Although his film 'Adipurush' is being panned by everyone, filmmaker Om Raut is just not ready to take any kind of criticism. Netizens have expressed their issues with VFX and poor representation of characters (especially Raavan) and Raut has justification for all these issues. In a recent interview he addressed the popular opinion that his version of Raavan looks like an Islamic invader.

He told News18, "The demonic image of today’s generation of today’s time is the one I have tried to translate onto screen correctly. We are making this film for the next generation. The idea behind this film is to take our great holy script, our Ramayana to the next generation. and not only the next generation but for the world to see.”

Om further added, "And in order to make him intimidating, there is a certain visual, a certain image that comes to mind, which we tried to capture through our imagination. But definitely, that has got nothing to do with any Khiljis of the world, Nadir Shahs of the world, Genghis Khans of the world, Babars of the world. Not at all remotely is there a connection between them.”

Sharing why people are seeing Khilji in Raavan, Om Raut stated, "In today’s times, people perceive Alauddin Khilji as a villain. So it is very understandable, when they look at Ravana, the greatest villain of all time, they might see glimpses of Khilji, they might see glimpses of Kans also, they might see glimpses of Duryodhan also, they might see glimpses of Genghis Khan also.”

Starring Prabhas, Kriti Sanon, Saif Ali Khan and Sunny Singh, 'Adipurush' is set to release on 12 January.