“Hanuman Ansh: The blockbuster nobody saw coming”, Firstpost, 6 Sep 2026.

“The Indian cinema landscape is witnessing a miracle at the box office. A film made on a limited budget of less than Rs 2 crore is redefining audience preference and scripting a historical trend. The cinema is already a blockbuster having been able to awe and inspire audiences with its simplicity and spiritual tonality. Hanuman Ansh, based on the life of Shri Neeb Karoli Baba, popularly known as Maharaj Ji among his followers, has laid a foundation to the divine stories of our unparalleled Sant Parampara. The film traverses multiple anecdotal records of people who knew Maharaj Ji and how he impacted their lives through his presence.

Many had already declared the cinema a flop after the initial two-week collection, but the cinema has surpassed its previous collections in the fifth week and is heading towards an all-time blockbuster collection of more than Rs 100 crore, proving the power of spiritual cinema and the audience’s preference for watching the life tales of our gurus and sants on the big screen. Hanuman Ansh is a testament of how a story presented with utmost honesty connects with the audience for its sincerity and effort.

Hanuman Ansh brings to the big screen: the power of Bharatiya spirituality. It is, in fact, a lesson for the Hindi cinema industry which has long ignored the stories of our great saints, who have shaped the Bharatiya philosophy, thinking and the way of life. The industry, which earlier explored tales of our deities and produced movies like Jai Santoshi Maa, has gone astray and is very reluctant to explore such topics. In the age of Toxic, Animal, Marco and Mirzapur where violence and sex serve as the main ingredients for pulling audiences towards theatres, Hanuman Ansh stands as a breath of fresh air and demonstrates the power of Bharatiya spirituality and Sant Parampara which has guided humanity since time immemorial…………….”

Read the full article at Firstpost.