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New Delhi: ‘Adipurush’ releases today in theaters and the audience can’t wait to watch the epic saga of Lord Ram and Sita on the silver screen. Prabhas, Kriti Sanon, Sunny Singh, Saif Ali Khan starrer is one of the biggest films this year and the budget, VFX, trailer launches and pre-release events, everything like the film’s scale have been grand.

Adipurush plot

Directed by Om Raut, the film will chronicle the Hindu myth Ramayana and tell the story as per the sensibilities of contemporary audiences. In ‘Adipurush’, Prabhas will portray the role of Raghav, Kriti Sanon will essay Janaki, Saif Ali Khan is seen as Lankesh and Sunny Singh will play Raghav’s brother in the film.

Adipurush advance booking trend

As advance bookings for ‘Adipurush’ opened on June 13, Sunday, the film saw a massive scale in the bookings number from across the world. With celebrities promoting the film’s release with buying tickets for the underprivileged, ‘Adipurush’ is likely to have one of the biggest openings of the year 2023.

Adipurush ticket price

According to reports, many first-day first-shows sold out completely, with tickets selling for as much as Rs 2,000 in major cities like Delhi and Mumbai. According to a Times Now report, some theater tickets sold for Rs 2,000 even for first-day shows. The price of tickets for all shows at Maison PVR in Mumbai is 2000 for Living Room, Luxe, Jio World Drive, and BKC. PVR: Vegas LUXE, Dwarka tickets and PVR Select City Walk (Gold) tickets have already sold out in Delhi.

Adipurush controversy

Om Raut’s ‘Adipurush’ has been courting controversy ever since its teaser released in October 2022. The first teaser with its VFX was a big no-no for audiences and fans seemed disappointed. Many alleged the representation of Lord Hanuman and Raavan’s portrayal in the teaser was ‘apparent Islamisation’. They criticized and rejected the beard and buzz cut of the demon king, Lankesh, played by Saif Ali Khan.

Later, work on VFX was done with a better quality of visuals as is evident in the main trailer which was released earlier this year and the second trailer which was unveiled at the pre-release event.

Adipurush release date

After its premiere at the Tribeca Festival in the Escape From Tribeca section on June 15, ‘Adipurush’ releases worldwide in theaters today, on June 16.