Saif Ali Khan apologised to son Taimur for making him sit through Adipurush
Saif Ali Khan recently shared in an interview that his 9-year-old son Taimur did not have a positive reaction to his film Adipurush and he had to apologize to him. The film, which received criticism for its visual effects and dialogues, was based on the Ramayana and starred Prabhas, Kriti Sanon, and Saif as Lankesh.
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