The setting of the film (which was hyped to be set in the millennia-old Indus Valley civilization). Ashutosh’s second outing with Hrithik Roshan (their previous collaboration being the beautiful Jodhaa Akbar (2008)). Ashutosh Gowariker’s first film in eight years (his last release was in 2008). There were so many expectations to be had from this film. Does the theme sound familiar? It should, because the storyline seems to be like practically EVERY Hindi movie from the 90s.

The trailer appears to show Sarman saving the day by singlehandedly defeating the villain and saving the entire city while also battling flying alligators (I just couldn’t help but literally LOL at that). Set in the Indus Valley civilization (2016 BC, which the trailer proclaims), the trailer takes us back in time to deal with a story of Sarman (Hrithik Roshan, whose voice weirdly quavers throughout), a farmer who travels to the famed ancient city of Mohenjo Daro in search of a better life, meets a beautiful woman called Chaani (played by debutante Pooja Hegde), falls in love with her and then somehow gets entangled with local villain Maham (or Buffalo Man, judging by the massive buffalo horn helmet he wears), played by Kabir Bedi. But, alas, there will always be outliers and sadly, Mohenjo Daro is one of them. Of late, Hindi films had been bucking the trend and producing original content in its films. Just watch a few Bollywood movies from the 90s and older and you’ll know.

First Hindi language film for former beauty contestant Pooja Hegde who had previously appeared in a small handful of Tamil and Telugu language features.Rehashing an old storyline in a new avatar, or old wine in a new bottle, has long been Bollywood’s forte. The symbol ultimately selected for the film Mohenjo Daro recalls one of the earliest discovered artifacts from the initial archaeological excavations at the ruins of the ancient city itself: 'Another shows six animal heads - 'unicorn', bison, antelope, tiger, the remaining two broken - radiating from a ring, and recalling a whorl on another seal from the same site with a single 'unicorn' and five featureless lobes', the 'unicorn' is one of the 'most frequently represented' animals portrayed among the 'over 1200 of them have been found at Mohenjo-Daro alone'.ġ4. It is a cinematic presentation based on the ancient Indus Valley civilization, and its city Mohenjo-Daro, a UNESCO World Heritage site, located in Sindh, Pakistan.ġ3. Ashutosh Gowarikar and A.R Rahman's fourth collaboration after Lagaan, Swades, and Jodhaa Akbar.ġ2. Professor Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, widely considered as one of the world's leading experts on the ancient Indus Valley civilization, visited Bhuj to inspect and approve the sets and props built by the filmmakers.ġ1. He met as many as seven archaeologists who are closely involved in excavating sites and studying the Indus Valley Civilization and came up with a 300-page script which he then reduced to 80 pages to get Hrithik Roshan to accept the lead role.ġ0. Ashutosh Gowariker took three years to research and piece together a plot of the entire civilization through various cities and weave a love story into it. Director Ashutosh Gowariker's first film in 6 years after the consecutive flops of What's Your Raashee? (2009) and Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (2010).ĩ. Ashutosh Gowariker was first inspired to someday make a film set in the ancient Indus Valley civilization way back when he was in Bhuj, Gujarat, scouting locations for his then-upcoming Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001), and stumbled across the massive excavations in progress at the ruins of Dholavira.Ĩ. Selected as the Closing Film of the 69th Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland.ħ. Nitish Bharadwaj's first film in 22 years.Ħ. This is Ashutosh Gowariker's second film with Hrithik Roshan after Jodhaa Akbar (2008).ĥ.

Hrithik Roshan was paid Rs 68 crore for the film, the highest amount any actor in Bollywood had charged upfront till that date.Ĥ. Hrithik Roshan took martial arts training and talked with archaeologists to prepare for his role.ģ. The current location of the historical Mohenjo Daro ruins is in the Sindh province of Pakistan.Ģ.

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