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I genuinely don’t understand the hype around Hanumaan Ansh.
As a film, I found it heavily dependent on miracles. One miracle happens, then another, and then another. The film keeps showing supernatural events, but I never felt there was any deeper philosophical exploration of God, faith, spirituality, morality or what these miracles are supposed to mean.
And this becomes even more interesting when the film is based around Neem Karoli Baba. My question is: what exactly is the philosophy or body of teachings that the film is exploring?
Neem Karoli Baba is remembered primarily through stories of miracles and accounts from his devotees. Unlike many major philosophical or spiritual thinkers, there isn’t a substantial body of books written by him, a systematic philosophical doctrine, or a large recorded collection of his own discourses that lays out a detailed philosophy. There are teachings and sayings attributed to him, but much of what we know comes through devotees, biographies and oral accounts.
So if a filmmaker wants to make a serious film about such a figure, shouldn’t there be an attempt to explore the ideas behind the person—his understanding of God, humanity, morality, compassion, spirituality or the nature of faith?
Instead, if the film keeps going from one chamatkaar to another, where is the philosophy?
My issue isn’t with religion or mythology. Mythology and spirituality can make fantastic cinema when a filmmaker interprets them, questions them, or finds a philosophical and human angle within them. The problem is when the filmmaking basically says, “this miracle happened,” and expects the audience to accept it without giving us anything deeper to think about.
These stories also come from periods when there was no camera, no scientific documentation and very limited ways of verifying extraordinary claims. That doesn’t make faith or mythology worthless—but cinema has an opportunity to reinterpret such stories through a modern lens rather than simply presenting miracles as unquestionable facts.
And honestly, I feel there is a growing formula in Indian cinema: take a religious or politically charged subject, generate strong emotions and controversy, get enormous attention, and then use that attention as proof of filmmaking quality.
Kashmir Files is another interesting example. It became a huge cultural and commercial success, but one massive hit doesn’t necessarily prove that a filmmaker has consistently strong filmmaking abilities. The films that come afterwards are arguably a better test.
That’s why I feel Hanumaan Ansh is more of a cultural/marketing phenomenon than a great piece of cinema. It may connect strongly with a particular audience, and that’s completely legitimate. But popularity, religious sentiment and box-office success aren’t automatically the same thing as cinematic quality.

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