Junaid Khan’s debut film Maharaj garnered eyeballs for the controversy it was mired in ahead of its release. While the film received positive response when it finally dropped on streaming a week later than its scheduled release, the actor asserts that it was never the intention of the makers to hurt anyone’s sentiments.

As far as the audience is concerned about the movie Maharaj, after waiting for the movie after it's original date of release, fans responded to it with strength. Junaid's performance received a lot of acclaim from people.

In an exclusive interview with Tellychakkar, director Siddharth P. Malhotra was asked why he chose Junaid Khan and why he chose to release the movie on OTT platform instead of theatres as this is Junaid Khan’s debut.

Yash Raj Films Entertainment produced a movie which is helmed by Siddharth P Malhotra and also it is a debut film of Junaid Khan named ‘Maharaj’ faced a lot of controversies before its streaming on Netflix as the Gujarat high court temporarily halted the film’s distribution.