Bappa beats for Bappa bhakts!

For the ultimate new age Ganpati gigs, SNEHA SINGH finds out best five Bollywood songs that will add more zing to your festive mood

Our beloved Bappa has arrived with the entire city being decked up to welcome their dear lord Ganesha. His devotees are revelling in the festive fervour and the positive vibes that the festival brings with it. And no mention of festival can be complete without Bollywood songs, which have over the years become and integral part of festivities. Be it Holi, Dahi Handi Ganeshotsav or Diwali, Bollywood makes its presence felt in full gusto and makes the occasion livelier and vibrant. This year, its time to move over from Deva Ho

Deva as we present some new age Ganpati songs.

Sadda Dil Vi Tu

This song from the movie ABCD is so energetic that forces you to shake a leg to those electric beats. The song is choreographed in a way that it keeps you glued to screen when you watch the video. Bollywood’s only female rapper Hard Kaur has infused all her energy to make it sound powerful and appealing. Music director Sachin-Jigar have perfectly kept a fine balance of modern music with all those desi feel without tarnishing the spiritual values. All the dancers in the house, step into your dancing shoes to groove on to Sadda Dil Vi Tu!

Deva Shree Ganesha

Hrithik Roshan starrer film Agneepath was a blockbuster but the main attraction turned out to be was Bappa’s song Deva Shree Ganesha. The song is composed by Marathi music director duo, Ajay-Atul. Ajay Gogavale has lent his soulful voice that goes rightly with the intimidating lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya. The music of the song is like an authentic Marathi band, that keeps the tempo of the song high. Hence forth, Deva Shree Ganesha is on number 2 on our Ganpati hit list.

Bappa

Ritesh Deahmukh and Nargis Fakhri starrer musical drama Banjo too has a song dedicated to lord Ganesha. Picturised on Riteish Deshmukh the song which is titled as Bappa is composed by ace music composers Vishal and Shekhar, Vishal has sung the song very soulfully. Though the movie was a flop but the songs became quite popular because of the quirky banjo-rock fusion music. Apart from Bappa, the movie also have another song called

Om Ganpatye Namaha Deva, sung by Nakash Aziz and Vishal Dadlani, which also has a touch of rock music. Both the songs have great lyrics which are youthful yet spiritual. For younger clads who want to indulge in Ganpati ki bhakti, the song Bappa is totally for you.

Morya Re

King Khan’s presence and his powerhouse performance in the song adds more grandeur to the song. The song is from the movie Don which is the remake of Amitabh Bachchan’s hit blockbuster of 1970 film Don. The setup of the song is like a typical Ganpati visarjan scene, full of pomp and show and SRK dancing on the song with powerhouse energy adds more grandeur to the song. The lyrics of the song has been penned sown by veteran writer Javed Akhrar. Whereas, the musical trio- Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy has composed the song. Shankar Mahadevan has sung the song with his inspirational voice.

Morya Re is the song that will surely make your visarjan more lively and get you in right dancing mode.

Gajanana

In the song Gajanana from Bajiro Mastani, unfolds the climax of the movie where Ranveer Singh the Peshwa Bajirao is seen standing before Ganpati’s idol offering Aarti and in the background Deepika Padukone, Mastani is been attacked at the call of Peshwa’s son Nana Saheb. This song is the pure combo of action, drama and emotions and being sung by the Master of high pitch, Sukhwinder Singh’s voice takes the song’s energy to another level. The song also have some verse from the renowned Marathi Ganesh aarti, Sukhkarta Dukhharta which is enough to get you high on Ganesha euphoria.