Prabhas is playing the lead role in ‘The Raja Saab’. Fans were very excited about this film. But as soon as the film was released. The entire craze regarding the film went down the drain. The film flopped at the box office. The film received negative reviews. Now the film’s director Maruti has reacted to the bad reviews, trolling and calling the film a flop.

Maruti said that it hurts a lot when your hard work becomes a joke on social media. It takes at least 3 years of hard work for the audience to watch the screen for 3 hours. Maruti said, ‘When work is made fun of like this and is easily dismissed. So it hurts a lot, even if you choose to remain silent. Creators mostly keep their pain to themselves instead of showing it publicly.

Maruti reacted to the film The Raja Saab

According to the Indian Express report, while defending his film he further said, ‘The audience watched The Raja Saab in a festive mood. They were expecting light entertainment. Due to this, they may not be able to connect deeply with the narrative of the film. Maruti said that one knows how to balance the things of nature. He said that the time also comes when those who make fun of others also have to see confusion and hardship in their life and they do not even realize that they have to suffer the consequences of their past deeds in this cycle too. He said that this is not a threat or a curse, life goes on like this.

Prabhas’s film The Raja Saab was released on 9 January 2026. The film is made on a big budget of Rs 400 crores. This film is not getting much response at the box office.

The horror-comedy film ‘The Raja Saab’, directed by Maruti, in which Prabhas is in the lead role, was released in theaters this Friday before Sankranti. But just a day after its release the film got leaked online. After this, Cyber ​​Crime Police of Hyderabad started strict action against the platforms involved in piracy. Meanwhile, news came out that a pirated version of this film was played on TV in a restaurant in America.

Pirated version of ‘The Raja Saab’ airs on TV in America
The NRI focused Instagram page had posted a video, which has now been removed. It was claimed in the video that a restaurant in Ohio, America, played a pirated version of ‘The Raja Saab’ on TV. In the post he wrote, ‘Too much,’ and this post also went viral rapidly. Meanwhile, the film’s American distributor pratyangira Cinema Told that in just two days of its release, ‘The Raja Saab’ has earned 2 million dollars in America. At the same time, the film has also achieved a total gross collection of Rs 138.30 crore worldwide.

SHOCKING PIRACY

A restaurant in Ohio was caught streaming a pirated print of #TheRajaSaab on Day 1 in the USA.

It’s theft that kills overseas revenues and sabotages films from the inside.

Piracy = slow death of cinema.#TheRajaSaab #Prabhas pic.twitter.com/dQspCt1ghE

— Rathnam News (@RathnamNews) January 10, 2026

Meanwhile, after the arrest of Ravi Imandi, who runs the pirate website, the Cyber ​​Crime Police of Hyderabad has turned its attention towards another pirated website. A person named Naveen is suspected of running pirate websites like 5movierulz and 1tamilmv. It is being told that he is a Tamilian operating from Sri Lanka.

Times of India quoted a police officer as saying that Camcorder prints of recent films are being recorded online. According to the report, films like ‘The Raja Saab’ and ‘Dhurandhar’ have been found to be streamed illegally on these sites.

About The Raja Saab
The film Raja Saab is directed by Maruti and produced by People Media Factory and IVY Entertainment. Prabhas, Sanjay Dutt, Nidhi Agarwal, Malvika Mohanan, Riddhi Kumar and Zarina Wahab are in lead roles in the film. The story is about a man who sets out in search of his missing grandfather, but during his search he comes to know about his family’s dark secret. The film has received mixed response from critics.

Prabhas’s film The Raja Saab was released on 9 January. Fans were very excited about this film. A fire broke out in a theater during the first day’s shows of the film. Its videos and photos are viral on social media. Actually, fans performed aarti in the theater and also burst crackers.

fire inside the theater

Let us tell you that in a theater in Odisha, fans came inside with aarti thali. He lit a lamp in front of the screen at the time of Prabhas’ entry. Burst crackers. After this a fire broke out. Some people tried to stop it. Some people became tense and started running away. There was chaos all around. No one was injured in this incident.

Talking about the film, Prabhas is in the lead role. There are stars like Sanjay Dutt, Nidhi Agarwal, Malavika Mohanan, Riddhi Kumar and Boman Irani. This is a horror comedy drama.

Fire broke out in the Ashok Talkies Hall in Rayagada.
south superstar #Prabhas‘ film was playing in the hall
Incident during Prabhas’ entry in the cinema
During Prabhas’ entry, fans shouted and threw arrows in front of the screen.#Rayagada #FireIncinemahall #Odisha pic.twitter.com/88Nhh5ysDY

— Siraj Noorani (@sirajnoorani) January 10, 2026

The Raja Saab Box Office Collection

Talking about the collection of the film, it earned Rs 9.15 crore from paid previews. The film earned Rs 53.75 crore on the first day. There was a significant decline in the film’s earnings on the second day. The film earned Rs 25.05 crore on the second day. The reviews of the film are also not very good. There was a lot of buzz about this film, but the film seems to be lagging behind in terms of earnings at the box office. The film has been made with a huge budget of Rs 400 crore.

Talking about Prabhas’ upcoming films, he will now be seen in the spirit of Sandeep Reddy Vanga. There is a lot of discussion about spirit. Trupti Dimri is playing the female lead role in this film. Apart from this, Prabhas will also be seen in Part 2 of the film Kalki 2898 AD. Earlier Deepika Padukone was to be seen in both these films, but now she is out of the film.

There was a lot of craze among the fans about Prabhas’s film The Raja Saab. But as soon as the film was released, this craze subsided. The film did not get good reviews. On the first day, the film earned more than Rs 50 crore, but on the second day there was a 50 percent decline in the film’s earnings.

The Raja Saab Box Office Collection
According to Sacnilk report, the film has earned Rs 25.05 crore on the second day. The film has earned Rs 19.75 crore in Telugu, Rs 5 crore in Hindi, Rs 15 lakh in Tamil, Rs 10 lakh in Kannada, Rs 5 lakh in Malayalam. The collection figures of the second day of the film have not been officially revealed yet. But if the film earns Rs 25.05 crore on the second day, then the total collection of the film till now becomes Rs 87.95 crore.

Let us tell you that the film had earned Rs 9.15 crore from paid previews. There was a collection of Rs 53.75 crore on the first day. On the first day, it earned Rs 47.15 crore in Telugu, Rs 6 crore in Hindi, Rs 40 lakh in Tamil, Rs 10 lakh in Kannada and Rs 10 lakh in Malayalam.

The Raja Saab is a big budget film. According to Bollywood Shaadi, the budget of the film is Rs 400 crore. A 50% drop in the earnings of such a big budget film on the second day is not good for the future of the film. In such a situation, whether the film will be able to recover its budget is going to be a tough challenge for Prabhas’s film.

These stars are seen in the film

It is known that stars like Prabhas, Sanjay Dutt, Malavika Mohanan, Nidhi Agarwal, Boman Irani and Riddhi Kumar are in important roles in this film. The film has been directed by Maruthi. People Media Factory has produced it.

Along with The Raja Saab, films like Ikkis, Dhurandhar, Lalo are also showing in the theatre. Dhurandhar Jahan is earning well even after 1 month. Whereas Lalo is the highest profit making film of 2025.