Mohenjo Daro

Mohenjo Daro is an upcoming Hindi romantic adventure film directed by Ashutosh Gowariker and produced by Ashutosh Gowariker Productions and Disney India.

Description

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 INR500 million (US$8.1 million) for the role.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 civilization, precisely about their lifestyle, food and feelings. That lack of information about the period troubled him on a subconscious level and he decided that whenever he would get a story to tell it will be depicted in the 2600 BCE-Mohenjo-daro. On the film's plot, he was quoted 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 the entire civilization 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, 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 stunts would be choreographed by Glenn Boswell[8] and the costumes designed by April Ferry. U.K. based trainer Joshua Kyle Baker was roped in to give three months training to Hrithik Roshan's character in the film. He described to train Roshan so as to carry 'lithe' and 'agile' looks rather than more 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.