Sachin Tendulkar playing cameo role for film on Siddhivinayak

By now all are aware that Sachin Tendulkar is playing a cameo role in a film on Siddhivinayak.
Rajiv Sanghvi, the producer of the movie titled Vighnaharta Shri Siddhivinayak said that there are many Bollywood stars that are devotees of Siddhivinayak. So when they decided to make the movie, they thought of taking in all the people who are devotees of the deity.
He also clarified that the Sachin is not acting in the movie. Sachin and his wife Anjali will be shown performing an aarti in the Siddhivinayak temple
Of course Sachin was their main focus in the movie as he is a famous cricketer and an inspiration for the country’s young people. Just before Sachin left for the Sri Lanka tour, they exposed the idea of making the movie with him. He readily agreed. It seems that they have started shooting from this week. The shoot should be over by September 5. They haven’t scheduled the movie for release during Ganesh Chaturthi as they feel that many people won’t have the time to watch the movie then. So they have decided to release the movie during Diwali. The leading actors are Parmeet Sethi and Divya Dutta, and they are also planning to rope in other prominent actors like Sanjay Dutt and Akshay Kumar. Rajiv Johri has written the lyrics and the music has been composed by Anil Mohile. The soundtrack will feature Udit Narayan and Shankar Mahadevan. Ganesh Acharya has agreed to do the choreography of the film. Most important thing of all is that all the actors are doing the project free of cost.
To add to the star factor, Amitabh Bachchan is doing the narration, says director Yashwant Ingavale. It is certainly not going to be a regular Bollywood film. It’s not a devotional film either, but will convey a strong message to the audience. It’s about the miraculous experience of the devotees. He also said that Madhur Bhandarkar’s Page 3 who gave him the idea for the film. This is his debut Hindi movie. Earlier he has assisted Madhur Bhandarkar, and when he asked him to make this movie, he couldn’t help being enthusiastic.
Trustees from the Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai say that the idea for a film on the deity has been floating about for a while now. Subhash Mayekar, chairman of the Siddhivinayak Temple Trust said that there were many devotees who actually suggested that there should be a movie made on Lord Ganesha. It was then that one of their regular visitors, Rajiv Sanghvi, decided to make a film, which would feature Sachin in a cameo. As Sachin is also one of the regular visitors to the temple, he couldn’t say no and readily agreed. They have taken permission from the temple authorities and will shoot some part of the movie in the temple premises.