Adipurush, starring Saif Ali Khan and Prabhas will now be released on January 12, 2023. The news comes on the occasion of Maha Shivratri – the Hindu festival of lights. Actor took to Instagram to share the poster featuring the new release date. He also tagged film director Om Raut and co-stars Kriti Sanon, Sunny Singh among others.
Adipurush is said to be the adaptation of the Indian epic Ramayana that revolves around the triumph of good over evil. Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar,. Om Raut, Prasad Sutar, and Rajesh Nair of Retrophiles are producing the upcoming film.
In the film, Prabas will reportedly play the role of Lord Ram, while Sonny will play Lakshman. Kriti will play the role of Sita in the film, while Saif will play the role of Raavan. The film will be released in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada.
Previously, the release of Adipurush was originally scheduled for August this year, but was delayed to accommodate the release of Laal Singh Chaddha. Last month, Aamir Khan Productions made a statement about it on Instagram.
The film crew announced on Instagram: “We hereby announce that our film ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ will not be released on April 14 as planned. This is because we cannot finish the film in time. The film It will now be released in theaters worldwide on 11th August 2022. We would like to thank Mr Bhushan Kumar, T Series and Om Raut and the entire team at Adipurush.”
Laal Singh Chaddha stars Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Naga Chaitanya and Mona Singh. This is the official Hindi remake of the Hollywood movie Forrest Gump starring Tom Hanks.
Besides Adipurush, Prabhas has several projects in the pipeline including Spirit, Radhe Shyam and Salaar. He also has Project K directed by Nag Ashwin, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika Padukone.
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