The movie depicts the lifetime of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, a Maratha king who fought in opposition to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb earlier than he was killed. Historians have criticised the movie for misrepresenting key figures and occasions from the Maratha-Mughal period.
On Monday, violence broke out in Maharashtra’s Nagpur area the place members of far-right teams Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal turned as much as demand the demolition of the grave of Aurangzeb, whom they accused of persecuting Hindus and attacking temples throughout his reign from 1658 to 1707.
Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, a senior member of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP), mentioned on Tuesday that Chhaava might need contributed to inflaming Hindu sentiments.
His assertion has strengthened issues amongst movie consultants who argued that Indian cinema was more and more aligning with the Hindu nationalist ideology of Hindutva.
Ira Bhaskar, a professor of cinema research on the Faculty of Arts & Aesthetics at Jawaharlal Nehru College, mentioned Bollywood had departed from its historically secular strategy to filmmaking since 2014 when the BJP first fashioned the federal government.