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GenreBiography & Drama
RatedNot rated yet
Runtime2 hr 30 mins
ReleasedSeptember 11, 2026
StreamingIn theaters now
DirectorVishal Chaturvedi
StarringShobhinaw Satyaa, Chandan Anand, Purnima Tiwari
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Hanuman Ansh (2026)
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| Hanuman Ansh's Details | |
| Genre | Biography & Drama |
| Rated | Not rated yet |
| Released | 08/07/2026 (India); 09/11/2026 (Overseas) |
| Streaming | In theaters now. |
| Running Time | 2 hr 30 mins |
| Budget | Not reported |
| Box Office | Updated daily from Box Office Mojo. See the numbers below. |
| Based On | Divine Detour: That Changed My Life by Vishal Chaturvedi |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Hanuman Ansh's Interests | |
| General | Pilgrim roads, riverbanks, temple courtyards, alms bowls, the Hanuman Chalisa. |
| Music | Sadhu Sushil Tiwari |
| Movies | Kundun (1997). Another young seeker, another long road toward a calling. |
| Television | Ramayan, the 1987 series. Rama and Hanuman, and a country gathered around the TV. |
| Heroes | Hanuman. Strength and devotion, the example every devotee looks up to. |
| Hanuman Ansh's Crew | |
| Director | Vishal Chaturvedi |
| Writers | Vishal Chaturvedi |
| Producers | Ragini Sona, Namrata G. Singh, Anupriya A Nagar, Dr Vishal Chaturvedi |
| Cinematography | Vishal Bawa |
| Music | Sadhu Sushil Tiwari |
| Edited By | Shankh Rajadhyaksha |
| Production | Swambhu Media Network, Holy Cow Home Productions |
| Distributed By | Cinépolis (India), Panorama Studios (Delhi-UP only), Hombale Films (Overseas) |
Lakshminarayan Sharma (Shobhinaw Satyaa) is thirteen when his mother dies, and he walks away from his home in Akbarpur, in the Braj region. He believes only Rama can bring them back together, so he turns to Hanuman, with the Hanuman Chalisa as his guide. A temple in Rajkot tests his humility. Then come years of wandering: meditating under trees, sleeping beside rivers, living on alms and learning from ascetics. Vishal Chaturvedi writes and directs, drawing on his own spiritual memoir, in the first chapter of a planned trilogy about Neem Karoli Baba. One hundred fifty minutes, one devoted road.
Anyone who keeps the Hanuman Chalisa close. Walk gently.
Patience is the price of admission for Hanuman Ansh, which plays more like a string of devotional stories than one flowing film, and its first half moves at the pace of a long walk. That may even be the point, but it tests you over 150 minutes. Vishal Chaturvedi tells the early life of Neem Karoli Baba, beginning with Lakshminarayan Sharma, a thirteen-year-old who walks away from home after his mother dies and seeks Rama through his devotion to Hanuman. The sets are simple, sometimes visibly so. What holds it together is Shobhinaw Satyaa. He plays the young seeker with stillness and quiet, never with big gestures, and the film trusts him. The best stretch comes on a train, where a colonial official orders him off and the train refuses to budge, a scene told with warmth instead of thunder. Audiences have embraced it, with an 8.5 on IMDb. A 6.9 because the devotion is sincere and the storytelling needs tightening. $161 says you hold the door for a total stranger tomorrow and feel a little lighter for it.
What works: Shobhinaw Satyaa’s restrained, quiet performance carries the film, and the music suits its reflective mood.
What doesn’t: The story often feels like a collection of separate episodes rather than one journey, and the first half is sluggish.
Who it’s for: Devotees of Neem Karoli Baba and viewers who want a calm, reverent spiritual biopic rather than a big spectacle.
Spoilers
Lakshmandas, as he is now called, asks only that no saint be put off a train for having no ticket and that the villagers get their own station, and the stop becomes tied to his name as he comes to be known as Neem Karoli Baba. The film closes near Nainital, where Maharaj ji appears to a lost, frightened traveler who has been reciting the Hanuman Chalisa and leads him to safety, with a hint of the next chapter.
| Shobhinaw Satyaa | Lakshmi Narayan Sharma / Neem Karoli Baba |
| Chandan K Anand | Ram Nandan Bhosale |
| Nikhil Dubey | Sudhir |
| Anil Rastogi | Mahant Ji |
| Sugandha Malhotra | Sudhi |
| Bhagvandas Patel | Gopal |
| Neha Paranjpe | Parvati |
| Udaysinh Rajput | Banshidhar |
| Purnima Tiwari | Ram Beti |
| Gautam Tripathi | Radheshyam |
| Gulshan Pandey | Inspector Dharam Singh |
| Rajiv Mishra | Daroga Nasir Khan |
| Rishikesh Dubey | Poornanand Tiwari |
| Vihaan Shedge | Maharaj Ji Teen |
| Sadvik Sharma | Shubhankar |
| Aleksei Danilov | Mr Francis |
| Santosh Dixit | Hariram |
| Brijpal Singh | Shankar |
| Yash Pandey | Hiren |
| Aman Mehta | Champaklal |
| Rajnish Srivastava | Jagdish |
| Abhishek Mishra | Chand Chor |
| Amit Dubey | TTE |
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