‘Khalid Ke Shivaji’: Why Raj More’s Marathi film never reached theatres and quietly landed on OTT

As the future of Diljit Dosanjh’s searing political-drama, Satluj , remains unknown, another independent Marathi film, Khalid Ke Shivaji , was quietly released on OTT last week, almost a year after its theatrical release was halted. Dipped in ideas of secularism and plurality, the film tells the story of a Muslim boy’s connection with the Maratha warrior king, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the backdrop of his classmates bullying him with the name of Afzal Khan, a Mughal commander who was killed by Shivaji. The film was scheduled to be released in theatres on August 8, 2025 but director Raj More received orders not to do so just a day before on August 7.