Adipurush Twitter reactions: Saif Ali Khan's look and portrayal as Ravana became the butt of jokes and memes on social media 
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Adipurush Twitter reactions: Saif Ali Khan's look and portrayal as Ravana became the butt of jokes and memes on social media Despite massive criticism from moviegoers, Prabhas’ latest film Adipurush on Saturday has earned over Rs 200 crore at the worldwide box office. The latest adaptation of the Ramayana crossed the $2 million-mark in the USA. The development was confirmed by film trade analyst Ramesh Bala. Bala tweeted: “In two days, Adipurush has crossed Rs 200 crore gross at the worldwide box office… #Prabhas”.
Film trade analyst Manobala Vijayabalan said that Prabhas holds the record for the most number of movies in the $2 million club from the South Indian film industry. While Prabhas has five movies in the $2 million club, Rajinikanth and Mahesh Babu have four movies each in the club.
The Prabhas film has crossed Rs 150 crore-mark in the domestic market as of Saturday, according to initial estimates. Adipurush collected Rs 86.75 crore on its release day and is estimated to have minted around Rs 65 crore on its first Saturday. Out of the Rs 86.75 crore minted on day one, the film raked in Rs 37.25 crore in Hindi market, Rs 48 crore in Telugu market, Rs 0.40 crore in Malayalam market, and Rs 0.70 crore in Tamil market.
The Om Raut-directorial opened to negative reviews on social media. While netizens pointed to many lapses in depicting the story of Lord Rama, what irked them most was Saif Ali Khan's 10-headed look and the crass dialogues given to characters, especially Lord Hanumana and Meghnada. Dialogues like “Jo humari behno ko haath lagaayenge, unki lanka laga denge”, “Kapda tere baap, tel tere baap ka, aag bhi tere baap ki. Jalegi bhi tere baap ki”, and “Teri bua ka bageecha hai jo hawa khane aa gaya?” angered audience the most.
A user wrote: “Adipurush review: Respect for Ramanand Sagar increased! This movie is utter nonsense. Hanuman dialogue: ‘Kapda tere baap, tel tere baap ka, aag bhi tere baap ki. Jalegi bhi tere baap ki’ … I mean seriously? This is the level of script we deserve for Hanuman?”
Another user said: “After watching Adipurush, I watched an episode of Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan to detox myself. Low IQ seculars are meanwhile borrowing money from mom and dad to watch Adipurush 5 times to make it a superhit”.
A user tweeted: “Manoj Muntashir now saying that Adipurush is inspired by Ramayana but it is not Ramayana. Stop with lame defences. Apologise and move on”.
In keeping with the public’s agitation about Adipurush, film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh gave the film a one-and-a-half star rating and a one-word review of “disappointing”. Adarsh said the film does not meet the exceedingly high expectations and director Om Raut wasted this opportunity despite having a dream cast and a massive budget on hand.
Adipurush is an adaptation of the Hindu epic Ramayana that is centered on the concept of the victory of good over evil. The film stars Prabhas as Lord Rama or Raghava, Kriti Sanon as Goddess Sita or Janaki, Sunny Singh as Lakshmana or Shesh, Devdutta Nage as Lord Hanumana or Bajrang, Saif Ali Khan as Lankesh or demon king Ravana, and Vatsal Sheth as Indrajit or Meghnada.
It also features Sonal Chauhan, Siddhant Karnick, Tejaswini Panditk, Ayesha Madhukar, Trupti Toradmal, and Krishna Kotian in supporting roles. The film has been produced jointly by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Om Raut, Prasad Sutar, and Rajesh Nair. The film’s songs have been composed by Ajay-Atul and Sachet-Parampara.
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