JE Entertainment Desk: 'Adipurush' dialogue writer Manoj Muntashir has been facing a massive backlash post the film's theatrical release on June 16. Not only did fans and critics express disappointment, TV actors including Arun Govil and Mukesh Khanna slammed the makers over the dialogues of Prabhas and Kriti Sanon-starrer.

Now, a day after his controversial statement regarding Lord Hanuman, Muntashir took to his Instagram handle and dropped a video in which he could be seen reciting lines from Ramdhari Singh Dinkar's poem Rashmirathi. The poem Manoj shared tells the tale of Karna from the Mahabharata. It refers to the period when Karna believed he had no one to turn to for support on the battlefield. It is pertinent to note that the post has now been taken down by the writer.

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Manoj shared the video just a couple of days after he penned a note on Twitter. It read, "People I considered my friends, abused me on social media, they abused my mother." He further noted that even though he wrote 4,000 dialogues for Adipurush, the audience is offended by just over five of them.

About 'Adipurush'

Starring Prabhas, Kriti Sanon, Devdatta Nage, Sunny Singh and Saif Ali Khan in the lead roles, 'Adipurush' is an Indian epic mythological film based on the Hindu epic Ramayana. Written and directed by Om Raut, the movie has been simultaneously shot in Hindi and Telugu languages.

'Adipurush' Box Office

The movie has crossed Rs 300 crore at the box office worldwide despite the backlash. The negative word of mouth affected the film on day 4 as it crashed at the box office. According to the website sacnilk, 'Adipurush' collected Rs 10.80 crore on day 5. Its total box office collection now stands at Rs 247.50 crore approximately in India. The movie only earned Rs 16 crore on day 5 which was approximately 75 per cent less than its Sunday collection.