My Friend Ganesha is a 2007 Indian

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-language film written and directed by Rajiv S Ruia and produced by Deepak Bhanushali, Manish Ruparel, Raman Trikha, Mitesh Mehta, and Ronak Bhagat. It stars Ahsaas Channa, Kiran Janjani, Sheetal Shah and

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Plot

Ashu, an 8-year-old boy feels lonely since his parents, Aditya and Aarti, don't have time for him and he doesn't have any friends. As the story moves on Lord '

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' becomes his friend and together they resolve so many problems around and have a lot of fun. Aarti and Aditya are too involved in their daily lives and hence cannot give much time to the boy who always feels lonely. He would only get to be with the maid. On one rainy day, the boy saves a drowning mouse and saves his life. He brings the small mouse home and tells the maid about it. She is very happy and tells the boy that he has saved Lord Ganesha's pet ride. Gangubai explains to him the full episode of Lord Ganesha & Mushakraj and also that he is his friend. Ashu gets sad and tells Gangubai that he is also alone and needs a friend on which she tells him that Ganesha can be his friend. The boy gets excited at this thought. It was a period when the family was going through a crisis & was coinciding with the forthcoming Ganesha Festival. Gangubai somehow convinces everyone to bring Ganesha home for this festival. Ashu is very excited, Ganesha comes into their home and things start turning around in their family. Ganesha becomes Ashu's friend and together with him solves various problems in their family and has a lot of fun these 11 days.

Cast

* Ahsaas Channa as Aashu * Kiran Janjani as Aditya 'Adi', Aashu's father *Sheetal Shah as Aarti, Aashu's mother *

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as Aashu's Principal *

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as Police Inspector Patil *

as Gangu Taai * Rachit Trehan as Anwar (Assistant Bank Manager) * Saurabh Singh as Karan, Aditi's boyfriend * Anil Nagarath as a wicked Businessman (Aarti's boss) * Sanatan Mody as Bank Boss (Aditya's boss) * Aarya Vora as Aditi, Aditya's sister * Master Vedaant Phaterpekar as Monty * Rajan Verma as Kaaliya

Sequels

My Friend Ganesha has been followed by three sequels, all directed by Rajiv S Ruia.My Friend Ganesha 3 - A Cumbersome Story
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My Friend Ganesha 2 My Friend Ganesha is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language film written and directed by Rajiv S Ruia and produced by Deepak Bhanushali, Manish Ruparel, Raman Trikha, Mitesh Mehta, and Ronak Bhagat. It stars Ahsaas Channa, Kiran Janjani, Sheetal Shah a ...

'' was released on 22 August 2008. A third film in the series '' My Friend Ganesha 3'' was released on 26 March 2010. These were followed by ''My Friend Ganesha 4'' in 2013.

References

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* 2007 films 2000s Hindi-language films Hindu devotional films Indian films with live action and animation Indian children's films Hindu mythology in popular culture Ganesha in popular culture Indian mythology in popular culture {{2000s-Hindi-film-stub