Riteish Deshmukh on Raja Shivaji being released during Dhurandhar 2 wave. (Photos: Riteish Deshmukh, Jio Studios/Instagram) Actor Riteish Deshmukh is bringing his passion project Raja Shivaji to the big screen on May 1. He has been working on the film for nearly a decade and has also written and directed it, while his wife, Genelia Deshmukh, serves as producer. In a recent interview , the couple spoke about releasing a film of this scale amid the Dhurandhar 2 wave. Riteish Deshmukh on releasing Raja Shivaji amid the Dhurandhar 2 wave During an interview with Bollywood Hungama, Riteish Deshmukh spoke about how audience tastes have evolved and whether only a certain kind of film now succeeds at the box office. The actor-filmmaker said, “One has to be really cognizant of the changes happening around you; you can not blind yourself to that.…