It started with a university assignment
None of this was in the plan. Here is how it happened, in order, with the sources.
- 01A question about Steve Jobs
At the University of Bath, Anupriya was researching how technology founders found their direction. The trail led her to Neem Karoli Baba, the saint Jobs travelled to India hoping to meet. What began as coursework became a book idea, and then something bigger.Money9
- 02A job abroad, and a different plan
She had a job waiting in Switzerland. Instead she came back to India in 2025, met director Vishal Chaturvedi, and joined the team while the film was in post-production.Aaj Tak
- 03The leap
The film was shot, but there was no money left to finish it. Anupriya put in the savings from three years of part-time work in the UK, one-third of a budget reported at under Rs 2 crore. The film was produced by three women, Anupriya, Ragini Sona and Namrata G. Singh, alongside Vishal Chaturvedi.Amar Ujala
“Some decisions cannot be made only on an Excel sheet.”Anupriya Nagar, Deccan Chronicle - 04A slow start, then a surge
Hanuman Ansh released on 7 August 2026 and opened with roughly Rs 10 lakh. Shows were cut in the first week and the film was written off by some. Then audiences started telling each other to go. By day 52 trackers were reporting more than Rs 300 crore India net.India TV
- 05What it means to her
Anupriya describes the film as a calling more than a business result. She has been taking its message to students, to Kainchi Dham, Vrindavan and Ayodhya, and now to what comes next, including Hanuman Ansh 2.Global Indian
