The Kashmir Files director Vivek Agnihotri has taken a sly jibe at Prabhas for playing lord Ram in Om Raut’s Adipurush, which faced a massive criticism for alleged distortion of Hindu epic, Ramayan. Adipurush was embroiled in one controversy after other upon its release in June.
Now, Vivek has reflected on the film’s failure and why it caused an uproar across the country. “When you make something you don’t believe in, but you make it kyunki aaj kal yeh chal raha hain, you are definitely going to go wrong with stories of faith. When you are making stories of faith, first, you should be the person to have 100 percent faith in it or be a historian. I don’t think otherwise it will ever work in India,” Vivek told ETimes.
Without mentioning names, Vivek further took a dig at filmmakers likely to cast “stars” in a film based on Ramayan. For the unversed, Nitesh Tiwari is currently working on his screen adaptation of the Hindu epic. Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor are expected to play the lead roles of Sita and Ram, respectively, in the film.
“Nothing lasts for so many years. If something has lasted for 5000 years, there is a reason for it. So, if somebody comes on screen and says, Hey, I’m God, it doesn’t make you God. If you get driven home drunk every night, you cannot turn around tomorrow and say I’m God, believe me. Nobody is going to believe that. People are not idiots,” Vivek said.
Earlier, Vivek Agnihotri took a potshot at movies laced with “nonsense action with loud sound” in a series of tweets. His comments came hours after the release of a teaser of Prabhas starrer Salaar, in which the actor was dubbed as “the most violent man.”
Without taking any names, Vivek had tweeted, “Now glamourising extreme violence in cinema is also considered talent. Promoting nonsense cinema is considered a bigger talent. Promoting a non-actor as biggest star is considered biggest talent. And assuming audience is super-dumb is mother of all talent.”
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