Court slams Prabhas starrer 'Adipurush' makers: 'Agar hum log iss par bhi aankh bandh kar len...'

Adipurush, starring Prabhas, Kriti Sanon, and Saif Ali Khan, was criticised by the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday for its offensive depictions of religious figures like Lord Rama, Lord Hanuman, and Sita. 

The Allahabad High Court's Lucknow bench took a harsh stance against the censor board and the film's makers in the midst of the controversy. The court questioned the censor board during a hearing on a request for some disputed passages in the historical drama, "what is it that the censor board keeps doing? What do you want to teach the future generations?" The producer, director, and other parties' absence from the hearing was also questioned by the court. 

"Agar hum log iss par bhi aankh band kar len kyonki yeh kaha jaata hai ki yeh dharm ke log bade sahishnu gain, toh kya uska test liya jayega?," the court added.

"It's good that people did not harm the law and order situation after watching the film. Lord Hanuman and Sita have been shown like they are nothing. These things should have been removed from the very beginning. Some scenes seem to be of "A" (adult) category. It's very difficult to watch such films," the court observed.

The bench questioned, "Do the people who put the disclaimer consider the countrymen, and youth, to be brainless? " in response to the respondents' claim that a disclaimer had been added in the movie. "You show Lord Rama, Lord Laxman, Lord Hanuman, Ravana, Lanka and then say it is not Ramayana?"