India, April 22 -- Actor Riteish Deshmukh has written, directed, produced, and starred in the film Raja Shivaji on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The film's trailer was released recently, and one of the criticisms it received was for a scene featuring Sanjay Dutt and a Wagh Nakh (tiger claw). The actor-filmmaker responded to the criticism.

An X (formerly Twitter) user slammed Riteish over supposed historical inaccuracies in the trailer of Raja Shivaji. He wrote, "Did Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj show the "Wagh Nakh" to Afzal Khan? Wagh Nakh came out only after Afzal attacked Maharaj. Why is @Riteishd manipulating the glorious history of Maharashtra?"

In another post, he attached screenshots of the scene he was talking about, writing, "The ...