Saif Ali Khan on 'Adipurush' and 'Tandav' Backlash: It's unsettling, we have to police ourselves

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Actor Saif Ali Khan says controversies around his 2023 film "Adipurush" and OTT series "Tandav" have made him more careful about picking his projects as he wants to stay away from trouble.

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The backlash around "Adipurush" was "unsettling", said Khan at the India Today Mumbai Conclave 2024

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"It's a little unsettling because there was a case and there was some kind of a decision taken by the court that said an actor is responsible for what he says on screen. So technically, if you say something, you could get a case against you, saying you shouldn't have said that, which is a lot of pressure."

"Adipurush", an adaptation of epic Ramayana by filmmaker Om Raut, had courted a massive controversy last year and was panned on social media over its poor VFX and colloquial dialogues, which also led to protests and police complaints against the makers.

In the movie, Khan played the role of Lankesh (Raavan), opposite Prabhas as Raghav (Ram) and Kriti Sanon as Janaki (Sita), which didn't go well with many.

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"We all have to kind of slightly police ourselves and be a bit careful, otherwise there could be trouble. So it's unsettling. But you also understand that there are certain areas, for example, religion. You just stay away from that. And there's many stories we can tell. We're not here to make trouble. So we're like, 'Fine, we'll just stay completely away from'," says Saif.

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