Raja Shivaji (film) saw 32x more Wikipedia readers than usual

What this article is

Raja Shivaji is a 2026 Indian historical action drama film co-written and directed by Riteish Deshmukh, based on the life of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire. The film was produced by Genelia D'Souza and Jyoti Deshpande under Mumbai Film Company and Jio Studios. The film features Riteish Deshmukh in the titular role, alongside Genelia D'Souza, Abhishek Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Vidya Balan, Mahesh Manjrekar, Sachin Khedekar, Bhagyashree, Fardeen Khan, Jitendra Joshi, and Amole Gupte.

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Where editors were working

Wikipedia editors made 23 edits to this article on 2026-05-02, concentrated in these sections. This is evidence about the surge, not an explanation of it.

• Cast
• Development

What changed that day

The article grew by 4,270 characters that day. The largest single addition was 3,707 characters. See everything that changed on 2026-05-02 in Wikipedia's own diff view — that is where the reason for a surge is usually visible, written and sourced by the editors who were following the story.

How this was measured

Views are Wikimedia's own pageview counts for en.wikipedia, filtered to agent=user so automated traffic is excluded. The baseline is the median of the previous 60 days, which is used instead of the mean so that an earlier surge cannot flatten a later one. The multiple is the day's views divided by that median.