The remarkable box-office run of Hanuman Ansh is already leading to more screen stories about Neem Karoli Baba.
Sony Entertainment Television and SonyLIV have announced a new mytho-fiction series inspired by the spiritual teacher’s life, teachings and stories associated with him, with the first promo now released. The show will air on Sony TV and stream on SonyLIV, although its title, cast and premiere date have not yet been revealed.
The timing is difficult to miss. Hanuman Ansh, which is itself based on Neem Karoli Baba, has become one of 2026’s biggest box-office surprises, reaching approximately ₹410.75 crore worldwide after 55 days in theaters despite beginning its run on a relatively limited number of screens.
Rather than simply remaking that movie for television, however, Sony’s project appears to be positioning itself as a broader exploration of the stories and mystical experiences associated with Neem Karoli Baba.
The first promo keeps Neem Karoli Baba’s identity mysterious
Sony has deliberately revealed very little about the series so far.
The promo shows an elderly man walking beside a river while wrapped in the kind of blanket strongly associated with Neem Karoli Baba. As he raises his hands toward the sky, an image of Lord Hanuman appears, immediately establishing the devotional and supernatural tone the show plans to explore.
The voiceover says:
“Now, the country will watch other magical tales from his life.”
The phrasing is important because it suggests the series may move beyond a conventional cradle-to-grave biographical structure. Sony is calling the show mytho-fiction, which leaves room for individual stories, teachings and accounts associated with Neem Karoli Baba to be dramatized rather than presented strictly as a linear biopic.
SonyLIV’s announcement simply says the series is “Coming soon on Sony Entertainment Television and Sony LIV.”
How could the series differ from ‘Hanuman Ansh’?
That is currently the most interesting question.
Hanuman Ansh already brought Neem Karoli Baba’s life to theaters, so a new television project covering exactly the same ground would risk feeling redundant. The initial promo suggests Sony may avoid that problem by focusing more heavily on the individual experiences, spiritual stories and extraordinary incidents attributed to him.
A television format also gives the subject considerably more room.
A feature film has to compress a life into roughly two or three hours. An episodic series can devote separate chapters to different periods, devotees or stories without forcing everything into one central dramatic arc.
That distinction could become particularly important given how many accounts surrounding Neem Karoli Baba have been passed down through devotees and spiritual communities over decades.
For now, though, Sony has not revealed which incidents the series will dramatize, how historically grounded the episodes will be, or where the line between biography and mytho-fiction will be drawn.
‘Hanuman Ansh’ turned into an unlikely ₹400 crore blockbuster
The new series is arriving at a moment when public interest in Neem Karoli Baba has been significantly amplified by Hanuman Ansh.
The Vishal Chaturvedi-directed film opened in cinemas on August 7, 2026 and initially struggled to attract viewers. According to Indian Express, its screen count even fell dramatically during its early run before word of mouth helped the film gain momentum from its third week onward.
By Day 55, it had reached ₹410.75 crore worldwide, becoming one of the year’s most unexpected theatrical success stories.
Producer Anupriya Nagar has also said the makers are planning Hanuman Ansh as a trilogy, although no concrete sequel announcement has yet been made. That means Sony’s television series and the film franchise could eventually explore Neem Karoli Baba in parallel rather than one simply replacing the other.
The biggest details are still missing
Sony’s announcement is currently more of a promise than a full reveal.
There is no confirmed actor playing Neem Karoli Baba, no episode count and no premiere date. Sony has also not announced the creative team behind the series or clarified whether it has any direct production connection with Hanuman Ansh.
That last point matters. The success of Hanuman Ansh clearly provides the commercial context for why another Neem Karoli Baba project is attracting attention, but Sony has not described the new series as a continuation or official television extension of the movie.
For now, it is best understood as a separate interpretation arriving during a sudden surge of mainstream interest in the spiritual figure.
If the series can find material beyond what Hanuman Ansh has already covered, television may actually be the format that allows these stories to breathe. The first promo is keeping those answers deliberately hidden; Sony’s next major reveal will need to show exactly whose version of Neem Karoli Baba’s story viewers are going to see.
