Dipika Chikhlia, who famously played Sita in Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan, recently stated that those making Ramayana were ‘making a mess of it’. And now, she has shared her thoughts on ‘Adipurush‘, which was also inspired from the same Hindu epic.
The actress told India Today, “Every time what happens is, a child, who is five years old or eight years old who has watched ‘Adipurush’ with his parents – when he grows up, his image will be all about what was there in ‘Adipurush’.That is damaging your future. That bothers me, more than anything else. At that point of time, your parents are not going to explain that Ravan wasn’t like this. He didn’t eat non-vegetarian food, Sita wasn’t like this. Nobody’s explaining that to the child. They’re just coming back and absolutely shocked. But that child has been affected and has been damaged, and it’s not going to go back.”
Dipika also questioned the portrayal of Ravan in ‘Adipurush’ and stated, “Ravana was a Brahmin. He was a Shiv bhakt. There were so many good qualities in him. He wasn’t just a villain. He was not just a bad man. The only bad thing that he did was that he abducted somebody’s wife. That was a very wrong thing. Otherwise, he was a vidwan (a scholar). Usko ek roadside gunda dikhana was not in good taste (Portraying him as a roadside thug was not in good taste).”
Adipurush, after several delays, release in June 2023 and faced a lot for flak for its VFX and dialogues.
The actress told India Today, “Every time what happens is, a child, who is five years old or eight years old who has watched ‘Adipurush’ with his parents – when he grows up, his image will be all about what was there in ‘Adipurush’.That is damaging your future. That bothers me, more than anything else. At that point of time, your parents are not going to explain that Ravan wasn’t like this. He didn’t eat non-vegetarian food, Sita wasn’t like this. Nobody’s explaining that to the child. They’re just coming back and absolutely shocked. But that child has been affected and has been damaged, and it’s not going to go back.”
Dipika also questioned the portrayal of Ravan in ‘Adipurush’ and stated, “Ravana was a Brahmin. He was a Shiv bhakt. There were so many good qualities in him. He wasn’t just a villain. He was not just a bad man. The only bad thing that he did was that he abducted somebody’s wife. That was a very wrong thing. Otherwise, he was a vidwan (a scholar). Usko ek roadside gunda dikhana was not in good taste (Portraying him as a roadside thug was not in good taste).”
Adipurush, after several delays, release in June 2023 and faced a lot for flak for its VFX and dialogues.
Dipika Chikhlia on why Ranbir Kapoor’s ‘Ramayan’ should ‘not be made’ & what went wrong in ‘Adipurush’
