New Delhi, Sep 25 (UNI) Religion, faith and spirituality offer people a sense of comfort, happiness and peace. However, director Sonali Rajkumar Devnani, in her documentary feature ‘The Divine Hustle’, shows how these higher concepts have also been subject to human greed.

The feature, which had its world premiere at the Chicago South Asian Film Festival 2025 on September 21, depicts the glowing magnificence of the Kumbh Mela – the largest religious festival in the world with crores and crores of attendees. Devnani seems awestruck as she watches the unending processions of pilgrims in awe through the cinematic lens and gets spellbound by the event’s sights and sounds.

But the same grand festival also displayed how faith and spirituality are now also being monetised, with religion having

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