India, June 25 -- National Award-winning actor-filmmaker Adinath Kothare has been working across Hindi and Marathi languages. He was last seen in the Hindi web series System, and produced and starred in the Marathi web series Detective Dhananjay: Rahasyajal. Next up, he will be seen in Nitesh Tiwari's magnus opus, Ramayana: Part 1 this year.

Adinath Kothare acknowledges the increase in audience for Marathi content, and credits a huge part of that success to actor-filmmaker Riteish Deshmukh and his film Raja Shivaji, which earned over Rs.100 crore in India and became the highest-grossing Marathi film of all time.

"It's a great feeling and I am proud of Riteish Deshmukh. It's such a big project and it was a daring move to invest that kind...