Spiritual drama Hanuman Ansh has emerged as a major box-office success, maintaining a strong theatrical run alongside competitors such as Mirzapur: The Movie, Haiwaan, and Toxic. The film experienced steady growth driven by positive word-of-mouth and continues to draw audiences into theatres. However, Hanuman Ansh will not serve as India’s official entry for the Oscars this year.
Producer Namrata Singh has clarified why the team failed to submit the film before the deadline.
We missed the Oscar submission deadline [for consideration as India’s official entry for Best International Feature Film] yesterday (September 7), as it was the last day. Hanuman Ansh began its theatrical journey with a modest opening day collection of Rs 10 lakh, securing Rs 1.48 crore net over its first two weeks. Backed by strong audience recommendations, the film witnessed a significant surge in box-office collections starting from Day 16. With its international release pending, the film’s domestic collections match its worldwide gross of Rs 205 crore, establishing it as the smallest Indian film to cross the Rs 200 crore global threshold.
We are also working on accessibility so that people of different abilities can see the film,” Singh added. Singh confirmed that the Telugu dubbing was prioritized first, with work on additional language versions currently underway.
In an interaction with Bollywood Hungama, Singh addressed whether Hanuman Ansh would be dubbed into languages other than Telugu, offering a simple “No” regarding immediate non-Telugu dubs. The producer subsequently explained the circumstances surrounding the Best International Feature Film category submission at the Academy Awards, attributing the missed cutoff to a lack of awareness and a small operational team. “We have only dubbed it in Telugu. I am just not getting the time (laughs)! We got calls from a thousand people about why didn’t we submit the film. But we didn’t know about it. We are busy with too many things. Also, we are a really small team,” Singh stated. The production team’s current priority centers on expanding the film’s reach across diverse audience segments. Efforts are also being directed toward incorporating specialized accessibility features for viewers with different abilities. “First, we have done dubbing for Telugu and then work on the rest of the languages. The trend continued into its third, fourth, and fifth weeks, setting new benchmarks for low-budget productions.
