Vindu Dara Singh Slams Adipurush Makers For Distorting His Father Dara Singh's Legacy: 'What Were They Thinking?'

Vindu Dara Singh, son of the late actor Dara Singh who portrayed Lord Hanuman in TV series Ramayan, has joined the long list of celebrities criticising the makers of the film ‘Adipurush’.

Vindu Dara Singh has joined the long list of celebrities criticising the makers of the film ‘Adipurush’.

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New Delhi: Vindu Dara Singh, son of the late actor Dara Singh who portrayed Lord Hanuman in Ramanand Sagar's iconic TV series Ramayan, has joined the long list of celebrities criticising the makers of the film ‘Adipurush’. The actor accused the makers of tarnishing the legacy of the actors who worked on Ramayan. Adipurush, directed by Om Raut, has faced extensive backlash for various aspects, including its dialogues and visual effects. 

Speaking to Hindustan Times, Vindu spoke about actor Devdatta Nage, who played Hanuman in the film and criticised his inability to speak proper Hindi. Vindu believed that the dialogues given to Nage's character transformed Hanuman into something unrecognizable.

“Hanuman was powerful and always smiling. The actor (Devdatta Nage) doing the role can’t even talk in proper Hindi. They have made him into something else with the dialogues given to him. Maybe they were targeting the younger generation, who watch Marvel movies such as Thor. And they have failed terribly,” he was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times. 

Vindu also emphasized that no one could recreate what his father had accomplished in his portrayal of Hanuman. “Nobody ever can recreate what he did. He made history. We all try. But when we try we do it to our best of our capabilities and to the best of our knowledge of the mind. We don’t try to change it here. What they have done is shameful. They can’t touch my father’s legacy. Hanuman ki punch bhi nahi hai. They are not even close,” he told Hindustan Times. 

He lamented the missed opportunity of making a wonderful movie based on Ramayan with a significant budget, expressing his bewilderment at the choices made by the filmmakers. He questioned whether they were under the influence of ‘drugs’ or lacked sound judgment. 

“It’s very shameful to see what they have made. They should have named it something else. If they were planning to make Ramayana, then they should have stuck to the story. I don’t know if they were drugged out or what were they thinking? They had such a golden chance to make such a wonderful movie with such a huge budget, and they ruined it. The world knows that Ravan’s Lanka was made of gold, and they have made it with black-stone. Don’t even get me started on the Ravan’s das sar scene. They have introduced dragons in the story. They have just played with the story by doing funny things. It is disappointing,” he added. 

Vindu has also played the role of Hanuman in TV shows like ‘Jai Veer Hanuman’, ‘Vishnu Puran’, ‘Ayodhya Ki Ramleela’ amongst others.