By Admin 
Bollywood and Marathi actor Ritesh Deshmukh has been in the news for the last few days about his film ‘Raja Shivaji’. It was released only last month and the film did well at the box office. As soon as this film was released, it became popular on social media and at the box office. Not only this, it has also become the highest grossing Marathi film till date. Meanwhile, the actor was embroiled in controversy for drinking alcohol while wearing Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s T-shirt. In such a situation, he has now broken his silence on the matter and apologized.
Actually, recently a success party was organized for the success of ‘Raja Shivaji’, in which actors also attended. During this time, he became a part of the party directly from the promotion of the film. During this time, he wore a Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj printed T-shirt and a video of him from this party itself went viral, in which it was claimed that the actor had consumed alcohol while wearing this T-shirt. Now he has issued a statement on this.
Also read: Five big controversies of ‘Sanskari’ Censor Board Chief Pahlaj Nihalani: 89 cuts were made in ‘Udta Punjab’, and intimate scenes were cut from many films.
Ritesh Deshmukh shared the post
Seeing the matter heating up, Ritesh Deshmukh broke his silence on this and gave his reaction. He shared a post on Instagram and wrote a long statement in it. He wrote, ‘I am deeply grateful for the love that the recently released Raja Shivaji received from the audience. One of my videos is being discussed on social media. As an actor and viewer, I consider it my responsibility to clarify about that video. I want to clarify that I had no intention of insulting Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj by wearing his T-shirt.
Ritesh Deshmukh refuted the issue of alcohol
Ritesh further writes, ‘The T-shirt I was wearing was worn for the promotion of the film and then from there I went straight to the party, so I did not get time to change it. There is a discussion on social media that I drank alcohol, so I want to make it clear that I never drank alcohol. Therefore, the allegations leveled against me are wrong. Along with this, the actor also clarified that he did not comment on any person associated with that video or the organizer of the event. In fact, the actor claimed that he welcomed everyone with respect.
Also read: ‘Uplifting people like us from poverty…’, Govinda became emotional on the death of Pahlaj Nihalani, gave first reaction
In the end, Riteish Deshmukh wrote, ‘If anyone’s sentiments have been hurt by any of his work, then as an actor I am sad. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is our supreme source of inspiration and place of reverence. I have deep respect, love and loyalty towards him. If this sentiment is hurt, I feel sad.
Earnings of ‘Raja Shivaji’
However, if we talk about the earnings of Marathi film ‘Raja Shivaji’, then this film did amazing business at the box office. According to Sacknilk, the film collected Rs 95.86 crore India net. With this, its India gross collection stood at Rs 117.41 crore. The film earned Rs 4.27 crore in overseas. The film overtook ‘Sairat’ and became the highest-grossing Marathi film.