Man attacked for allegedly sitting in lord Hanuman's seat at Adipurush screening
Adipurush has been causing quite a stir following its release! Just hours after Prabhas' fans attacked a man outside a Hyderabad cinema for giving a negative review to Adipurush
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In a now viral video, a mob can be seen abusing and beating a man for sitting in the special seat assigned to Lord Hanuman at a cinema
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"A person was attacked by Prabhas fans for sitting in a seat allocated to Lord Hanuman in Bramarambha theater Hyderabad in the early hours of this morning,
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For the unversed, the makers of the epic drama had announced every screening of Adipurush at every cinema would have a seat reserved for Lord Hanuman after director Om Raut requested
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"My mom says, every time Ramayan is staged, Hanuman ji comes to watch it. So my request to Bhushan sir, Anil sir, that for our Hanuman ji, in every show of Adipurush, one seat should be kept vacant," the director had said
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Directed by Om Raut, Adipurush is a film based on the Hindu epic Ramayana. With Prabhas as Raghava, Kriti Sanon portraying Janaki
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Saif Ali Khan taking on the role of Lankesh, the film follows the story of Raghava as he travels to Lanka with the help of Hanuman's army to rescue his wife Janaki from the demon king Lankesh
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While the film was initially set to release in August 2022 and then in January 2023, it was pushed back to June 16 this year due to poor VFX.