabhas and Kriti Sanon-starrer ‘Adipurush’ – “Janaki Bharat Ki Ek Beti” Hai” is removed not only in Nepal but also in Nepal. In India too. Many believe that Sita, also known as Janaki, was born in Janakpur in southeast Nepal. Pokhara was quick to follow suit. Pokhara Metropolis Mayor Dhanraj Acharya said that the screening of ‘Adipurush’ will be banned from Monday due to the dialogue that Janaki is the daughter of India.

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As the controversy escalates, ‘Adipurush’ dialogue writer Manoj Muntashir Shukla took to social media on Sunday and announced that the makers of the film have decided to ‘revise some dialogues’ after the film was heavily criticized for its pedestrian language. Had happened. Shukla, who has penned the Hindi dialogues and lyrics of the multilingual saga, said the revised lines would be added to the film.
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Produced by T-Series, Retrofiles and UV Creations, the mythological action film stars Prabhas Raghav (Ram), Kriti Sanon as Janaki (Sita), Saif Ali Khan as Lankesh (Raavan), Sunny Singh Shesh (Laxman) and Devdutt are in the form of Snake in the form of Bajrang (Hanuman).

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‘Adipurush’ is one of the costliest Indian films ever made with a budget of Rs 500 crore. While the film is doing exceptionally well at the box office as it has collected Rs 216 crore in just 3 days of its release, it has been criticized for its poor VFX, screenplay, direction and its dialogues being ‘vulgar and objectionable’. banned from.

(With PTI inputs)