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{{Infobox film
| name = Shri Ganesh Mahima
| image = Shri Ganesh Mahima 1950 film.jpg
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| director = [[Homi Wadia]]
| producer = Homi Wadia
| writer =
| screenplay = Homi Wadia
| story =
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| narrator =
| starring = [[Meena Kumari]]<br>[[Mahipal (actor)|Mahipal]]<br>S. N. Tripathi
| music = [[S. N. Tripathi]]
| cinematography =
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| studio = Basant Pictures
| distributor =
| released = 1950
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| country = India
| language = [[Hindi]]
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'''''Shri Ganesh Mahima''''' also called ''Shri Krishna Vivah'' is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1950|1950]] [[Hindi]] mythological film directed by [[Homi Wadia]].<ref name=Willemen>{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha, Willemen|first1=Ashish, Paul|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135943189|edition=2, revised}}</ref> The film was made under Wadia's Basant Pictures Banner with music composed by [[S. N. Tripathi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/shri-ganesh-mahima-movie/20966|title=Shri Ganesh Mahima 1950|publisher=Gomolo.com|access-date=13 September 2014}}</ref> [[Meena Kumari]], after her career as a child artist, started doing adult roles as heroines in mythologicals and fantasy genres before she made it in mainstream cinema with ''[[Baiju Bawra (film)|Baiju Bawra]]'' (1952).<ref name=Nihalani>{{cite book|last1=Gulazāra, Nihalani, Chatterjee|first1=Govind, Saibal|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema|date=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|location=India|isbn=9788179910665}}</ref> The cast included Meena Kumari, [[Mahipal (actor)|Mahipal]], S. N. Tripathi, Amarnath and Dalpat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film318792.htm |title=Shri Ganesh Mahima 1950|publisher=Alan Goble|access-date=13 September 2014}}</ref> It's a side story and indirect sequel to [[Hanuman Patal Vijay]].

==Plot==
[[Ganesha]] curses [[Chandra]] (Moon) for his vanity when he laughs at him. On asking forgiveness the curse is changed so that the effect occurs only on the auspicious day of [[Ganesh Chaturthi]]. Anyone looking at the moon will fall prey to false charges. [[Lord Krishna]] (Mahipal) looks at the moon and is accused of having stolen the [[Syamantaka]] Mani by Satrajit whose daughter [[Satyabhama]] ([[Meena Kumari]]) is keen on marrying Krishna. The film follows the fight between Lord Krishna and [[Jambavan]] for twenty-one days, with the recovery of the jewel and his marriage to Satyabhama.

==Cast==
* [[Meena Kumari]] as Satyabhama
* [[Mahipal (actor)|Mahipal]] as Lord Krishna
* [[S. N. Tripathi]]
* Moolchand
* Vimal
* Mangala
* Dalpat
* Amarnath

==Box-Office==
The film did not strictly adhere to the telling of Ganesha's story from the classics but focused on a particular incident covering Lord Krishna. It attracted media publicity and became successful at the box-office "breaking box-office records".<ref name=Dwyer>{{cite book|last1=Dwyer|first1=Rachel|title=Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema|date=2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134380701|pages=43|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZsKR1RKoJKUC&q=Shri+Ganesh+Mahima+film&pg=PA43|access-date=13 September 2014}}</ref>

==Remakes==
It was remade in Telugu as [[Vinayaka Chavithi]] 1957 with [[N. T. Rama Rao|NTR]] playing his iconic role, character of [[Krishna]] and in Hindi once again as '''''Shree Ganesh''''' in 1962 by [[Babubhai Mistry]], with [[Mahipal]] reprising his iconic role as [[Lord Krishna]], the actor who had played [[Satrajit]], also reprised his role. The song Surya Dev Dinesh Hai, which played during Satrajit worship of Lord Surya was reused in that movie. In both remakes, [[Krishna Kumari (actress)|Krishna Kumari]] starred as [[Rukmini]].Ot was remade again in 1977 as Jai Dwarkadheesh, by Sushil Gupta, to serve as sequel to prequel remake [[Hanuman Vijay]] which also retained ensemble same cast, starring [[Ashish Kumar (actor)|Ashish Kumar]], [[Kanan Kaushal]], [[Radha Saluja]], [[Jayshree T]], [[Manher Desai]], [[Anita Guha]], Hercules, [[B M Vyas]], [[Bharat Bhushan]], [[S.N.Tripati]].

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==Music==
The film had music directed by [[S. N. Tripathi]] and lyrics by Ramesh Pandey. The main singers were [[Mohammed Rafi]] and [[Geeta Dutt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hindigeetmala.net/movie/shri_ganesh_mahima.htm |title=Shri Ganesh Mahima 1950|publisher=HindiGeetmala.net|access-date=13 September 2014}}</ref>

===Song list===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "Kartab Hai Balwan Jagat Me"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| 2
| "O Mohan Murli Wale Rakho Laz Hamari"
| [[Geeta Dutt]]
|-
| 3
| "Gaayiye Ganpati Jag"
|
|-
| 4
| "Rahe Asha Ke Geet"
|
|-
| 5
| "Soorya Dev Dinesh Hai"
|
|-
| 6
| "Hey Ganesh Jai Ganesh"
|
|-
| 7
| "Mere Naino Me Preet"
| Geeta Dutt
|-
| 8
| "Sakhi Ri Mera Man Nache Mera Tan Nache"
| Geeta Dutt
|-
| 9
| "Taro Ke Paalne Me Jhule Chand Hamara"
| Geeta Dutt
|-
| 10
| "Man Mohan Raas Rachayo"
|
|-
| 11
| "Shambho Mahadeva"
|
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0139611|title=Shri Ganesh Mahima }}

{{Homi Wadia}}

[[Category:1950 films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Homi Wadia]]
[[Category:Hindu mythological films]]
[[Category:Films based on the Mahabharata]]
[[Category:Ganesha in popular culture]]
[[Category:Krishna in popular culture]]

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