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Adipurush (trans. First man)[a] is a 2023 Indian mythological action film based on the Hindu epic Ramayana.[7] The film is directed and co-written by Om Raut, and produced by T-Series and Retrophiles. Shot simultaneously in Hindi and Telugu, the film features Prabhas, Saif Ali Khan, Kriti Sanon, Sunny Singh, and Devdutta Nage. Adipurush Theatrical release poster Directed by Om Raut Written by Screenplay: Om Raut Dialogues: Manoj Muntashir Based on Ramayana by Valmiki Produced by Bhushan Kumar Krishan Kumar Om Raut Prasad Sutar Rajesh Nair Starring Prabhas Kriti Sanon Saif Ali Khan Sunny Singh Devdatta Nage Cinematography Karthik Palani Edited by Apurva Motiwale Sahai Ashish Mhatre Music by Score: Sanchit Balhara Ankit Balhara Songs: Ajay-Atul Sachet–Parampara Production companies T-Series Films Retrophiles Distributed by AA Films (Hindi) UV Creations (Telugu) People Media Factory (Telugu) KRG Studios (Kannada) Release date 16 June 2023 Running time 179 minutes[1][2] Country India Languages Hindi Telugu Budget est.₹500–700 crore[3][4][5] Box office est. ₹350 crore (US$44 million)–₹450 crore (US$56 million)[disputed – discuss] The film was announced in August 2020, through an official motion poster. Principal photography, which took place primarily in Mumbai, commenced in February 2021 and ended in November 2021. The film's music is composed by Ajay–Atul. Adipurush is budgeted at ₹500 crore (US$63 million)–₹700 crore (US$88 million) placing it in the list of most expensive Indian films.[disputed – discuss][8][9][4] Adipurush was released on 16 June 2023 to highly negative reviews and received severe backlash from both the critics and audience, alike. Raut's direction, dialogues, writing, use of CGI/VFX, badly choreographed action set pieces, modernization of the epic, potrayal of Lankesh, color grading of Lanka, physical appearance of Raghava, editing and three-hour runtime all received huge criticism and was heavily panned. However, the performances, musical score, and soundtrack were highly praised.[10][11][12] It emerged as an epic box office disappointment in the filmography of Prabhas. Many critics slammed it as a terrible and worst adaptation of the Ramayan, whilst also stating that it destroyed the essence of the original source.[1