Adipurush Movie Review

The most awaited and controversial movie from its trailer launching Adipurush, was released in theaters on 16-06-2023.The movie is released in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada. The big-budget multilingual film has reportedly been made on a budget of Rs. 500 crores.

Adipurush Movie: Story

If we say about the film its simply based on Hindu religious Mahakavaya RAMAYANA

Based on Valmiki Ramayana, Adipurush is all about Raghava (Prabhas), and Janaki (Kriti Sanon) who face threats from the demon Ravana (Saif Ali Khan).

How Raghava with the help of a Bajrangi aka Hanuman and Sugreeva and an army of Vanaras take on Ravana forms the crux of the story.

Adipurush Movie: Star Cast

Prabhas, Kriti Sanon, Saif Ali Khan, Sunny Singh, Devdatta Nage, Vatsal Sheth, Sonal Chauhan, Trupti Toradmal

Starring Prabhas, Saif Ali Khan, and Kriti Sanon in lead roles where Prabhas is seen as Lord Ram, Sunny Singh plays Lakshman, and Kriti Sanon plays Sita in the movie. Saif Ali Khan will portray the mythical demon ruler Ravan in the film.

Strength of The Movie

The main strength of this film is the direction of Om Raut, the amazing VFX, and the presence of Prabhas as Rama. The PAN-India star amazes big time with his charisma, body language, and dialogue delivery, Sita’s character is definitely a challenge for someone like Kriti Sanon, who mostly played glamorous roles in her career, she is perfect as Janaki, aka Sita.

Saif Ali Khan has an incredible performance as Lankesh, i.e., Ravanasura.

Om Raut’s strength lies in showcasing the drama, and he handled the first half in a very neat manner Ramayanam had a promising 1st half The first half focused on the drama which worked,

The music is very good which saves the film in many parts

The weak point of the Movie

The 2nd half didn’t have much other than a prolonged climax fight with poor VFX so the second half failed to continue the momentum.

The battle and confrontation episodes have gone overboard with the graphics. The whole battle episode is lengthy, from Raghava and his army attacking Ravana’s Lanka until the end. It becomes an over-the-top action movie and that too with a lot of VFX work. So, the climax of this movie is not very good.

Adipurush Movie: Star Performances

Prabhas performed fine as Raghava. Raghava’s woes and vulnerability were portrayed well as an ordinary man with no major powers. Some action episodes of him are well-made, but the rest looked cinematic and artificial.

Saif Ali Khan is good as Ravana, he got so much elevation in the film. His Ravana looks are modernized a bit. He appeared powerful, but it looked odd when he walked around in the digitally raised giant personality.

Kriti is decent but she has a very limited role. Others did fine in their respective roles. Indrajit’s character enthralls for some time in the second half. Sonal Chauhan is seen in just two scenes. Devdatta Nage as Bajrang (Hanuman) is good.

Adipurush Movie: Technicalities

• Dialogues are good. Shivoham and Jai Shree Ram songs stand out and are sure to evoke goosebumps.
• The background score is magnificent.
• The costumes designed give the movie a modern touch.
• The 3D effects are good in a few scenes.
• VFX-wise, the movie disappoints.
• Om Raut, did a decent job with the movie. He is very good in the first half but he should have taken more care regarding the second half.

Adipurush Movie: Analysis

Ramayana is one of the very well-known epics and the story itself is not new. It has been told several times earlier in different forms, but Om Raut wanted to show the Ramayana as a film using modern technology and star faces.

It worked to a major extent, but the damage done by CGI work could not be fully rectified. The VFX and CG work in 2D is not impressive. Whereas they are done well in 3D.

The background music comes to rescue Adipurush from sliding down due to the pretty average VFX.

Also, most of the movie has a dark ambiance. It might be the color symbolization of the Ravana and Lanka theme, but it is overdone.

Ravana’s characterization appears a bit awkward to the traditional fans of Ramayana. His fort in Lanka, his attire, and even his armory look like it was heavily inspired by the ‘superhero’ movies.

The maker’s perspective might be correct to make the villain look trendy so as to enthrall the younger generation audiences who are very connected to the character and theme trend. Ravana’s ten heads speaking within themselves before taking a decision is interesting.

Overall, Adipurush starts as a drama-driven classic tale, but that turns into a lengthy action fest towards the latter half.

It might attract children and the family audience who might want to enjoy a Hindu mythological story with a modern presentation. Considering the openings and large screenings across pan India, need to see how audiences receive it. If prepared to watch it, go for a big screen experience and recommended to see it in 3D.