INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Siya Ke Ram actor Ashish Sharma, who played the role of Lord Ram onscreen', exclusively spoke with ETimes TV about his take on Adipursh
The actor not only reviewed the film but also pointed out the major loopholes in the plot and picturization of the characters
Take a look at what he had to share: If you were to review AdipurushIt is a badly researched and ignorantly made depiction of
Ramayan.Ignorantly because nobody intently wants to make a bad film
Everybody sets out to make a good film even for commercial reasons
Every producer, director, and actor wants to make a successful film.Subjects like Ramayan and Mahabharat need loads of research
First of all, it needs the correct minds who understand the sentiment of these epics and truly believe in the ideology of the epics
Unless you do that, you can never make an authentic epic
If I leave the epic or religious or belief side of it aside, only and only as a cinema lover and cinema student, it is not an authentic
depiction or well-researched cinema piece for me at least.When we make cinema based on a particular era and region the basic requirement is
that the characters speak the language of that region and era
But if we are getting away with that citing it as creative liberty, that is sheer laziness for me
For the Box Office business to happen, the entertainment needs to be correct
The summary of Ramayan is that when Ravan is dying, Ram asks Laxman to go and take knowledge from Ravan because he was that great a Brahmin
Ravan folds his hands and apologies to Ram for my sheer ignorance of the fact that the knowledge that I have needs to be shared and the
first thing that my knowledge should teach me is humility
But because I have been egotistic, I lie here and I seek your forgiveness
Because you yourself are practising that
Our audience is so kind-hearted
If I would have done such a blunder I would have apologized to the audience a thousand times and will make a better film next time
Manoj Muntashir is an immensely knowledgeable person and a brilliant writer but when the time comes you have to actually imbibe the
knowledge you have that is when your true character shows
So, practice what you preach
As a maker, you have the right to make the film you want and similarly, as a viewer, I have the right to say what I thought about the
I think the filmmaker here has an inferiority complex when it comes to accepting our culture, traditions, and the way Bharat has been
Why do we shy away from wearing a Mukut (Crown)? It is written in our epics how exactly Ram looked physically and psychologically
It is written how Sita looked
Ramayan for the next generation then tell them what exactly happened
Rewriting Ramayan is wrong
All the character sketches are written in Ramayan
Also, you can take the creative liberty to show how Ram must have used the Brahmastra but not the creative liberty to show him using
Brahmastra just like that
The only time Ram gets angry in Ramayan is when he interacts with the ocean between him and Lanka
He gets furious for the first time and then he takes out the Brahmastra
They have shown that the ocean comes and apologies to Ram and says that the stones will float on water
In Adipurush, Ram is far from being Saumya.Because of years of colonization, we have become inferior in our identity and we feel that if we
show our own culture in that richness, it is wrong
WHY? They make films as per their sensibilities
Stick to your own history and be proud of it
Ram tells him that his foremost duty as a physician is to treat the patient; not being loyal to his land.Ram sees Sita getting kidnapped
On his way to find Sita, he meets Jatayu who is dying
Lanka, she drops Chudamani given to her by Ram, not a pearl necklace
Ram finds Chudamani and finds his way.In the Vali-Sugreeva war in Adipurush, Ram comes across as a villain
He shoots his arrow only when Sugreev tells him that Vali has kidnapped his wife and has committed a crime
Otherwise, why would Ram use a weapon in Malla-Yuddh (hand-to-hand combat)?Mandodari was the biggest Pativrata Stree
She was keeping Ravan alive
It was her sheer will that was keeping Yama away from Ravan
In the film, she is shown as a widow even before Ravan goes to war
Ravan is more intelligent and more knowledgeable
He had Trilok under his control.About the languageIt is a sorry excuse that we are making it for the next generation
I know 9-year-olds are still watching Siya Ke Ram right now
The show has Hindi and Sanskrit but the kids are understanding it
And as creators, it is our duty to bring our languages to the forefront
We never discuss what the problem is
The big screen has been very small in its approach when it comes to historical and mythological films
They have nothing authentic in the last decade or so when it comes to history or mythology
TV screens have been very vital in making historical and mythological shows
I have done ten shows like that
They were authentic and well-researched in their depiction.But the problem is that we are not nurturing great minds to make cinema that
I am blessed that I was born into a household where I was made to read these epics
Today, I have an understanding of these things only because my mind was nurtured since childhood
It shapes your thought process and inclinations which we are not doing anymore
We are moving away from that
The only silver lining I can see is that there are some filmmakers who are waking up to our scriptures because now the audience is also
To tell an Indian story, you need to have an Indian mindset
There are very few filmmakers who are actually rooted in our culture
Ramayan and Mahabharat are ten times better than Marvel
The multiverse is written in both epics, thousands of years ago
Hanuman Ji and the Sun God are travelling in the Multiverse
There is one Indra for every Brahmand (Universe)
We have ready-made multiverses already written
Why do you want to make it like Marvel?ad
