Adipurush was the first Indian film to use motion capture technology throughout. Starring Prabhas, Sunny Singh, Kriti Sanon, and Saif Ali Khan, the film is directed by Om Raut and based on the Ramayana. Om Raut, who is famous for his films Haunted and TanhaJi, is making very prestigious films with T Series. AdiPurush is technically an experimental film in Indian cinema itself. Filmed in a single room using motion capture technologies, the budget of the film is close to 500 crore.
The global success of the Baahubali franchise is the basis for making AdiPurush, and the film is being made with Prabhas‘s pan-India market in mind. Prabhas, on the other hand, is struggling to maintain the stardom he achieved after the Baahubali franchise.After the Baahubali franchise, Saaho and Radhe Shyam did not meet the expected success, and AdiPurush is an important and the success of Adipurush is important for Prabhas.
The film, which has raised huge expectations since its announcement, saw the hype go down due to the poor response to the first teaser, but the extra VFX work done to delay the release was reflected in the second and third trailers. Ajay and Atul’s chartbuster songs also created decent hype for the film.
Adipurush will be released in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Hindi on a budget of 500 crores. It has earned over 240 crores from the pre-theatre business alone. 4th largest pre-theatre business in Tollywood. The bottom line is that if they want to achieve hit status, they have to earn at least 500 crore from theatres. The makers have already announced that the digital release of the film will be two months after its theatrical release.
