New release date for ‘Adipurush’, film to release in June

Filmmaker Om Raut’s most ambitious venture yet, ‘Adipurush’ gets a new release date. The film will now hit theatres in 3D on June 16, 2023, the makers announced.

The film, led by Baahubali star Prabhas, was last scheduled to hit the screens in January, 2023. It was initially set to arrive in cinema halls on August 11, 2022.

Producer Bhushan Kumar of T-Series and Raut reached the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine to seek blessings for Adipurush, also starring Saif Ali Khan, Kriti Sanon and Sunny Singh.

T-Series shared the release update on its official Twitter page.

The multilingual period saga, which is being touted as a film celebrating “the victory of good over evil”, is an on-screen adaptation of the epic Ramayana.

It features Prabhas as Lord Ram and Saif as Lankesh. The teaser for the film was earlier panned by audiences across sectors for it’s poor VFX and portrayal of Lankesh (Ravana).