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Chhaava (transl. Lion cub) is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language historical action film based on the life of Sambhaji Maharaj, the second ruler of the Maratha Empire, who is played by Vicky Kaushal. An adaptation of the Marathi novel Chhava by Shivaji Sawant, it is directed by Laxman Utekar and produced by Dinesh Vijan under Maddock Films. The cast also includes Rashmika Mandanna and Akshaye Khanna.

Pre-production began in April 2023; filming commenced in October 2023 and ended in May 2024. The film score and soundtrack album were composed by A. R. Rahman while the lyrics were written by Irshad Kamil and Kshitij Patwardhan.

Chaava was released in theatres on 14 February 2025 in standard and IMAX formats. The film received mixed reviews from critics, and drew controversy for its historical inaccuracies Commercially, it has earned ₹793.82 crore (US$93 million)–₹804.85 crore (US$94 million) to rank the highest-grossing Indian film of 2025, and the highest-grossing Hindi film of 2025. It also ranks as the eighth highest-grossing Hindi film of all time and the thirteenth highest-grossing Indian film of all time.

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STORY

A messenger informs Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb about the demise of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Despite admitting the loss of a redoubtable adversary, Aurangazeb announces a celebration while his courtiers are confident that the Maratha Confederacy will subside. Nevertheless, Sambhaji, Shivaji’s son and his successor, has undertaken the initiative to uphold the resistance and plunders Burhanpur, a pivotal Mughal province, abruptly. The custodians of Burhanpur are overwhelmed by the Maratha army and succumb to the attack; amidst the battle, Sambhaji steps on a trapdoor and falls into a chamber containing a lion. He bravely faces the animal and splits its jaw apart with his bare hands. Aurangzeb learns of the attack and realises that the Maratha resistance endures. He commences a huge military crusade to protect his authority.

Meanwhile, Sambhaji is welcomed home by his dutiful wife Yesubai, where he is formally crowned as the Chhatrapati. However, his stepmother Soyarabai and a few courtiers including Annaji Datto Sachiv conspire to overthrow Sambhaji and install her son Rajaram on the throne. Elsewhere, Aurangzeb’s army raids villages, committing mass murders, arson and rapes while simultaneously taking several inhabitants as slaves and subjecting them to torture. Mirza Muhammad Akbar, Aurangzeb’s estranged son, seeks assistance from Sambhaji to rebel against his father. When Sambhaji relents, Akbar exposes his own discreet communication with Soyarabai and her intention to subvert the king; a devastated Sambhaji promises to protect Akbar and executes the treacherous courtiers while Soyarabai is confronted by Hambirrao Mohite, her own brother and Sambhaji’s loyal general.

Sambhaji implements guerrilla tactics to subdue Aurangzeb’s forces, who incur heavy losses due to the attacks and the Deccan’s challenging topography. Soyarabai soon dies of illness and Sambhaji takes the responsibility of Rajaram and arranges his wedding with Hambirrao’s daughter Tarabai. Hambirrao later dies in one of the battles.

Meanwhile, Aurangzeb feels insulted by persistent defeats and vows to remain uncrowned until Sambhaji is crushed. Zinat-un-Nissa, his daughter, plans to imprison her brother Mirza Akbar but Sambhaji foils her plans, sticking to his oath. Upon discovering that several Jagirdars are apostatising, Sambhaji convenes a conference and inspires them to fight sustain the Confederacy. However, Yesubai’s resentful brothers deceive Sambhaji and help the Mughals in locating him on a night while he is with a small army. The Mughal army implements its ambush and the Maratha soldiers are heavily outnumbered; Maratha generals Santaji Ghorpade and Dhanaji Jadhav survive the onslaught and are instructed to leave and apprise Yesubai of the ambuscade. Sambhaji valiantly fights and kills many Mughal soldiers until he is captured alongside his friend and advisor Kavi Kalash. Sambhaji and Kavi Kalash are carried off to the camps of Aurangzeb, who offers Sambhaji a chance to surrender but he refuses to renounce his ideals and declares that the Marathas will continue to fight for the “Swaraj”. Kavi Kalash is subsequently executed and Sambhaji is subjected to brutal torture: he is beaten and salt is promptly rubbed on his wounds; his fingernails are pulled out; hot iron rods are pierced into his eyes and his tongue is pulled out. Nevertheless, he remains defiant and eventually dies; Aurangzeb is left dissatisfied and grieves over not having a son like him.

Elsewhere, Yesubai endorses the Maratha resistance on behalf of her dead husband and crowns Rajaram as the Chhatrapati. A textual epilogue reveals that the Maratha Empire eventually triumphed and the Mughal Empire collapsed within three decades of Sambhaji’s death.

CAST

Vicky Kaushal as Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj
Rashmika Mandanna as Yesubai Bhonsale
Akshaye Khanna as Aurangzeb
Diana Penty as Zinat-un-Nissa Begum
Neil Bhoopalam as Prince Muhammad Akbar
Ashutosh Rana as Hambirrao Mohite
Divya Dutta as Soyarabai
Varun Buddhadev as Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj
Sanchita Ugale as Tarabai
Vineet Kumar Singh as Kavi Kalash
Santosh Juvekar as Rayaji Malge
Alok Nath as Somaji
Pradeep Rawat as Yesaji Kank
Kiran Karmarkar as Annaji Datto Sachiv
Balaji Manohar as Mhaloji
Anil George as Muqarrab Khan
Neelkante Patekar as Dharau
Sarang Sathaye as Ganoji Shirke
Suvrat Joshi as Kanhoji Shirke
Ankit Anil Sharma as Santaji Ghorpade
Ashish Pathode as Antaji Mankeshwar Gandhe
Shubhankar Ekbote as Dhanaji Jadhav
Siraj Mustafa as Bahadur Khan
Shivraj Walvekar as Bahirji Naik
Manoj Kolhatkar as Balaji Avaji Chitnis
Astad Kale as Surya
Danish Pandor as Ikhlas Khan
Rohit Pathak as Kakkad Khan
Sanjeev Jaiswal as Jhaalad
Sukhwinder Singh Grewal as Khan Zamaan
Lavi Pajni as Shaubuddin Firozjang
Trishan Singh as Shehzaada Ajjam
Ruffy Khan as Shehzaada Muazzam
Rakesh Theraja as Sarja Khan
Akshay Anand Kohli as Rahulla Khan
Ajay Devgn as the narrator in the opening sequence (voiceover)

PRODUCTION

Development

Everyone knows about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, but no one knows about Chatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj. He had such great courage and was a great warrior, but sadly no one knows about it. During the pandemic when I read about Sambhaji Maharaj, I realised he is such a big character, and why are we not talking about his life? That’s when I started writing and the idea of Chhaava came to me.

— Laxman Utekar, during an interview with India Today

In December 2022, it was reported that Laxman Utekar was working on a historical biopic in an untitled film in which Vicky Kaushal’s casting was under progress. They discussed the project and Vicky has liked the material and would sign the project only after the full narration. As it was still in the writing proces, the shooting would commence after Kaushal finalise it. It was based on the Marathi novel Chhava by Shivaji Sawant. In January 2023, the project was confirmed which would mark Kaushal teams up with Utekar and producer Dinesh Vijan once again after their then-unreleased romantic comedy film co-starring Sara Ali Khan. The film was titled Chhava and Kaushal would play Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, the eldest son of the Maratha empire’s founder Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Rashmika Mandanna was cast to play role of Sambhaji Maharaj’s wife, as Yesubai Bhonsale. Maddock Films known for modest budget films, Chhava will be their most expensive project. Laxman Utekar said that even before he began writing the script in 2021 he wanted to cast Vicky Kaushal and Rashmika Mandanna for the respective roles. After completing script in January 2023, pre-production for the film began in April, and principal photography starting in October.