Telly town actors share their liking for the festival and memories associated with the celebration of this auspicious festival.
Sulabha Deshpande
I am a stern believer in Ganpati. I always pray ganpati to keep everyone happy. When I was young we always got Ganpati at our house. Those days were really fun, like making sweets, cleaning house, making decoration for ganpati festival and singing ganpati aarti’s. The environment is very peaceful and happy everywhere. My bother in law also gets ganesh idol at my in-laws place. In total I have got 50 ganesh idols at my house which my friends and family had gifted me. I desperately wait for this festival. No plans for this year because of work and even I can’t travel much. But I will enjoy with my family members and In-laws.
Aanchal Munjal
I love Ganapti, it’s one of my favorite festival. I had a desire that the day I get my own house I will get Ganpati to my place but my mom didn’t agree to it. She told me if we get it once than every year we have to get it and due to my busy schedule I don’t know if that can be possible. But I do have a permanent Ganpati idol in my house whose puja I do every morning. My very close friend gets ganpati at her place so I make a point to go there and attend their aarti and also the visarjan. I love dancing during visarjans I don’t care who is around me I will just dance and have my own fun. Every year me and my mother think of going to visit Lalbaug someday but it still not happened so I wish I can go this year.
Chandani
In my childhood we use to get Ganpati at my place. It was really amazing time and peaceful environment at home. I use to help my mom in making sweets, cleaning house and dad in decoration; we use to start all this preparation one week before. Now that I have started working and at the same time I am studying too so I don’t get time. But I really miss those days it was really fun. No plans for this Ganesh Chaturti, I may celebrate with my family.
Rajashri Thakur
Ganesh Chaturthi has been very close to my heart because every year I keep Ganpati in my house for one and half day. At my mother’s place it comes for seven days and I personally do all the preparations for it. Ganpati festival to me means a time for family get together, sweets distributions and lots of masti in the house.
Sangeeta Ghosh
I love Ganesh Chaturti festival. The environment is really amazing, divine and peaceful with lightings everywhere. During Ganesha festival my few close friends and family get Ganpati at their house so I make it a point to visit it once and take Ganpati Bappa’s blessings. I believe in Siddhivinayak and try to visit the temple whenever I get time from my shootings. I love to eat Modak.. This Ganesh festival for now I don’t have any plans as I might be shooting.
Ruslaan Mumtaaz
I am very fond of Lord Ganesha, since 8 years we are getting ganpati at our garage . My mother does all the decoration of the mandir and I am the one who does the puja in the evenings. Every year during ganpati festival I do make it a point to visit Siddhivinayak temple. In fact whenever I make any important decision in my life like starting any project or buying a new car I do visit Siddhivinayak temple to get the blessings of Lord Ganesha. This year I am planning to do the same get Ganpati in my garage and if I am free and not shooting I will do the pujas in the evening.
Delnaz Irani
I am a huge devote of Ganpati baba, I just adore Ganpati festival. In my childhood days when I used to live in Dadar I used to watch Lalbaug ka Raja passing through my house and I used to get so excited to see them, so huge and divine. Every year I make sure to visit Siddhivinayak temple and get baba’s blessing. I have few close family and friends who get Ganpati at their house so I do make a visit there. I also love the whole visrajan part, the dancing the enjoyment everything is so much of fun. This year I don’t have any plans till now because I am shooting but still I will try to at least visit Siddhivinayak once.
Aashka Goradia
Ganpati is really special festival for all Hindu cultures. Ganapti festival for me is the time when we visit our friends and family, be with them, have fun, dance and take blessings from our beloved Bappa.
Shivaji Satam
I celebrate Ganesh Chaturti with my family members. I don’t get Ganesh’s Idol at my place in Mumbai, but we get it at our native place. I believe in Ganesh and I am totally blessed with Ganapati’s blessing. Every year those ten days of Gapati are really special to me. I have no plans for this year because I will be shooting incase if I get chance I might visit my native place because the environment of Ganesh Chaturti at my native place is totally awesome.
