Lord Ganesha Songs hindi movies Ganpati songs are filmed on a grand scale, involving dance, colours, drum beats and more. Filming these elaborate songs requires a lot of preparation and detailed planning. And often these devotional and high-energy tracks lead to the climax of the film, increasing the drama and its visual impact on screen. We delve deep into the making of some of the beautifully shot Ganpati songs in cinema.
We shot Deva Shree Ganesh from here Agneepath Five days of massive events: Chinni Prakash, choreographer
Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Agneepath, starring Chopra and Sanjay Dutt, was a remake of what? Amitabh BachchanDeva Shree Ganesha from the movie Agneepath released in 1990 became one of the most popular movies. Ganesh Chaturthi The immersion song Maurya Re from Don (2006) remains a favourite at Ganpati pandals. Talking about Deva Shree Ganesha, one of the most popular Ganpati songs from Agneepath, choreographer Chinni Prakash says, “Agneepath was Karan Malhotra’s first directorial venture. A complete chawl set was erected in an open field in Versova, Mumbai for the film. We began shooting with Ganesh Puja of the huge idol. We shot the song on a large scale in five days, with Hrithik playing the dhol, performing aarti and lots of dancers around. People were screaming, dancing and we all had goosebumps. We tested for four days to decide how the kumkum would fall on the idol. We dropped a tank full of kumkum with six cameras to capture the moment,
We combined real crowd shots from Ganpati immersion for Maurya Re: Aradhana Seth, Production Designer
The visarjan song Maurya Re from Don (2006) is one of the most popular songs at Ganpati pandals. Don’s production designer Aradhana Seth recalls, “Most songs in big budget films take five days to shoot, Maurya Re took six days to shoot, if we include the real-life visarjan day. This particular shooting day was shot well in advance as we had decided to film the real-life scenes. Ganesh VisarjanWe sent five camera crews across Mumbai to film it, saw the footage and then decided to show the statue to the director. Farhan Akhtar And I wanted to recreate it. We also mixed some shots of the real crowd and the visarjan in the song. We made an 18-foot idol to match the one shown in the footage, and looked for an artisan who could make it. Crafting such a grand song using live locations required detailed planning and collaboration with the choreographer (Rajeev Surti) along with the director. The entrance of the chawl was not high enough to carry the Ganesh idol on a truck, so there was a lot of loading and unloading while going to Juhu beach for the visarjan sequence. The Ganpati song for Shah Rukh’s Don was shot in a chawl. Many props were made and sourced, like the ektara, 90-100 instruments like dhols and cymbals, flags, coloured powder, flowers and piñatas.”
I make sure I have a GanpatiSong in every movie: Remo D’Souza, Director
ABCD: Anybody Can Dance’s song Sadda Dil Vi Tu features lead actors Lauren Gottlieb, Dharmesh Yelande and others participating in a dance competition. Director and choreographer Remo D’Souza who is a great Ganpati devotee says, “Ever since I first turned director, I have made sure that every film of mine has a Ganpati song, and ABCD: Anybody Can Dance had two such songs. I have been a great devotee of Ganpati Bappa since my childhood and ever since I got married, we have started bringing Bappa home every year. The first song in ABCD was with the typical dhol TashaBut music directors Sachin-Jigar and I got rapper Hard Kaur to sing the second song, Sadda Dil Vi Tu, which leads to the climax, because it was a dance-based film and we wanted to do something different, There is a part in ABCD where the dancers wear Ganesha masks and form 7 levels to make a Ganpati out of their bodies – every time the dancers try, they fall and get injured. My wife Lizelle suggested they not eat non-veg on the day of the shoot and eventually, we completed the shoot in two days.”
We shot the Aarti song Shendur Lal Chadhayo from Vaastav in just one day: Shivaji Satam, actor
Shivaji Satam played Sanjay Dutt’s father in Mahesh Manjrekar’s crime drama Vaastav: The Reality. The Aarti of the film Shendur Lal Chadhayo is still popular in Ganesh pandals even two decades after the film’s release. Shivaji Satam, who plays Sanjay Dutt’s father in Mahesh Manjrekar’s crime drama, says, “The 11-day festival is celebrated on a grand scale in chawls and director Mahesh Manjrekar wanted the celebration to be a part of the film. We shot the sequence of Shendur Lal Chadhayo Ki Aarti at Parleshwar Ganesh temple in one day. While it may seem like a simple, non-glamorous song compared to others, it required a lot of work, such as filming mid-shots, insets of Sanjay’s entry scene, etc.
We shot Deva Shree Ganesh from here Agneepath Five days of massive events: Chinni Prakash, choreographer
Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Agneepath, starring Chopra and Sanjay Dutt, was a remake of what? Amitabh BachchanDeva Shree Ganesha from the movie Agneepath released in 1990 became one of the most popular movies. Ganesh Chaturthi The immersion song Maurya Re from Don (2006) remains a favourite at Ganpati pandals. Talking about Deva Shree Ganesha, one of the most popular Ganpati songs from Agneepath, choreographer Chinni Prakash says, “Agneepath was Karan Malhotra’s first directorial venture. A complete chawl set was erected in an open field in Versova, Mumbai for the film. We began shooting with Ganesh Puja of the huge idol. We shot the song on a large scale in five days, with Hrithik playing the dhol, performing aarti and lots of dancers around. People were screaming, dancing and we all had goosebumps. We tested for four days to decide how the kumkum would fall on the idol. We dropped a tank full of kumkum with six cameras to capture the moment,
We combined real crowd shots from Ganpati immersion for Maurya Re: Aradhana Seth, Production Designer
The visarjan song Maurya Re from Don (2006) is one of the most popular songs at Ganpati pandals. Don’s production designer Aradhana Seth recalls, “Most songs in big budget films take five days to shoot, Maurya Re took six days to shoot, if we include the real-life visarjan day. This particular shooting day was shot well in advance as we had decided to film the real-life scenes. Ganesh VisarjanWe sent five camera crews across Mumbai to film it, saw the footage and then decided to show the statue to the director. Farhan Akhtar And I wanted to recreate it. We also mixed some shots of the real crowd and the visarjan in the song. We made an 18-foot idol to match the one shown in the footage, and looked for an artisan who could make it. Crafting such a grand song using live locations required detailed planning and collaboration with the choreographer (Rajeev Surti) along with the director. The entrance of the chawl was not high enough to carry the Ganesh idol on a truck, so there was a lot of loading and unloading while going to Juhu beach for the visarjan sequence. The Ganpati song for Shah Rukh’s Don was shot in a chawl. Many props were made and sourced, like the ektara, 90-100 instruments like dhols and cymbals, flags, coloured powder, flowers and piñatas.”
I make sure I have a GanpatiSong in every movie: Remo D’Souza, Director
ABCD: Anybody Can Dance’s song Sadda Dil Vi Tu features lead actors Lauren Gottlieb, Dharmesh Yelande and others participating in a dance competition. Director and choreographer Remo D’Souza who is a great Ganpati devotee says, “Ever since I first turned director, I have made sure that every film of mine has a Ganpati song, and ABCD: Anybody Can Dance had two such songs. I have been a great devotee of Ganpati Bappa since my childhood and ever since I got married, we have started bringing Bappa home every year. The first song in ABCD was with the typical dhol TashaBut music directors Sachin-Jigar and I got rapper Hard Kaur to sing the second song, Sadda Dil Vi Tu, which leads to the climax, because it was a dance-based film and we wanted to do something different, There is a part in ABCD where the dancers wear Ganesha masks and form 7 levels to make a Ganpati out of their bodies – every time the dancers try, they fall and get injured. My wife Lizelle suggested they not eat non-veg on the day of the shoot and eventually, we completed the shoot in two days.”
We shot the Aarti song Shendur Lal Chadhayo from Vaastav in just one day: Shivaji Satam, actor
Shivaji Satam played Sanjay Dutt’s father in Mahesh Manjrekar’s crime drama Vaastav: The Reality. The Aarti of the film Shendur Lal Chadhayo is still popular in Ganesh pandals even two decades after the film’s release. Shivaji Satam, who plays Sanjay Dutt’s father in Mahesh Manjrekar’s crime drama, says, “The 11-day festival is celebrated on a grand scale in chawls and director Mahesh Manjrekar wanted the celebration to be a part of the film. We shot the sequence of Shendur Lal Chadhayo Ki Aarti at Parleshwar Ganesh temple in one day. While it may seem like a simple, non-glamorous song compared to others, it required a lot of work, such as filming mid-shots, insets of Sanjay’s entry scene, etc.
