The short answer
Anupriya Nagar is a film producer, economist and artist. She was born in Mumbai, studied Economics at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom, and is one of the four producers of Hanuman Ansh, a Hindi feature film released pan-India on 7 August 2026. Press coverage in September 2026 describes her as 21 years old, and she has been described as one of India's youngest film producers. She is based between Mumbai and London.
This page tells her story in order: school and university, a decade in art, a habit of service, the article that changed her plans, the year of research that followed, and what has happened since the film reached cinemas. Every outside claim links to the outlet that reported it.
School in Mumbai, university in Bath
According to a Global Indian profile, Anupriya attended Arya Vidya Mandir in Mumbai. She then moved to the United Kingdom and completed a BSc in Economics at the University of Bath between 2022 and 2025. Her coursework included microeconomics, macroeconomics, econometrics, international trade, investment and trading, and development economics, and she took an investment banking module in her final year. Her own account, on the About page, adds that she carried that analytical training into research on innovative ecosystem banking.
Economics gave her a way of seeing the world as a system of incentives, behaviour and value. She says a spreadsheet can describe a life without explaining why it matters, and the gap between what can be measured and what is felt is where her real work began.
A decade in art
Before she produced a frame of film, Anupriya was an artist. She held her first group exhibition at the age of twelve and scored a perfect hundred in ICSE Art, and she has been making and collecting art for over a decade. Her paintings are shown in the studio section of the home page. Art, she says, taught her the discipline that cinema now demands: that taste is built slowly, that detail is not decoration, and that an audience can feel the difference between something made carefully and something made quickly.
Leadership and seva at Bath
At Bath she was Treasurer of both the Bath Fine Art Society and the Bath Indian Dance Society, and led outreach for the Women in Business Society. She represented her university in Bollywood dance at Just Bollywood 2022 in London, where her team won the head-to-head award.
- Raise and Give (RAG): as Chair, she led students in raising £10,000 for the university's chosen charities. The work earned her the title of Volunteer of the Month in September 2023.
- Giving back in India: she has taught spoken English to underprivileged children, volunteered with the British Heart Foundation in London, and raised funds for cancer patients at the Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai. Through her Just Bollywood performance she helped raise money for Snehalaya and Nanhi Kali, which work with vulnerable women and girls.
The word she uses for all of this is seva: giving without keeping score. None of it, she says, was a stepping stone to a film. It is how she believes a person should move through the world.
The question that changed her plans
The idea for Hanuman Ansh began as coursework. Money9 reports that in her final year at Bath she was researching how the founders of major technology companies found their direction. That trail led her to Steve Jobs's link with Kainchi Dham and to Neem Karoli Baba, the saint Jobs is reported to have travelled to India hoping to meet. According to Global Indian, it was an Economic Times article on the same subject that sent her deeper into the research. She was drawn to learn more about the saint's life and influence, and at first she thought the material might become a book or even a comic.
A job in Zurich, and a different plan
Her own plan was elsewhere. Money9 says she intended to work in Switzerland's art industry, and Aaj Tak reports that after Bath she was offered a job in Zurich. Filmmaking was not part of the plan. Aaj Tak adds that she first heard about Neem Karoli Baba from a foreigner, and felt embarrassed that she, a young Indian, had not learned about such a great spiritual figure from her own sources. Her aim, she said, was to bring these stories to Gen Z. In 2025 she returned to India instead of taking up the job abroad.
Meeting the film
Back in India she met the filmmaker Vishal Chaturvedi, who was already developing a project on the saint. Money9 quotes her as calling the meeting a coincidence. Accounts of exactly how she joined differ slightly between outlets. Global Indian says her research brought her together with Namrata G. Singh, Ragini Sona and Chaturvedi and that the team spent about a year researching. Amar Ujala, in an interview with the producers, says she joined during post-production: the film had been shot, but there was no money left to finish it. The film was produced by three women, she said, and she is the youngest of the three.
The savings, and "an Excel sheet"
Aaj Tak and Amar Ujala both report that she put in the savings she had built over three years of part-time work in the UK. Amar Ujala quotes her as saying she put all her savings into the film, and adds that this was about one-third of the total budget, while the film's budget is reported at around ₹2 crore. Other outlets describe the amount differently, and Global Indian noted that the financing structure has not been publicly disclosed. Khabar Digital, reporting from Kainchi Dham, said she plans to use the box-office earnings for the education of needy children and for charity. Explaining why she did it, she has been quoted by Deccan Chronicle as saying, "Some decisions cannot be made only on an Excel sheet."
Money9 reports that she comes from a family of art collectors, that her father was initially surprised by her change of direction, and that his support grew once she explained the film's subject and grew further after its success. Aaj Tak's profile carries the line that age is just a number, and she has said her age has never been a barrier. She has also said that she does not see the film as chasing box office, and in an older Doordarshan interview cited by Money9 she described making a film about the saint as a risk whose point was to tell the story.
The film in a paragraph
Hanuman Ansh is written and directed by Vishal Chaturvedi and produced by Ragini Sona, Namrata G. Singh, Anupriya A. Nagar and Vishal Chaturvedi under Swambhu Media Network. It opened on 7 August 2026 on a small number of screens and grew through word of mouth. Trade trackers put its worldwide gross above ₹450 crore by day 83. The numbers, with sources and dates, are in the box office explainer, and the story of how the film came together is in how Hanuman Ansh was made.
Taking the message to students
Anupriya has said she wants to reach young people one conversation at a time. She told Global Indian she had visited more than 65 schools and universities in the UK, and that she believes word of mouth can carry the film further than social media. Before the release she was invited to speak at the House of Lords in London about her journey as an international student and filmmaker, encouraging young people to connect cultures. She has since spoken at TEDxSRCC 2026 at Shri Ram College of Commerce in Delhi, at the 'Beyond the Obvious' event of Ideas Matter Most with E-Cell IIT Kanpur on 4 October, and at People Matters TechHR India 2026.
Pilgrimages and honours
- Vrindavan, 9 September 2026: she visited the ashram of Premanand Ji Maharaj with her parents and sought his blessings, and was honoured at a Ramayani Samman ceremony organised by the Ramayan Research Council (Navbharat Live report).
- Kainchi Dham, 13 September 2026: she paid her respects at the ashram (Aaj Tak report, Khabar Digital report).
- Ayodhya, 22 September 2026: she prayed at the Hanumangarhi temple (Aaj Tak report).
- Rashtrapati Bhavan, 2026: she met President Droupadi Murmu.
On 2 August, Friendship Day, she hosted a special screening in Mumbai for underprivileged children and their parents from the Angel Xpress Foundation, according to Global Indian.
In her own words
She says her definition of success is simple: reaching people who learn something about Baba. She told Global Indian that early screenings moved audiences, with some viewers having "already choked up in the first ten minutes". On her years abroad she said, "You can take the girl out of India but not India out of the girl." Her guiding line, repeated on this site, is: "I don't see spirituality as something distant. It is something you live every day."
She has also spoken about the wider wave of mythological cinema. In an Aaj Tak interview on 23 September 2026 she said such films must be made authentically and with real effort, and that she would not criticise other films because she knows how much work goes into making one.
What is next
Global Indian reported that Hanuman Ansh is planned as the first part of a trilogy, with the next two films expected over the following two to three years. Aaj Tak reports that she has confirmed Hanuman Ansh 2 and that, in her view, a sequel is the only option after the first film's success. She told the paper that a ₹10 crore film would have felt different and that she wants to keep the same simplicity in the next one. Follow the latest on her Instagram at @anupriyanagar2709 or see all coverage on the media page.
"Youngest producer" status describes how she has been presented in published profiles and is not an officially verified record. Ages, dates and figures are as reported by the outlets linked on this page.
Frequently asked questions
Who is Anupriya Nagar?
Anupriya Nagar is an economist, artist and film producer from Mumbai, based between Mumbai and London. She studied Economics at the University of Bath and is one of the producers of the 2026 Hindi film Hanuman Ansh, which she helped produce at the age of 21.
How old is Anupriya Nagar?
Press coverage in September 2026, including Global Indian and Khabar Digital, describes her as 21 years old.
Where did Anupriya Nagar study?
She attended Arya Vidya Mandir in Mumbai and completed a BSc in Economics at the University of Bath between 2022 and 2025, according to Global Indian.
How did an economics student become a film producer?
In her final year at Bath, an article about Neem Karoli Baba and Steve Jobs led her to research the saint. That research brought her together with Namrata G. Singh, Ragini Sona and writer-director Vishal Chaturvedi, and the team spent about a year researching before the film was made.
How was Hanuman Ansh funded?
She put in the savings from three years of part-time work in the UK. Amar Ujala reported that this was about one-third of a budget of around ₹2 crore. Reports describe the exact amount differently, and Global Indian noted that the financing structure has not been publicly disclosed.
Has Anupriya Nagar spoken at the House of Lords?
Yes. Before the film's release she was invited to speak at the House of Lords in London about her journey as an international student and filmmaker, as reported by Global Indian.
What is Anupriya Nagar known for besides film?
She has been an artist for over a decade, held her first group exhibition at twelve, and has led student societies and fundraising at Bath, including raising £10,000 as Chair of Raise and Give.
Where can I follow Anupriya Nagar?
She is on Instagram, YouTube, X, Facebook, Threads and LinkedIn under the handle anupriyanagar2709, and press coverage is collected on the media page of this site.