Raja Shivaji Crowned Marathi Cinema's Biggest Blockbuster of 2026
Raja Shivaji has emerged as the highest-grossing Marathi film of 2026, crossing ₹130 crore worldwide and comfortably outpacing every other release in the industry this year. For an industry that often struggles to break out beyond its core Maharashtra audience, a number like this is a genuine milestone. Why the film has struck a chord Historical and biographical subjects have long been a strength of Marathi cinema, and Raja Shivaji arrives at a moment when audiences are visibly hungry for large-scale, big-screen storytelling rooted in Maharashtra's own history. The film's collections suggest it has pulled in not just the regular Marathi cinema crowd but a wider pan-India audience too. How it stacks up against the year's other big films Raja Shivaji's ₹130 crore haul puts real distance between it and the next biggest Marathi releases of 2026, including Deool Band 2 at around ₹52 crore. That gap tells its own story about how far a well-marketed, well-mounted Marathi film ...