Here in this blog we are going to discuss about the very popular animated feature films of Bal Ganesh. In India Mythological films are very popular from the early years of Cinema. There are many Hindi and other regional language feature films made on mythological figures.

1. Journey of Animated Movies Bal Ganesh So Far
Here in this blog we are going to discuss about the very popular animated
feature films of Bal Ganesh.
In India Mythological films are very popular from the early years of Cinema.
There are many Hindi and other regional language feature films made on
mythological figures.
The animation in India is obsessed with mythological figures.
When animation industry started in India, it primarily focussed at
mythological concepts and characters.
Unlike the West where the Animation Studios like Walt Disney, Pixar and
others created characters based on comics such as Spiderman and Batman.
Years back in 1956 Disney Studio animator Clair Weeks who worked on the
animated film Bambi.
The Mythological figures like Krishna, Hanuman or Ganesha are already
there in the minds of Indian people and so it is very easy to build animated
films on these characters in India.

2. Along with animated film Bal Ganesh another film My Friend Ganesha
(2007) is also popular which is a combination of live-action and animated
Ganesha.
In West investments are made on building strong characters for movies to
entertain people but in India mythological characters are strong enough
compared to any superhero.
Now let’s have a look at the journey of Bal Ganesh travelled so far
Bal Ganesh is a computer-animated film on Lord Ganesh directed by
Pankaj Sharma.
The narrative is based on Ganesh Purana and narrates the birth of Lord
Ganesha and how the Lord Ganesh is brought to life from a statue of clay
and then blessed with various heavenly powers.
Lord Ganesh is Hindu elephant headed god, he is god of good luck and the
story is about his mischievous activities along with his rat companion
Mooshak.

3. The first part of the film is about a child’s transformation into Lord Ganesh;
through beautiful illustrations it showed the confrontation between the
young Lord and Lord Shiva when on the order of Goddess Parvati, Ganesha
stood guard at the door as she goes for her bath.
Lord Shiva releases Nandi and his other followers on Ganesh and Lord
Ganesh single-handedly tackles them, that scene is shows Lord Shiva doing
his dance of fury Tandava and beheading the Lord Ganesha which is
witnessed by Lord Vishnu and Goddess Laxmi.
After Goddess Parvati's request, Lord Shiva brings Lord Ganesha back to
life by giving him an elephant's head.
The characters of this film were created by 3D software.
The hilarious part of the film is when Lord Ganesha’s is invited for a meal at
Lord Kubera’s house and even after swallowing huge amount of food
Ganesha is not satisfied.
The second part shows Lord Kartika circling the physical world on his
peacock while Ganesha circling around his parents.
This film has colourful illustrations of Mount kailash and its surroundings.
At the end of the film Kartika wins over Tarkasur the demon.
Produced by Shermaroo Entertainment and Astute Media Vision; it
released on October 2007.
Song Ganpati Bappa Maurya became very popular.
It is wonder and full of fun to watch child Ganesh constantly getting into
troubles with his mother and his attempts to pin his folly on Mooshak the
rat.
The film ran successfully in the theatres and made worldwide gross of
Rupees 6.2 Crores.

4. The Animated film Bal Ganesh 2 is also directed by Pankaj Sharma
This film is not merely an interesting cinematic experience but enlightening
too.
It is a step ahead in terms of content and animation.
Bal Ganesh 2 is the continuation of the previous film Bal Ganesh.
Bal Ganesh 2 has three stories it in, the first part shows a cat and how Lord
Ganesh plays a prank on it then Goddess Parvati gives an valuable advice to
Lord Ganesh.
The second part tells the story of Sage Vyasa, Lord not only writes the
entire book but also translate it while writing and the third story shows
Lord Ganesh fighting with a powerful demon, Gajmukhasur.

5. The animation quality of this film is much superior than the previous film
with perfect voiceover.
The lively Background music is composed by Shamir Tandon and Sanjay
Dhakan.
The Bhangra beats part is very interesting, the songs are enjoyable and
sung by noted singers such as Sukhwinder Singh and Asha Bhosle.
Asher Shaikh gave voice for Bal Ganesh 2.
It is a very successful film with total gross of Rupees 15.67 crores and first
animated movie of India to gross more than 10 crores.
Bal Ganesh 3 is also an animated film this time directed by Vijay
S.Bhanushali and released in 2017.
In this film a group of three alien children visits Earth to learn more about
their favourite God Ganesh.
Zombo a friend of Mooshak comes from planet Zeba to earth to know about
Lord Ganesh.
They met with three mice Dhoti, Topi and Suit Boot who are devotees of
Ganesh and ready to share their stories to the alien children.

6. The film has used English words with the Hindi dialogues.
The colourful illustration of the aliens and the rats or mooshak in their
beautiful dresses catches the eye of small children.
No doubt that these movies on Bal Ganesh became entertaining for not only
children but for adults too.
Still Bal Ganesh movies are very popular and enjoyed by all age group.
According to the director of Maya Digital Studios Mr. Ketan Mehta the
Indian animation market is not big enough by itself; Companies like Walt
Disney Pictures spend millions of dollars on each project but still we have
covered a long distance.
Today there are many animation films are being made by our talented
filmmakers.
Along with Bal Ganesh there are other animated films made on different
mythological figures.
Hence we saw how our Indian animation industry made their mark in the
international market starting from the scratch.
So, it’s never too late to begin a new journey, if you want be a part of
animation industry join your nearest Maac centres .