Actor Mahir Pandhi, seen portraying Bali and Sugreev in the show 'Veer Hanuman', opened up about why he thinks Thanos is the "weaker" version of Bali. He said, "I don’t think Thanos was an entirely original concept; it's an idea from Hindu mythology...This very idea existed in Kishkindha long before Thanos was imagined...Bali was already fighting wars in those times."