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. This could have been another masterpiece for Gowariker but it is a mess of a movie. Overall, Mohenjo Daro is an extremely disappointing movie and wasted potential.
The last 30 minutes of the movie are a complete awful shoehorned in subplot trying to make Hrithik's character looking like Noah and Moses. Kabir Bedi as the villain is pretty disposable but his character's son is even worse.
The plot is so muddled and somewhere in there is a good movie with a good story. There's so many story-lines that are left hanging by the end of the film. My biggest problem with the film is that it doesn't know what kind of movie it wants to be. Rahman's music is phenomenal and certain action scenes were done well. Pooja Hegde is good as the female lead and I can see her as a future Bollywood star. Hrithik Roshan is great in this role and by far the best part of the movie. As always, I'll start with the positives. Even though it's directed by the great Ashutosh Gowariker, it has so many problems that make it a very disappointing movie. This is probably the most disappointing movie I've seen all year unfortunately. Mohenjo Daro was one of my most anticipated movies of 2016, and well, it wasn't good. Reviewed by TheFirstExecutioner Vote: 4/10
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