Maharaj is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language biography, crime, and drama movie with a 6.4 IMDB rating. The movie is directed by Malhotra P. Siddharth and produced by Sandi Castro Migliaccio. The movie stars Jaideep Ahlawat as Jadunath Maharaj, Mark Bennington as Karsandas Murlji, Shalini Pandey as Kishori, Sharvari Wagh as a special appearance, and Edward Sonnenblick as Justice Sausse.
Story
In the beginning, we saw a child named Kardhan Das who was eager to ask questions about everything.
Later, a Krishna devotee named J.J. was shown choosing a lady every night for charnaseva, and every parent was happy for their daughter’s selection because they thought J.J. was the incarnation of Lord Krishna.
Karshan’s wife Kishori was selected; she went there eagerly, but he was trying to have sex with her. Karshan saw it and tried to take it from there, but she disagreed because she didn’t want to disrespect J.J. The next day, she saw J.J. doing all this with her sister. Then Salini gave a letter to her sister to give to Karshan.
She told me to bring this matter to the public in the letter. So he started a patrika. In which he wrote the J.J. Truth before reaching out to the public. J.J. burned it; later, he gave Patrika in hidden places, like under vegetables. It reached the whole public. The next day, she called a girl for Charanseva, but her parents didn’t allow her to go there.
Looking at it, J.J. closes his palace, and people don’t eat until they see that J.J. has eaten. For this, people came near the palace to protest, then Karshan came there and gave a powerful speech, and they were ready to eat without him. Then J.J. filed a case against Karshan in court, so Karshan started searching for witnesses, but no one agreed to give them.
Then in court, first J.J. spoke, and Karshan obstructed him in my religious matter. Later here, Karshan gave a powerful speech, and many people agreed to give witness. Then J.J. was sent to jail, and the villagers started living happily.
Review
The story is based on a real-life historical court case from the 1880s where Karsandas, a child, used to ask logical questions about religious beliefs. The movie shows how Karsandas exposes the sex scandal of Dharamguru and the difficulties faced during the expose.
The movie was played by courts because it hurt people of the Hindu religion.
The acting of Jaideep Ahlawat and how he played his role of anger and calm is killing performance. Junaid Khan and Shalini Pandey also played their roles decently.
The music and screenplay are not good, and the overall performance of the movie is decent.
A movie shows sexual violence where a man sends his wife to sleep with Dharamguru, watching from a window.