Directed and produced by Mandarr Kaadam under his banner OthBrok Production, the film is inspired by the legacy of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj. It will release in six languages — Marathi, Hindi, English, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam — followed by a worldwide rollout, with a target release window of late 2026 or early 2027.
For India's metro and urban Hindi audience — readers used to evaluating cinema on both scale and substance — the project carries unusually clear signals on both fronts.
From Kolhapur to the world
Rudransh is being mounted as a big-budget, pan-India production with international cinematic ambition. The shooting schedule spans Maharashtra and a significant international leg in Angola — a rare creative choice for the Maratha-era genre, and one that signals the global frame Kaadam is building around the project.
The six-language release is equally deliberate. By rolling out simultaneously across Marathi, Hindi, English, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam, the film is being designed to reach Indian audiences in the language they speak at home — a model increasingly seen as essential for big-ticket Indian productions targeting national, not just regional, success.
“We are not making this film just for one city, one state, or one language. We are making it for India — and for the world watching India.”
— Mandarr Kaadam, Director-Producer
The director: artist, brand strategist, filmmaker
Mandarr Kaadam — born Mandar Kadam — is a director, writer, producer and entrepreneur based in Kolhapur. He is the founder of OthBrok Production and an alumnus of R.S. Gosavi Kalaniketan Mahavidyalaya, one of Maharashtra's well-regarded fine-arts institutions. Before turning fully to cinema, he spent several years in brand development — a discipline that gave him an unusual perspective on how a creative project is built, refined and presented to the public.
That hybrid background — fine art, brand strategy, storytelling, production — has shaped how he is approaching Rudransh. The film is not being treated as a single release, but as the flagship of a long-term creative property.
“What is striking about this project is how it has been built,” said a Mumbai-based industry analyst tracking upcoming Indian productions. “Most big historical announcements in India come out of established Mumbai houses with marketing teams attached. Rudransh has come out of Kolhapur, with a director who has done the brand work himself. That changes the texture of the whole thing.”
Five years of research, before a single frame
Underpinning the visible scale of Rudransh is a less visible foundation: five years of pre-production research. Kaadam and his team have spent that time engaging with manuscripts, regional administrative records, royal correspondence, battlefield references and oral traditions preserved across generations.
Few upcoming Indian films have invested that kind of time in research before production. The decision reflects what Kaadam has described as a non-negotiable commitment: historical cinema should be built on scholarship first and scale second.
The film's musical sensibility carries the same weight. The title track of Rudransh has been recorded by Sukhwinder Singh, the Oscar, Grammy and National Award-winning playback singer.
Why this matters for urban Indian audiences
The Indian metro audience has, over the past two years, become one of the most decisive forces in the historical-film space. The success of Chhaava in 2025 and Raja Shivaji in 2026 — the latter crossing ₹72 crore at the box office — demonstrated that urban Hindi and Marathi audiences are not only willing to back serious Maratha-era cinema, they are actively seeking it.
Rudransh is being positioned to extend that conversation. Where many recent productions have leaned on spectacle, Kaadam's project is being mounted as a film built on research first — with the scale serving the story, not the other way around. For an urban audience increasingly drawn to substantive historical storytelling, that proposition is significant.
What's next
Casting for the lead and antagonist roles — described by the team as 'industry-leading names' — is expected to be announced in the coming months. Principal photography is scheduled across 2026, with a target release of late 2026 or early 2027.
For Kaadam, the transition from years of research to the camera is the most meaningful moment yet in the project's journey. “Five years of preparation finally meets its purpose,” he has said. “And we are ready.”
ABOUT THE FILM
Rudransh – Legacy of a Great King is an upcoming pan-India big-budget historical feature film inspired by the legacy of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj. Directed and produced by Mandarr Kaadam (Mandar Kadam) under the banner of OthBrok Production, the film will release in Marathi, Hindi, English, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam, with shooting planned across Maharashtra and Angola through 2026. The film targets a late-2026 or early-2027 release window.
Official: mandarrkaadam.com
Production: othbrokproduction.com
Tags: Rudransh · Legacy of a Great King · Mandarr Kaadam · Mandar Kadam · OthBrok Production · Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj · Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj · Maratha Empire · Pan-India Historical Film · Kolhapur · Maharashtra · 2026 · 2027
