
AGNEEPATH:
The latest version starring Hrithik Roshan had a complete song, or
sort of an Aarti devoted to the lord and it was a major turning point
for the film, incidentally the occasion of celebration of Ganesh Utsav
in cinema has been chosen to give a point of departure to the story.
AGNEEPATH:
In the original AGNEEPATH it was Big B who celebrated the coming of
Lord Ganesha along with Mithun Chakravarty with the song- Ganpati apne
gaon chale. Indeed, for the local Maharastrians who live in Mumbai to
make a living, Ganesh Utsav is the occasion which they still like to
celebrate at the native place, and so the song perhaps was a tribute to
this ethos.
DON:
If the Big B has done it then how would Shah Rukh Khan not do it! So,
he also bowed in reverence to this God in the thriller, DON. Here it
needs to be mentioned that in the world of Hindi cinema irrespective of
religious feelings, this festival is celebrated by all and sundry and
the family of Salman Khan is a shining example of celebrating this
occasion. Farhan Akhtar using the metaphor in his film could also be
his tribute to the city where he has grown up, and the same could have
been the case with Shahrukh Khan as well.
WANTED:
Salman Khan's super hit film WANTED had the famous song, Yaha Bhee
hoga wahan bhee hoga, Mera hee jalwa, obviously his family has been
celebrating the festival for years, so he is aware about the Jalwa of
Lord Ganesha.
HUM
PAANCH: After Mohammed Rafi sang the song, 'Deva ho Deva Ganpati
Deva', for this modern version of Mahabharata in HUM PAANCH this song
has become a signature song associated with the Ganeshotsav in all the
pandals that are set up on the eve of this festival in Mumbai and across
Maharashtra and other parts of the country.
ANKUSH:
The street festivities and the romantic liaisons, as also the fights
between various mandals during the time of festivity to assert the
supremacy, a sine quo non of the festival in Mumbai was for the first
time shown in stark reality by N Chandra in ANKUSH. He also subtly had
pointed out how the occasion also is a platform for blossoming of
various love affairs all across the city.
BAL
GANESHA: It took quite a long time to make a movie underlining the
relationship between Lord Ganesha and children, but when it did come
out, it was a super hit and therefore was followed with a sequel as
well.
May
be in this list I missed many other films but the festival which Bal
Gangadhar Tilak started as a symbol of protest against the British Raj
and to unite people has now become a festival that identifies the
ethos, the pulse, the buzz and the vibrancy of not only for Marathis but
for the film
industry in reel life and in real life too. Looking at the lavish
celebrations in both ways we can surely say that Bollywood takes pride
to believe in oneness of Deva shree Ganesha .
Happy Ganehsh Chaturthi!!