Riteish Deshmukh on Raja Shivaji budget buzz: “Budgets are nobody else’s business”

Responding to questions about whether a large reported budget creates pressure for a massive opening, Riteish made it clear that such conversations are largely irrelevant to audiences. “Only the producers know the real budget,” he said, adding that filmmakers should avoid obsessing over numbers because they do not influence the cinematic experience.

Questioning the industry’s growing fixation on budgets and actor fees, Riteish remarked, “Budget se kya lena dena hai? If someone asks me the budget, I ask them how much they are paying for a ticket. Whether it’s ₹100 or ₹300, that’s the budget for the audience. People should stop discussing it and simply experience the magic of cinema.”