The growing success of the low-budget film Hanuman Ansh has extended beyond its box office numbers, with audiences and personalities from different fields sharing their reactions to the film. For writer-director Dr Vishal Chaturvedi, however, former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag’s response has been particularly memorable.Sehwag watched the film with his child and later shared his thoughts on social media. The gesture came as a pleasant surprise to Chaturvedi, who said the former cricketer had discovered the film without being approached by the team.Chaturvedi said his admiration for Sehwag goes back to his own love for cricket. “I have always been a huge cricket fan. The day Virender Sehwag retired, I stopped watching cricket. And that man, without us even saying anything to him, went and watched the film on his own with his child,” he said in an interview with NDTV.For Chaturvedi, Sehwag’s appreciation carried a significance that went well beyond a celebrity endorsement. Having followed the cricketer’s career for years, he described the moment as deeply personal.He added, “What he wrote and said after watching the film made me feel as though life had come full circle. I was a huge cricket fan, and what he did was so heart-warming. It made me incredibly happy.”What made Sehwag’s response even more meaningful for the filmmaker was the fact that neither he nor his team had asked the former cricketer to watch the movie. Sehwag independently chose to watch Hanuman Ansh with his child before sharing his reaction publicly.Chaturvedi now hopes that another celebrated name from Indian cricket will also get an opportunity to watch the film. The filmmaker expressed his wish for Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma to see Hanuman Ansh.“I want Virat and Anushka to watch the film as well, if something along those lines can be arranged.”For the director, having Kohli and Sharma watch the film would be another significant moment for the team, particularly as the movie continues to find appreciation among viewers from different backgrounds.Several people from different walks of life have reportedly watched Hanuman Ansh and shared their feedback as the film continues to gain attention. Yet, among the responses, Sehwag’s remains especially close to Chaturvedi’s heart.The reason is not simply that the appreciation came from a well-known public figure. For Chaturvedi, it came from a cricketer he had admired throughout his life. Sehwag independently discovering the film, watching it with his child and then publicly sharing his thoughts transformed what could have been another response into a deeply emotional milestone for the filmmaker.