Raja Shivaji Teaser: Abhishek Bachchan Steps Into History As Sambhaji Shahaji Raje Bhosle In First Look Teaser

Abhishek Bachchan is stepping into one of Indian history's most formidable legacies. The actor took to his social media to share the first look teaser of his upcoming film Raja Shivaji, in which he plays Sambhaji Shahaji Raje Bhosle, the fearless warrior son of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and a figure whose story has long deserved the full weight of cinematic telling. The teaser announcement marks one of the most anticipated reveals in recent Bollywood memory, and from the first frame, it's clear this is a project that has been approached with both scale and reverence.

Sharing the teaser on his social media, Abhishek penned, "ज्या मातीने घडवलं त्या मातृभूमीसाठी रयतेने दाखवलेल्या विश्वासासाठी, आणि ज्याचं अहोरात्र स्वप्न पाहिलं त्या स्वराज्यासाठी! 🔥 इतिहासाचा सर्वात तेजस्वी अध्याय आता उलगडणार... भारताचे आराध्य दैवत छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज यांना वंदन करून सादर करत आहोत "राजा शिवाजी" चित्रपटाचा फर्स्ट लूक टीज़र !! 'राजा शिवाजी' 'आपला राजा, आपला अभिमान' 🙏🏼

१ मे २०२६ पासून चित्रपटगृहांत प्रदर्शित! मराठी, हिंदी आणि तेलुगू". And the caption took the internet by storm before the teaser had even fully loaded.

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Raja Shivaji is set to release on May 1, 2026, in Marathi, Hindi, and Telugu, a multilingual release that signals the film's ambitions well beyond a single audience or demographic. For Abhishek, this role represents a different kind of gravity altogether. If the teaser is anything to go by, the brightest chapter of history is about to be retold very soon with Abhishek being a rather memorable part of it.