Amitabh Bachchan shares glimpse of Lord Ganesha from past unveiling at 'Lalbaugcha raja'

With Ganesh Chaturthi here, people of India are in spirits of welcoming Lord Ganesha to ir homes with a great amount of pomp and show. Along with netizens, Bollywood is also celebrating festival with release of movies and tracks dedicated to festival of Ganesh Chaturthi and ramp-up of devotion. Known for extensively celebrating event, legendary Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan h kickstarted festivities on September 8 by sharing a past video from Lalbaugcha Raja. precise circumstances of video created somewhat of a stir on social media at time it was posted, and it was later clarified as having been from 2016.

Amitabh Bachchan's past video of 'Lalbaugcha Raja'

78-year-old actor is known for his devotion to celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi along with entire Bachchan family. Getting into spirits of festivity, actor took to his Instagram to share a past glimpse of a Ganesha idol from Lalbaugcha Raja Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal in Mumbai. Bachchan captured entire opening of curtains for 'Darshan' of Lord Ganesha also fondly called 'Lalbaugcha Raja'. As soon as curtains were up, devotees were seen garing in large numbers were heard passionately chanting. Sharing video, Amitabh Bachchan wrote, 

''ॐ गण गणपतये नमः .. Ganpati Bappa Morya .. पहला दर्शन , लालबागचा राजा 🙏🏼🙏🏼''

Amitabh Bachchan on work front

actor has several movies lined up for releases in his pipeline. He was last seen in Rumy Jaffrey's Chehre alongside Emraan Hashmi and Krystle D'Souza. actor played role of vocate Veer Sahay, an old man with a penchant for mind games. He is currently seen as host in 13th edition of popular reality show Kaun Banega Crorepati. actor will be seen in movies like Jhund, Brahmāstra and Butterfly which are scheduled to be released in 2021. His upcoming movies like Mayday and Good Bye will be released next year. actor is also set to appear in Project K helmed by Nag Ashwin alongside Deepika Pukone and Prabhas.

Update: An earlier version of this story h erroneously stated that Amitabh Bachchan h personally visited Lalbaugcha Raja and that video he h shared was of idol's unveiling in 2021. This was later clarified by official Twitter handle of Lalbaugcha Raja and story since has been updated.

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