My Friend Ganesha#Sequels

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 'Ganesha' 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. 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 and 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, they solve various problems in their family and have a lot of fun these 11 days.

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• Ahsaas Channa as Aashu
• Kiran Janjani as Aditya 'Adi', Aashu's father
• Shital Shah as Aarti, Aashu's mother{{cite web|last=Patel|first=Ano|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/gujarati/movies/news/Shital-Shah-10-things-you-should-know-about-Shital-Shah/articleshow/47262946.cms|title=10 things you should know about Shital Shah|date=13 January 2017|website=The Times of India|access-date=3 September 2019|archive-date=21 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921082508/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/gujarati/movies/news/Shital-Shah-10-things-you-should-know-about-Shital-Shah/articleshow/47262946.cms|url-status=live}}
• Arun Bakshi as Aashu's Principal
• Mushtaq Khan as Police Inspector Patil
• Upasana Singh as Gangu Taai
• Rachit Trehan as Anwar (Assistant Bank Manager)
• Saurabh Singh as Karan, Aditi's boyfriend
• Anil Nagrath as a wicked Businessman (Aarti's boss)
• Sanatan Modi as Bank Boss (Aditya's boss)
• Aarya Vora as Aditi, Aditya's sister
• Master Vedaant Phaterpekar as Monty
• Rajan Verma as Kaaliya

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According to Box Office India, the film earned {{INR}} 1.08 crore worldwide and labelled it a "box office flop". Trade analysist Taran Adarsh worte that "businesswise, the film could've done with a far more aggressive promotion and a better release period [ideally, it should've released during the summer vacations. Not now, when the schools have re-opened]."

Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com gave the film 1.5 out of 5, writing, "At the end of the day, films like My Friend Ganesha just end up making one's blood boil. They aren't cute. They are certainly not clever. But kids are. And they deserve better."{{cite web|last=Verma|first=Sukanya|author-link=Sukanya Verma|date=6 July 2007|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jul/06ganesha.htm|title=Kids deserve better!|website=rediff.com|access-date=3 September 2019|archive-date=30 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730134449/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jul/06ganesha.htm|url-status=live}} Anupama Chopra of India Today wrote, "This could have been a fun revenge-of-the-nerd story but director Rajiv S. Ruia makes a mess of it. The animation is tacky, the performances are laughably bad and the script is too juvenile to engage even a child. Indeed, My Friend Ganesha requires some celestial intervention itself."{{cite magazine |last=Chopra |first=Anupama |author-link=Anupama Chopra |date=23 July 2007 |title=Movie review of Rajiv Ruia's My Friend Ganesha |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/your-week/story/20070723-film-review-of-my-friend-ganesha-a-movie-by-rajiv-s-ruia-748192-2007-07-22 |magazine=India Today |location=New Delhi |publisher=Living Media |access-date=18 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218221651/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/your-week/story/20070723-film-review-of-my-friend-ganesha-a-movie-by-rajiv-s-ruia-748192-2007-07-22 |archive-date=18 December 2023}} Taran Adarsh of IndiaFM gave the film 2.5 out of 5, praising the performances and animation but criticising writing by calling it "half-baked" and the only "sore point" in the film.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/my-friend-ganesha/critic-review/my-friend-ganesha-movie-review/|title=My Friend Ganesha Review|first=Taran|last=Adarsh|website=Bollywood Hungama |author-link=Taran Adarsh|date=6 July 2007|access-date=20 December 2023|archive-date=26 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126113443/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/my-friend-ganesha/critic-review/my-friend-ganesha-movie-review/|url-status=live}}https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/my-friend-ganesha/articleshow/2611605.cms

A sequel My Friend Ganesha 2 was released on 22 August 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/aug/22ganesha.htm|title=My Friend Ganesha 2 disappoints|website=Rediff.com|date=22 August 2022|first=Raja|last=Sen|access-date=14 January 2020|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121234110/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/aug/22ganesha.htm|url-status=live}} Upasana Singh reprised her role while Ali Haji, Harsh Chhaya, Bhairavi Goswami, Suhasini Mulay, Sulbha Deshpande played new characters.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/aug/13look.htm|title=Up next: My Friend Ganesha 2|website=Rediff.com|access-date=18 December 2023|archive-date=20 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110620080023/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/aug/13look.htm|url-status=live}} The film earned {{INR}}400,000 worldwide.{{Cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=1352|title=My Friend Ganesha 2 - Movie - Box Office India|website=boxofficeindia.com|access-date=20 December 2023|archive-date=28 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928164213/https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=1352|url-status=live}}

A third film in the series My Friend Ganesha 3 starring Rahul Pendkalkar, Baba Sehgal, Eva Grover, Sayaji Shinde, Himani Shivpuri, and Makarand Anaspure, was released on 26 March 2010.{{cite web |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/i-my-friend-ganesh-3-i-review-a-cumbersome-story-review--pclx55chgbiaf.html |title=My Friend Ganesha 3 - A Cumbersome Story |last=Chopra |first=Sonia |date=6 April 2010 |website=Sify |access-date=23 September 2023|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115060253/https://www.sify.com/movies/i-my-friend-ganesh-3-i-review-a-cumbersome-story-review--pclx55chgbiaf.html |archive-date=15 January 2020}} The film earned {{INR}}230,000 worldwide.{{Cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=913|title=My Friend Ganesha 3 - Movie - Box Office India|website=boxofficeindia.com|access-date=20 December 2023|archive-date=26 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326165013/https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=913|url-status=live}}

A fourth film, My Friend Ganesha 4 was released in 2013. The film stars Anup Soni, Anant Jog, Ashwini Kalsekar, Rishabh Jain, Hansika Singh, Roshni Walia, Parth Mehta, and Vishesh Kaul.{{cite AV media |people=Rajiv S. Ruia |date=25 February 2020|title=My Friend Ganesha 4 |language=Hindi |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J8A4Gkb8fM |access-date=23 September 2023 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/-J8A4Gkb8fM |archive-date=20 December 2021 |url-status=dead |publisher=Venus Movies |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

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