Adipurush proves BJP is ‘sadak chhap’ party; not of ‘Ram, aam and kaam’: AAP

Amid a massive political row over Om Raut’s Adipurush starring Prabhas as Ram and Kriti Sanon as Sita, the Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday said the movie once again proved that BJP is a cheap, ‘sadak-chhap’ party as the movie received blessings from several BJP and ally leaders including Yogi Adityanath, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis, Manohar Lal Khattar, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Pushkar Singh Dhami, and Narottam Mishra.

“The BJP is not of the Ram, aam (general public) or kaam (work). It only does its dirty politics,” AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said.

“The dialogues are so derogatory like kapda yere baap ka, tel tere baap ka, jalegi bhi tere baap ki/teri bua ka bagicha hai ktya jo hawa khane chala aya. Manoj Muntashir wrote whatever he was asked to write,” the AAP MP said.

On Manoj Muntashir’s defence that he used simple dialogues in the way people speak, Sanjay Singh said, “People give abuses also. So will God be made to give abuses now?”.

Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi criticised Manoj Muntashir’s dialogues and sought an apology from both the dialogue writer and the director. “It hurts every Indian’s sensibilities to see the kind of language being attributed to our revered gods in the name of entertainment. You make a movie on Maryada Purushottam Ram and cross all boundaries of Maryada for quick box office success is unacceptable,” she added.

Congress’s Supriya Shrinate drew a parallel between Adipurush and the serial Ramayana of Ramanand Sagar and tweeted, “Ramanand Sagar did not hurt the faith of crores of people with Tapori language, but imprinted a sweet, gentle and charming image of Siyaram in the minds and hearts of society.”

“This is the difference between religion and the business of religion. You will get cheap popularity on the strength of your sycophancy, big shows are also available, but lack of talent definitely comes in the way. The writer who calls Hanuman ‘Tere Baap ki Jali’ is a joke of a writer and a vulgar Hindu,” Shrinate added.