India, Aug. 9 -- The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has suspended the release of the Marathi film 'Khalid ka Shivaji', in the face of backlash from right-wing groups. The board has asked its makers to submit documentary evidence of certain factual claims made in the film.

The film, incidentally, was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in the category of Film Bazaar, in May 2025, where, according to its director Raj Pritam More, "it received a standing ovation". However, a 2.3-minute trailer, which was released recently, showing one of the characters claiming that 35% of Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's army comprised Muslims and that 11 of his body guards were also from the same community, put certain right-wing ou...