Manoj Muntashir opens up on ‘Adipurush’ dialogue controversies

Manoj Muntashir, who co-wrote the lyrics and lines for Adipurush, defends the ‘Dialogues for Bajrang Bali’. Manoj was asked in a news interview if he intentionally sought to oversimplify the sentences, and he responded, “Yes, completely.” Manoj also defended his decision to write a particular line in a particular manner after receiving criticism for it. […]

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Manoj Muntashir, who co-wrote the lyrics and lines for Adipurush, defends the ‘Dialogues for Bajrang Bali’. Manoj was asked in a news interview if he intentionally sought to oversimplify the sentences, and he responded, “Yes, completely.” Manoj also defended his decision to write a particular line in a particular manner after receiving criticism for it.

A particular line received heavy criticism. It was when Devdatta Nage as Bajrang said, “Kapda tere baap ka, aag tere baap ki, tel tere baap ka, jalegi bhi teri baap ki.”

During an interview with a news channel, Manoj said, “It is not an error. It is a very meticulous thought process that has gone into writing the dialogues for Bajrang Bali and all the characters. We have made it simple because we have to understand one thing if there are multiple characters in a film, all cannot speak the same language. There has to be a kind of diversion, a kind of division.”

He also added, “When grandmothers narrated the tales of Ramayan they used this language. In the dialogue you mentioned, priests and narrators used to say in the same way I have written. I am not the first one to write this dialogue, it’s already there.”

Audiences’ rection to Adipurush

With increased feelings, moviegoers rushed to the theatre to see the movie. However, some people criticised some of the dialogue in the movie. Some referred to the lines as being in “tapori” style. The movie received criticism for the quality of its visual effects as well.

Notably, the T-Series Adipurush was released in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Tamil across the country. Adipurush made around ₹150 crore worldwide on its first day of release, according to the production team.