Adipurush

Adipurush (transl. First man[lower-alpha 1]) is an upcoming Indian Hindu mythological film based on the Hindu epic Ramayana.[5] The film is written and directed by Om Raut and produced by T-Series and Retrophiles. Shot simultaneously in Hindi and Telugu languages, the film stars Prabhas, Kriti Sanon, Saif Ali Khan, Sunny Singh and Devdatta Nage.

Adipurush
Theatrical release poster
Directed byOm Raut
Screenplay byOm Raut
Based onRamayana
by Valmiki
Produced byBhushan Kumar
Krishan Kumar
Om Raut
Prasad Sutar
Rajesh Nair
Starring
CinematographyKarthik Palani
Edited byApurva Motiwale Sahai
Ashish Mhatre
Music byScore:
Sanchit Balhara-Ankit Balhara
Songs:
Ajay-Atul
Production
companies
T-Series Films
Retrophiles
Distributed byAA Films (Hindi)
UV Creations (Telugu)
Release date
  • 16 June 2023 (2023-06-16)
Running time
174 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguagesHindi
Telugu
Budgetest. ₹700 crore (US$88 million) crore[2][3]

Adipurush was announced in August 2020, through an official motion poster. Principal photography commenced in February 2021 and ended in November 2021 taking place primarily in Mumbai. The film's music is composed by Ajay–Atul. Adipurush is budgeted at over ₹700 crore (US$88 million), making it the most expensive Indian film ever made.

The film was set to premiere at the Tribeca Festival in the Escape From Tribeca section on 15 June 2023. The film is scheduled to be theatrically released on 16 June 2023.

Premise

7,000 years ago, Ayodhya's king Raghava travels to the island of Lanka with the help of Hanuman's army with an aim to rescue his wife Janaki, who has been abducted by Lankesh, the demon king of Lanka.[4]

Cast

Production

Development

Adipurush, an adaptation of the Hindu epic Ramayana, was announced on 18 August 2020, via a promotional poster. Prabhas portrays Lord Rama under the direction of Om Raut who earlier helmed the period action film Tanhaji (2020).[10] Om Raut was fascinated by the 1992 Japanese film Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama and was motivated to adapt the Ramayana into a film using modern technology. Raut wrote the script amidst COVID-19 lockdown in India. Prabhas immediately liked the project and the production company T-Series Films was on-board for the project.[4]

Adipurush is one of the most expensive Indian film ever made, with a budget of ₹700 crore (US$88 million). An amount of ₹350 crore (US$44 million) is estimated to be spent on visual effects. The original budget was initially estimated to be ₹500 crore (US$63 million). However, after the extreme backlash to the CGI/VFX on the film's teaser, the budget was increased to ₹700 crore (US$88 million) to improve and enhance the CGI/VFX, lighting and color grading.[11] It was shot simultaneously in Hindi and Telugu languages, while also filmed in 3D.[12]

Casting

In September 2020, the makers revealed that Prabhas is enacting Lord Rama's portrayal whose character name was later revealed as Raghava.[4] Saif Ali Khan who already worked as an antagonist in Raut's Tanhaji has been signed for the role of Ravana with the name Lankesh.[13] After rumours of Anushka Shetty, Anushka Sharma, Kiara Advani, and Keerthy Suresh being approached for the role of Sita, it was reported in November 2020 that Kriti Sanon has been cast to essay the role; her inclusion into the film was confirmed by makers four months later in March 2021.[14] Sunny Singh who joined the sets in February 2021 is playing Lord Rama's younger brother Lakshmana.[15]

Filming

Motion capture shoot for Adipurush begun on 19 January 2021.[16] Muhurat shot and formal launch was done on 2 February 2021 in Mumbai, India.[17] Principal photography of the movie began that day, as informed by the makers.[18][19] A massive fire accident took place at the filming location in Mumbai on the same day.[20] Duplicate sets were erected same wise due to the fire breakout.[21] In October 2021, Khan and Sanon wrapped up shoot.[22] On 10 November 2021, the filming was completed.[23][24]

Music

The music of the film is composed by Ajay-Atul. The first single titled "Jai Shri Ram" was released on 6 April 2023 on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti.[25]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Jai Shri Ram"Manoj Muntashir (Hindi)
Ramajogayya Sastry (Telugu)
G.Muralidren (Tamil)
Mankompu Gopalakrishnan (Malayalam)
V.Nagendra Prasad (Kannada)		Umesh Joshi, Swapnil Godbole, Janardan Dhatrak, Vivek Naik, Santosh Bote, Devendra Chitnis, Yash Kulkarni, Mangesh Shirke, Anil Bhilare, Gaurav Dandekar, Siddhant Karawde, Rishikesh Patil, Ameya Paranjape, Vidit Patankar, Yashad Ghanekar, Prasad Manjrekar, Gwen Dias, Shazneen Arethna, Crystal Sequeira, Marianne D’Cruz Aiman1:06

Marketing

The film's teaser was released on 2 October 2022 on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.[26] The teaser received heavy criticism for its special effects and CGI.[27][28][29] The film's trailer was released on 9 May 2023,[30] and was better received for its improved visual effects.[31][32]

Release

Adipurush was scheduled to theatrically release on 16 June 2023[33] in Hindi and Telugu, along with dubbed versions in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam.[34] It was previously scheduled to release on 11 August 2022, but was later postponed due to the release of Laal Singh Chaddha. The film was postponed again to avoid a clash with Veera Simha Reddy and Waltair Veerayya and also for reworking the visual effects, due to the severe backlash after the release of the teaser trailer.[35][36][37]

The film was set to premiere at the Tribeca Festival in the Escape From Tribeca section on 13 June 2023,[38] but was cancelled by the makers later.[39]

Notes
  1. While Adipurush literally translates to "first man," Raut interprets it as "best man" in the context of the film.[4]

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