Hyderabad: The much-awaited epic drama ‘Adipurush’ which was meant to release this August, has been postponed to next year. Now, Prabhas, Kriti Sanon, Saif Ali Khan’s Ramayana adaptation will hit cinemas on 12 January 2023.
The producer of the film announced the new release date on the social media post which says, “Worldwide Theatrical Release in 3D on 12th Jan 2023.”
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Worldwide Theatrical Release in 3D on 12th Jan 2023.#Prabhas #SaifAliKhan @kritisanon @mesunnysingh #BhushanKumar #KrishanKumar @vfxwaala @rajeshnair06 @TSeries @RETROPHILES1 #ShivChanana #TSeries pic.twitter.com/ozGRZPRiQR— Om Raut (@omraut) March 1, 2022
Sankranti is one of the biggest period for a film to release in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, whereas the Pongal season will help the film in Tamil Nadu. The Hindi market too is said to be fruitful for feature films during the Sankranti week as films like URI and Tanhaji have gone ahead to earn over Rs 200 crore in Hindi belts.
‘Adipurush’ is an adaption of the Indian mythological saga ‘Ramayana’ and it stars Prabhas, Saif Ali Khan as Rama and Lankesh. Along with these two, Kriti Sanon will be seen playing Sita, and Sunny Singh as Laxmana.
Adipurush is set 7000 years ago and all the “touch points” are as in the Ramayana, but with modern storytelling techniques. In the film, Prabhas’ character is not called Rama, he is Raghav, another name for Rama. Sita, played by Kriti Sanon, is called Janaki.
