Here's how team of Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan have reacted to 'Adipurush'

Om Rautdirected Adipurush was one of the most anticipated film of the year Touted to be a retelling of the Ramayana the film stars Prabhas as Lord Ram Kriti Sanon as Sita Sunny Singh as Laxman and Saif Ali Khan as Raavan However the film opened to largely negative reviews with fans taking to social media to express disappointment in the quality of the film The VFX storytelling and dialogues were bashed by the audience The dialogues mouthed by Hanumans character was called as cringe forcing makers to revamp the dialoguesIt is not only the layman who dismissed the film but celebrities also expressed their disappointment in the film Actors from Ramanand Sagars epic TV show Ramayana also expressed their displeasure in the filmArun GovilThe actor who played Lord Ram in Ramanand Sagars version of Ramayan told India Today I have not seen the film but whatever I have heard there are a few very controversial lines and I feel its not up to the markAmong the many controversial dialogues Lord Hanuman is heard saying Kapda tere baap tel tere baap ka aag bhi tere baap ki Jalegi bhi tere baap kiLord Hanuman we worship him he is our god and god talking in this language is not done I dont think it should have been there Govil saidBut whatever damage is created its done So its not going to be like that they remove the dialogue and people will then go to the cinemas It should not have been there From the names like Lord Ram Hanuman and Sita we worship them and if something goes lower their standard its not done In our Ramayan every dialogue was very good he said reacting to the makers changing the dialoguesGovil also reacted to Prabhas playing Lord Ram and said Prabhas image is not of a lord His image is like a star and he has made it very well Either the makers should have worked really hard on his looks or whatever I would not like to say that he has not done very well or the other actors have not done well But what about their looks The makers and creatives should have done a lot of work which I think is lacking in this movie When we see anything its the looks If the looks are correct half of the battle is won The looks have created a whole lot of problems here in the filmPrem SagarRamanand Sagars son Prem Sagar while talking to Live Hindustan said Om Raut has tried to create Marvel via Adipurush Dad too had used creative freedom while making Ramayan but he understood Lord Ram He made small changes after reading many books But he never tried to tamper with the factsIf you have made todays Ramayan then show it in Breach Candy Colaba Dont release it worldwide Dont hurt peoples sentiments Many people wrote Ramayan including Krittivasi Eknath But no one changed the content They only changed colour and language But here entire fact has been changedSunil LahriThe actor who played Laxman told in a video in Hindi I had high expectations from Adipurush that I will get to see something different but it is very disappointing You canrsquot play with your culture in the name of doing something different especially those who are our own The characters are not defined The audience doesnrsquot find any emotional attachment with the scenes In fact the dialogues are also very bekaar poorrdquoI thought Om Raut is a sensible director He had all things available It looks like the director is very confused I donrsquot know why he made the filmrdquoldquoRavan was the king of the most beautiful country I donrsquot know why they have shown him beating iron He was the King of Trilok Why was there a need to bring a fake Sita in the film If they had told the story in a simple way things would have been different All the characters looked confused to merdquo he addedRamanand Sagar created wrote and directed the epic TV show Ramayan It originally aired between 198788 During its run the show became the mostwatched television series in the worldActor Mukesh Khanna who is well known for his role as Shaktimaan and Bhishma in Mahabharat also expressed his displeasure in the way the film turned out I usually do not talk about films but this is related to my faith I have read the reactions of people One person todays youth said mazaa aya comedy tha accha It was fun comedy film I was like How can Ramayan be comedy So I decided to take a look and when I researched I realised isase bada bhayanak tamasha nahi ho sakta isase bada apmaan nahi ho sakta humare Ramayan ka There can be no worse drama than the film and no bigger insult to Ramayan than AdipurushrdquoHe also called out the makers for casting Saif Ali Khan as Raavan ldquoOm Raut ko Raavan ke liye sirf Saif Ali Khan mila Isase uncha character industry me rah nahi gaya kya Raavan kaddavar tha isko jugaad se banaya Raavan kam sasta smuggler zyada dikhta hai Couldnt Om Raut find a better actor than Saif Ali Khan This one looks less like Raavan and more like a cheap smugglerrdquo