Know Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' movie's connection with Bhagavad Gita

Actor Cillian Murphy has revealed that he read the Bhagavad Gita while preparing for filmmaker Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer'. Murphy will play the role of American physicist Julius Robert Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer is known as the father of the atomic bomb. Based on his life, this movie will be released on July 21. The audience is eagerly waiting for this movie.

Actor Cillian Murphy has said that he read the Bhagavad Gita to play Oppenheimer in the film. “I read the Bhagavad Gita while preparing for the film and thought it was a very beautiful text, very inspiring. After reading the Bhagavad Gita, Oppenheimer found relief because he needed it,” says Cillian Murphy in an interview with Suchirita Tyagi.

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Oppenheimer's connection with the Bhagavad Gita

On August 6 and 9, 1954, atomic bombs were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. Thousands of people were killed in this incident. Oppenheimer was the head of the team that created this atomic bomb. After the bomb devastates both cities, the production of atomic bombs began around the world. Oppenheimer was alarmed by the potential of his own bomb. Later, he also opposed the atomic bomb.

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In 1965, Oppenheimer mentioned the Bhagavad Gita while commenting on the first detonation of the atomic bomb. Krishna tries to convince Arjuna during the war. He then assumes the form of Virat and tells Arjuna that 'Now I am dead. Now I have become the destroyer of the world'. Meanwhile, Robert Oppenheimer repeated the line 'Now I'm dead' after the atomic bombs were dropped on both Japanese cities.

Earlier today the #Oppenheimer cast and filmmakers arrived in London at the UK Premiere! Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr. & Florence Pugh star in #Oppenheimer. In theaters 7 21 23. pic.twitter.com/lICs2gptyp

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Robert Oppenheimer was very fond of Bhagavad Gita. In the 1930s, he was introduced to ancient Hindu scriptures and was greatly influenced by them. He decided to read the Bhagavad Gita without translation, so he also learned Sanskrit to read it. Every Thursday in 1933, Oppenheimer went to read the Bhagavad Gita. He was taught Sanskrit by a teacher named Arthur Ryder who lived in Berkeley.