Riteish Deshmukh apologises for hurting sentiments of Shivaji’s followers

Bollywood actor-producer Riteish Deshmukh on Friday left followers of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj upset by posting a photograph of himself in front of the Maratha warrior’s statue at the Raigad Fort. He later apologised for hurting people’s sentiments.

Son of late Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, Riteish visited the Raigad Fort on Thursday. He posted two photographs of himself from the hill fort. One of these features him as he seems to bow to take blessings from the statue of Shivaji Maharaj.

In yet another photograph, he, Ravi Jadhav, writer Vishwas Patil, Tejpal Wagh and Sandeep Patil are seen on the plinth of the throne with their back towards the statue. This hasn’t gone down well with Shivaji followers.

In response to the backlash, Riteish posted an apology on Twitter with a note in Marathi and said that like other Shiv bhakts, he too was in awe of the atmosphere at the fort. He explained that there was only a gesture of devotion behind it and the photo had not been taken with the objective to hurt anyone’s sentiments.

“We had no intention to hurt anyone by sitting there or clicking those photos. But if someone is hurt by our act, we expressed heartfelt apologies.” Riteish added.

In 2017. Ram Gopal Varma announced that Deshmukh was planning to make a biopic on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Any further announcement on the project is still awaited.

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