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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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Topic: Adipurush

Adipurush writer issues apology, accepts dialogues ‘hurt people’s emotions’

The writer issued an apology on Twitter and received mixed responses, with some claiming he was too late in apologizing for the controversial film directed by Om Raut.

Pakistani business tycoon & son, British billionaire — people aboard missing Titanic submarine

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Adipurush dialogue writer Manoj Muntashir is an Amethi boy. Loves Urdu, boasts Brahmin pride

Manoj Muntashir has managed to achieve the impossible — bring together India’s political Right and Centre and achieve bipartisan consensus on how Ram is being denigrated.

Nobel prize for ‘irony’ & ‘rebels and traitors’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Adipurush dialogues are just as colourful as village Ramleelas. Make Ramayana relatable

Ramayana's passage from village Ramleelas to Sagar's serial to Ramanujan’s 1991 essay tells us about all the T&D losses and gains of the epic over the years.

Adipurush writer gets security after criticism of ‘pedestrian’ language in Ramayana retake

The makers have decided to revise the dialogues that people have slammed as pedestrian, shoddy and unacceptable.

Adipurush criticised for ‘pedestrian’ dialogue — ‘hurts sensibilities’, ‘Centre must answer’ say leaders

The film based on the mythology Ramayana has drawn sharp reactions from Shiv Sena (UBT) MP & Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.

How many Ramayanas? As tapori Avengers, Adipurush is neither cool nor classic

Adipurush wants to be science-fiction, an action movie and India’s equivalent of the MCU and Mission Impossible.

Mythological thriller Adipurush opens big at global box office, earns Rs 140 crore

Directed by Om Raut, Adipurush is a retelling of the Indian epic Ramayana and is made on a budget of Rs 500 crore.

Adipurush controversy shows there’s no pleasing Hindu groups. They want 100% compliance

From lashing out at Om Raut for kissing Kriti Sanon on the cheek to targetting ‘anti-Hindu’ Saif Ali Khan, the criticisms surrounding Adipurush are rooted in sexism and Islamophobia.

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India is becoming a Republic of RWAs. It’s the most powerful elected body

Civics textbooks need an upgrade, considering that RWAs enforce laws they’ve devised themselves – no matter if it violates a fundamental right or two.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.