Mohenjo Daro(English: Mound of the Dead Men) is an upcoming
Indian epic adventure-romance film directed by Ashutosh Gowariker.The film is
produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur and Sunita A. Gowariker.It features Hrithik
Roshan and Pooja Hegde in the lead roles.
The film is set in 2016 BC in the ancient city of Mohenjo-daro in the era of the Indus Valley
civilisation.The film is about a man who falls in love with his enemy's
daughter who is a dancer. Centred on romance through the cultures and ancient
civilisations of Mohenjo-daro, Gowariker took over three years to develop the
film with the help of archaeologists who documented the discovery of Indus
Valley civilisation. The film was shot in Bhuj and Mumbai with short schedules
in Jabalpur and
Thane.
The soundtrack album and film score are composed by A. R. Rahman
with song lyrics penned by Javed Akhtar.The
film is scheduled for a worldwide release on 12 August 2016.
Contents
1 Cast
2 Production
2.1
Development
2.2 Filming
3 Legal issues
3.1 Screenplay
3.2 Finance
3.3
Cinematography
4 References
5 External links
Cast
Hrithik Roshan as Sarman
Pooja Hegde as Chaani
Kabir Bedi as Maham
Arunoday Singh
Suhasini Mulay
Nitish Bharadwaj
as Durjan
Kishori Shahane
Sharad Kelkar
Manish Choudhary
Narendra Jha
Piyush Mishra
Casey Frank
Diganta Hazarika
Production
Development
Ashutosh Gowariker announced the film officially in February
2014 with A. R. Rahman composing the film score. In August 2014, Hrithik Roshan
was confirmed to play the male lead and was paid 50 crore (US$7.4 million). Actress
Pooja Hegde was signed as the female lead.On taking up the project, in an
interview, Gowariker stated that there was meagre and superficial information
available about the people in that civilisation, particularly about their
lifestyle, food and feelings. The lack of information about the period troubled
Gowariker and he decided that whenever he would get a story to tell, it will be
depicted in the 2600 BC-Mohenjo Daro.On the film's plot, he was quoted as
saying, "While the plot will follow the discovery of Mohenjo-daro and the
culture and the vibe of the ancient civilisation, it will largely centre on a
love story." It took Gowariker three years to piece together a plot of the
entire civilisation through various cities and weave a love story into it. During
his reconnaissance, he met as many as seven archaeologists who had been closely
involved in documenting the discovery of the Indus Valley Civilisation.He had
also visited the archaeological site of Dholavira. Further, with the film being
set in a certain period, the whole site had to be recreated in a film studio. He
was involved in working out the logistics during June 2014. The film's stunts
would be choreographed by Glenn Boswel and the costumes will be designed by
April Ferry and Neeta Lulla. U.K. based
trainer Joshua Kyle Baker was roped in to train Roshan for his character in the
film. He described the three-month training so as to allow Roshan to appear 'lithe'
and 'agile' rather than muscular. Relating the natural environment required for
Mohenjo Daro, Gowariker was impressed with the calamitous VFX seen in the films
The Day After Tomorrow and 10,000 BC that were designed by Karen Goulekas. In
September 2014, as a visual effects supervisor, Goulekas was brought on board
for the film. Gowariker revisited Bhuj in December 2014 to begin pre-production.
Filming
The principal photography commenced in Bhuj on 27 January 2015.
The first schedule of 101 days was wrapped up in the same city by 23 May 2015. In
June 2015, Hrithik started training to fight with tigers in one of the
sequences of the film.[33][34] Filming resumed in Bhuj and was completed by
October 2015. The second schedule of filming began in Jabalpur on November 2, 2015,
where a fight sequence with Flying crocodiles was completed. In December 2015, the
third schedule began at Film
City in Mumbai. On April 4,
2016, the crew filmed the climax of the film at China Creek in Thane.
Filming was completed on April 8, 2016.
Legal issues
Screenplay
Director Akashaditya Lama alleged the makers with film
script copyright infringement. According to Lama, in 2003, he shared the script
with his friend, editor Ballu Saluja, an associate of Ashutosh Gowariker. Lama
stated: "I sent him a handwritten script through Saluja which he returned
after four days saying that he had just directed a period movie Lagaan (2001) and
didn't wish to make another one immediately."[9] Lama had registered his
script titled "Saamrajya" under the Copyrights Act with Ministry of
Human Resources Development in 2007.[9] He went on to re-register the same
script online in February 2010 with the title "Mohenjodaro" with the
Ministry of Human Resources Development and the Department of Higher Education,
India, under the Copyright Act.[9] Two days later, he also registered the same
script with the same title with the Film Writers' Association in Mumbai.[9] However,
in March 2015, lawyers on Gowariker's side responded: "Our client states
that they had received a script from Mr. Ballu Saluja in 2003. However, our
client returned the script to Mr. Ballu Saluja immediately without reading the
same and they were not intending to make a historical film."
Finance
In mid-September 2014, owing to non-payment of their regular
expenses and remuneration, the workers belonging to Allied Mazdoor Union and
Film Studio Setting refused to complete the pre-production work in Bhuj, Gujarat. To this stalled situation, Gowariker took a
legal route and lodged a complaint with the 'Indian Film and Television
Producers Council' accusing the members of stalling work that would result in
losses to the company. Lawrence D'Souza, executive producer of the film, maintained
that though their payments were ready, the remote filming locations of Bhuj
delayed the reception of the same
Cinematography
Ayananka Bose had originally been signed as the
cinematographer but when the film was delayed, he took up other projects as he
was paid on a project-to-project basis. Bose failed to join the discussions
prior to filming and requested Gowariker to be allowed to join the set directly
after he was done with his other commitments. A displeased Gowariker replaced
Bose with C.K. Muraleedharan.
MOVIE: Mohenjo Daro
Directed by: Ashutosh
Gowariker
Produced by: Siddharth Roy
Kapur Sunita Gowariker
Written by: Ashutosh
Gowariker
Preeti Mamgain
(Dialogue)
Screenplay by: Ashutosh
Gowariker
Story by: Ashutosh
Gowariker
Starring: Hrithik
Roshan
Pooja Hegde
Music by: A. R.
Rahman
Cinematography: C.
K. Muraleedharan
Edited by: Sandeep
Francis
Production: UTV Motion
Pictures
company: Ashutosh Gowariker
Productions Pvt. Ltd. (AGPPL)
Distributed by: Disney India
Release dates: 12 August 2016
Running time: 150 minutes[1]
Country : India
Language : Hindi
Budget : 100
crore (US$15 million)
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