Adipurush
Writer
On
Saif
Receiving
Backlash
For
His
Remarks
About
Humanising
Lankesh
Manoj
Muntashir
told
Mid-day,
"Saif
was
recently
trolled
for
his
remarks
about
[humanising]
Lankesh,
but
there
is
nothing
offensive
in
the
film.
Saif
was
misunderstood.
Raavan
is
perceived
as
an
all-black
figure,
but
in
our
film,
he
will
be
seen
in
all
his
shades.
He
will
be
shown
as
a
flamboyant
king,
who
was
also
cruel
and
sadistic."
'Saif
Is
A
Thinking
Actor'
Manoj
further
added,
"Raavan
believed
that
he
was
more
powerful
than
Ram,
and
could
never
fathom
why
Sita
couldn't
fall
in
love
with
him.
Saif
is
a
thinking
actor
and
asks
questions
to
understand
his
role
better.
He
gets
into
the
skin
of
the
character."
Saif
Ali
Khan's
Adipurush
Controversy
For
the
unversed,
in
an
interview
with
Mumbai
Mirror,
Saif
was
quoted
as
saying,
"It's
interesting
to
play
a
demon
king,
less
strictures
in
that.
But
we
will
make
him
humane,
up
the
entertainment
quotient,
justify
his
abduction
of
Sita
and
the
war
with
Ram
as
revenge
for
what
was
done
to
his
sister
Surpanakha
by
Lakshman,
who
cut
off
his
nose."
When
his
statements
rubbed
the
netizens
in
a
wrong
way,
the
actor
issued
an
apology
that
read,
"I've
been
made
aware
that
one
of
my
statements
during
an
interview,
has
caused
a
controversy
and
hurt
people's
sentiments.
This
was
never
my
intention
or
meant
that
way.
I
would
like
to
sincerely
apologise
to
everybody
and
withdraw
my
statement.
Lord
Ram
has
always
been
the
symbol
of
Righteousness
&
Heroism
for
me.
Adipurush
is
about
celebrating
the
victory
of
good
over
evil
and
the
entire
team
is
working
together
to
present
the
epic
without
any
distortions."