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of Lord Ganesha’s iconic 14-feet idol. He opted a Vipin and Himesh has done the vocals for it. This is
simple light-white coloured kurta pyjama. Along the first time the father-son duo has collaborated.
with the post, he wrote, “Grateful for everything, The song has been penned by Shudharkar Sharma.
Excited for what lies ahead of us...We thank god The video received 5 million views within one day.
with all our heart.” Meanwhile, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh
With 2022 bringing back the Ganesh Chatur- Khan on Sunday performed the rituals of Ganpati
thi festivities following two years-long COVID-in- Visarjan and bade adieu to Lord Bappa in an af-
duced hiatus, preparations are in full swing across fectionate manner.
the nation. For the festivities, people bring Lord The ‘Don’ star posted a black-and-white, half-
Ganesh idols to their homes, observe fasts, pre- faced selfie on Twitter, and also shared a sweet
pare mouth-watering delicacies, and visit pandals message for his legion of followers. “Prayers and
during this festival. visarjan done... This #GaneshChaturthi, may
Lord Ganesha bestow upon you and your loved
The history of the Lalbaugcha Raja has ones, blessings and happiness... Ganpati Bappa
Morya!,” the 54-year-old actor tweeted.
been quite famous since ancient times.
It is located at Putlabai Chawl, a worship Popular Ganpati
place which was founded in 1934. The Lal- Aarti scenes from

baugcha Raja Ganapati idol has been or-
ganised by the Kambli family for over eight Bollywood movies
decades.
Kareena Kapoor at Ganesh Charturthi celebrations anesh Chaturthi or Ganpati Utsav is
celebrated with much fanfare in Ma-
Bollywood actor Shraddha Kapoor is bask- with her son Jeh (ANI) Gharashtra and other parts of western
ing in the celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi cele- and southern India with lakhs of devotees
brations. She is often sharing pictures from her converging into mandals to seek blessing from
Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations on social media. Lord Ganesha.
Recently, she shared a glimpse where she can be As the nation celebrates Ganesh Chatur-
seen enjoying a large plate of Modaks. She wrote, thi with great enthusiasm, let’s take a look at
“Kuch nahi hota bhaie, Khaate Jao.” some Bollywood movies that featured memo-
The ‘Aashiqui 2’ actor also shared pictures rable Ganpati Arti scenes that perfectly sum
with Ganpati celebrations where she can be seen up the celebration’s excitement and zeal.
wearing a beautiful saree. She also posed with her 1. AGNEEPATH (2012)
Ganpati.
She captioned the post, “Ganpatti Bappa Mo- Hrithik Roshan’s character in ‘Deva
rya!!! My favourite 10 days of the year.” Shree Ganesha’ honours Lord Ganesha with
Ganesh Chaturthi celebrates the birth of Lord his graceful and mesmerising dance tech-
Ganesha. It is one of the most popular Hindu fes- niques.
tivals which is celebrated for 10 days. People be-
lieved that during this time, Lord Ganesha arrives 2. DARD KA RISHTA (1982)
on Earth with her mother and goddess Parvati.
Superstar Salman Khan’s entire family came ‘Ganpati Bappa Morya’ from Sunil Dutt’s
together to welcome Lord Ganesha at his sister tearjerker ‘Dard Ka Rishta’ is still one of my
Arpita Khan Sharma’s house. On Wednesday all-time favourite Ganpati songs (1982).
night, Salman took to Instagram and gave his fans 3. SARKAR 3 (2017)
a glimpse of the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations. In
the clip, Salman is seen performing Ganpati arti Bollywood veteran star Amitabh Bach-
and offering prayers to the Lord Ganesha at his chan sang Ganpati Arti for Sarkar 3. The es-
sister’s residence. sence of this Ganpati Aarti in Amitabh Bach-
The video begins with Salman performing the chan’s voice is unmatched, adding to the core
puja. He is followed by his brother-in-law Aayush of the film.
Sharma and sister Arpita who go on to perform Bollywood Actress Dia Mirza holds Lord Ganesha idol as she
the Ganesh aarti. Riteish Deshmukh also per- encourages eco-friendly Ganesh idols in Mumbai (ANI) 4. DON (2006)
formed arti.
“Ganpati Bappa Morya,” Salman captioned Salman’s siblings Sohail, Arbaaz and Alvira ‘Mourya Re’ is an energetic ‘visarjan’
the video. and their mother Salma were also seen at Arpita’s song from ‘Don,’ Shah Rukh Khan shakes
For the special occasion, Salman arrived at Ar- residence. his leg while walking through the streets of
pita’s residence wearing a white shirt and denim. This auspicious ten-day festival starts with Mumbai in the song.
Katrina Kaif, who shares a close bond with Chaturthi Tithi and ends on Anantha Chaturdashi. 5. VAASTAV: THE REALITY (1999)
Salman’s sister Arpita, also visited Arpita’s house Music composer and singer Himesh Resham-
to pay respect to the deity. Not just she, Vicky miya treated fans with his latest track ‘Ganpati Sindoor Lal Chadayo song from Vaastav
Kaushal also made quite an appearance outside Gajaanann’ on the auspicious occasion of Ganesh is an aarti song for Lord Ganesha and beau-
Arpita’s house as he smiled for the paparazzi Chaturthi. The song is the first single from his third tifully depicts the mood of the occasion with
alongside his wife. Katrina was every bit stunning label named ‘Himesh Reshammiya Devotional’. a spiritual undertone and a Marathi flavour
in a yellow sharara, while Vicky complemented her This beautiful and devotional song has been along with it.
in a mustard kurta and churidar. composed by Reshammiya’s father the legendary

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