Adipurush writer Manoj Muntashir says he ‘cried’ after film received major backlash: ‘Main ruka nahi hu’ | Bollywood

What Manoj said

During the chat, when Manoj was asked how he dealt with the entire backlash, he said, “Roya tha main… Ek insan ke taur pe maine ye samjha ki kuch bhi permanent nahi hai.” Jo aaj hai, ho sakta hai ye kal na ho, lekin ye bhi seekha ki jo accha hai, wo kal bura bhi ho sakta hai aur wo parso accha bhi ho sakta hai. Toh mai ruka nahi hu, jhuka nahi hu, mai din raat koshish kar raha hu (I cried. As a human being, I understood that nothing is permanent. What exists today may not be there tomorrow, but I also learned that what If today is good, tomorrow it can be bad, and the day after tomorrow it can be good again. So I didn’t stop, I didn’t give in and I work day and night.

What Om Raut told Manoj at the screening

In the same conversation, Manoj said that when he attended a screening of Adipurush, he told director Om Raut that according to him, the film was “flat” in places. Manoj said, “He said, ‘Sir, Hume Apni Reach Badhani Hai. Hum agar sahaj aur saral baat karenge toh hogi… lekin aap toh Ramayan, Valmiki waale school se aate hein toh apko ye flat lagega.’ Main kaha accha ye baat sahi ho sakti hain (Sir, we want to expand our reach. If we do that in a simple way, we will achieve more. But you are from the Ramayan and Valmiki school of thought. I thought, okay, that may be true.”

Directed by Om Raut, Adipurush, an adaptation of the epic Ramayana, was heavily criticized after its release in 2023. The film was criticized for subpar VFX, inadequate graphics, mediocre dialogues and a lackluster plot, leading to disappointment among viewers expecting the Prabhas and Kriti Sanon starrer. The dialogues that brought criticism to the makers include “marega bete”, “bua ka bagicha hain kya” and “jalegi tere baap ki”.