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December 15, 2015, NewsCrunch
Hindu groups are up in arms against X-Men: Apocalypse, in which the main villain calls himself an incarnation of Krishna.
The next edition of the X-Men franchise, which is due in May 2016, released its trailer four days ago.
The movie deals with Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant, who had been worshipped as god since the dawn of civilization. As he awakens, he is disappointed with humans and builds a mutant army to wipe them out.
In the trailer, Apocalypse introduces himself saying: I have been called many things over many lifetimes—Ra,Krishna , Yahweh.
Hindu groups are up in arms against X-Men: Apocalypse, in which the main villain calls himself an incarnation of Krishna.
The next edition of the X-Men franchise, which is due in May 2016, released its trailer four days ago.
The movie deals with Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant, who had been worshipped as god since the dawn of civilization. As he awakens, he is disappointed with humans and builds a mutant army to wipe them out.
In the trailer, Apocalypse introduces himself saying: I have been called many things over many lifetimes—Ra,
The movie is about how Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) and Professor X (James McAvoy) lead a team of X-Men to stop Apocalypse.
Hindu groups have objected to portrayal of Krishna as a mutant. Apocalypse is shown as a blue-coloured figure, the same colour with which Krishna is portrayed in Hindu mythologies.
A US-based Hindu leader Rajan Zed released a statement on Tuesday saying trivialization of Lord Krishna was quite inappropriate and disturbing to the devotees.
A US-based Hindu leader Rajan Zed released a statement on Tuesday saying trivialization of Lord Krishna was quite inappropriate and disturbing to the devotees.
He also asked director Bryan Singer to delete all the references to Lord Krishna from the trailer and the final movie.
Video: Watch X-Men’s Apocalypse calling himself Krishna and upsetting Hindus
Response from Hindu groups to X-Men Apocalpyse
Comparing Lord Krishna with villain Apocalypse in the “X-Men: Apocalypse” trailer was highly inappropriate. We urge deleting all references to Lord Krishna unless based on scriptures.
Posted by Rajan Zed on Monday, December 14, 2015