The Om Raut directorial, starring Prabhas, Kriti Sanon and Saif Ali Khan, recorded a massive opening despite mixed reviews.Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics and viewers alike, had a tremendous opening weekend at the box office. According to early projections, the Hindi version would earn between ₹36 and ₹38 crore, while the entire country of India will earn ₹90 crore. After Pathaan and KGF 2, it has comfortably been the third-largest opening for a Hindi film since the epidemic.Saif Ali Khan plays Ravana, Kriti Sanon plays Janaki, and Prabhas plays Raghava in the movie. Om Raut, whose most popular film to date was Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior, is the films director.Adipurush estimates from India and abroadIf the Telugu versions earnings in Hindi circuits and the rest of South India are taken into account, Adipurush appears to be looking at roughly ₹90 crores net day one in India and a gross collection of ₹110-112 crores, according to a report. According to the article, “The final overseas numbers are still to come,” “a worldwide day one of ₹140 crores is there for the film, and this number can go to ₹150 crore when all the collections are rounded up” on Saturday.Extremely proud of this ✨ @AjayAtulOnline @manojmuntashir#Adipurush #JaiShriRam pic.twitter.com/7955TkJNqq— Om Raut (@omraut) May 20, 2023“Adipurush not fit for the public:” Hindu Sena National PresidentHindu Sena requested that “Adipurush” not be approved for public viewing in a writ suit that was filed with the Delhi High Court.Vishnu Gupta, the national president of the Hindu Sena, filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against the “Adipurush” at the Delhi High Court on Friday.In the writ petition filed in Delhi HC, Mr Gupta stated, “This is a writ petition in the shape of public interest litigation under article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of an appropriate writ in the nature of direction to the respondents for removal of objectionable scenes depicting religious leaders /characters/figures in bad taste and issues a writ of mandamus to the respondents directing them to not certify the feature film Adipurush for public exhibition and pass such other or further order as this honble court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.”The petition further claimed that the movie offended the Hindu community by inaccurately and inappropriately portraying religious figures, leaders, and personalities.“That the petitioner has preferred the aforesaid Writ petition in the shape of PIL against the feature film “ADIPURUSH” directed by Om Raut which has hurt the sentiments of the Hindu community by depicting the religious leaders/characters/figures in an inaccurate and inappropriate manner contrary to the description of Hindu religious leaders/characters as described in Ramayana authored by writers like Maharishi Valmiki, Saint Tulsidas etc. The Petitioner being aggrieved, concerned and hurt by such an inaccurate description of the religious leaders/characters in the film Adipurush gave a Representation dated 04.10.2022 to the Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. However, the said representation has not been responded to as of date”, the petition read.
