Our very own Lord Ganesha is the desi version of Make-A-Wish Foundation. The 10-day long festival sees bhakts lining up and bombarding the pot-bellied elephant god with unreasonable requests.
Sorry Bappa, we get carried away.
Wonder what our celebs have been trying to whisper into Bappa’s ear?
Sanjay Dutt
He’s one actor who goes to jail on ‘parole’. That’s right. According to reports, in the last two years, Sanjay Dutt has been out of jail for around five months. The constant travelling from Pune to Mumbai is the cause for much frenzy in Sanjay Dutt’s life, which he wishes to change. You see, he misses his crazy filmy parties. Poor Sanjay had to miss his buddy Salman’s birthday party last year for this very reason.
Dutt’s one wish to Ganesha would be to grant him endless paroles. It’s not an impractical wish to ask for, is it?
Salman Khan
It’s achhe din for Salman Khan as he manages to be on the good books of the Indian law (cough, cough). With Bappa’s blessing the actor has successfully managed to sneak up on the court, several times.
As Sallu bhai celebrates Ganesh Chathurti, he wishes that the god continues to shower love and luck on him.
Anushka Sharma
What’s Anushka Sharma’s favourite tea brand? Lip-ton.
Anushka Sharma became the butt of all jokes after her lip-job. Unfortunately, the lip treatment didn’t go right and the actress is stuck with those pouty lips for long.
Who better to understand Anushka’s plight than the god whose head was replaced with an elephant’s, right?
Robert Vadra
Robert Vadra has been living the life of a king, oblivious to what happens around him. Unless it concerns land in an obscure part of the country. But Lord Ganesha, today Robert Vadra wishes that you grant him the strength to stand in queue, waiting like a ‘mango man’ to be frisked at the airport.
Graphics done by Aaqib Raza Khan
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