Bal Ganesh

How a boy made of clay came to life, why he sits at the door of every beginning, how he lost one tusk while writing down the Mahabharata for Vyasadeva, and how he won the race around the world without leaving his own courtyard.

The film is bright, slow and funny, with songs between the stories — one of the easiest ways to introduce a small child to the world of the Puranas.

Ganesha is a demigod, a servant of the Supreme Lord, and the film keeps him in that place: he is clever and kind, and his strength comes from devotion to his parents, not from himself.