I wish Gowarikar had consulted Rajamouli before doing this. The long shots that show the planned city as history states it are also of poor quality. Damn! I need to go back.Ĭhaani’s headgear is a better version of the Snapchat filter and more often than not it looks like she is wearing a bird’s nest on her head. 2016 B.C had gladiators as footwear and here I am still trying to save up to buy a good pair of them. The special effects are so poor that you can’t help but get disgusted by it.įurther, the film’s characters look like they are stuck in a role-playing act where they have to play dress-up. In the first fifteen minutes itself, I was scared of what lies ahead since the film opens with the much-talked about crocodile scene. After the first frame which states 2016 AD in bold words, there is nothing portrayed ahead that backs it. Marathi actresses, Suhasini Mooley and Kishori Shahane give their extra bit of drama with the side characters.Īshutosh Gowarikar seems to have a penchant for testing people’s patience. He does a decent job.Īrunoday Singh too fails to rise above his other performances. Manish Chaudhary plays the priest and Chaani’s father. He keeps smirking in weird ways and I now feel he should have borrowed a few bitchy expressions from Esha Gupta’s Rustom character. Kabir Bedi as Maham plans to scare kids with this role. As Chaani, she seems like an ordinary girl, nothing periodic about it other than the costumes.
Pooja Hegde debuts with this film and well, she does not have much to do other than plastering a good smile on her face. His action scenes with Bhakar-Zokar are good enough. He delivers a decent performance in an already botched up script. Hrithik Roshan is an actor who goes the extra mile for most of his films and he does the same for this one too. Yawn! Mohenjo Daro Review: Star Performance Gowarikar even repeats his own films, as at one point the peasants are protesting against taxes they can’t pay (remember Lagaan?) and also like in Swades the entire village comes together to generate electricity, here they build a bridge to save themselves of their town which is drowning. It is similar to the patronous that Harry sees.Īt start, a different language is used to give some actual historic feel but there are no subtitles given so its just gibberish for the audience. It is funny from where all the writers take inspiration for this film, there is even a ‘iksinga’ (one-thorned horse) that Sarman keeps dreaming about and mind you, this is like a ‘Garibon ka Harry Potter’ co-incidence. Not only is the love story stale, also the way the movie starts one could even say it seems inspired from Baahubali where Shiva is excited to climb the mountain and go to other side of the town. For heaven sake, the same story could have been based in 2016 BC Bombay and no one would care.
The typical, good vs evil angle is done to death and that is exactly what happens in Mohenjo Daro. Script wise this is a highly formulaic film with even a DDLJ element of ‘Palat’ in the love story. Coming up with a script for a period drama that has little historic material can be certainly difficult and one would definitely understand that the makers would require creative liberties for this one.Īlthough in case of this film, the creative liberties are way beyond one would expect. Hrithik roshan and Pooja Hegde in a still from Mohenjo Daro Mohenjo Daro Review: Script AnalysisĮver since Mohenjo Daro has been announced, there has been ample of excitement surrounding it. Will Sarman take on Mooja and Maham to win his love? Also, what connection does he have to Mohenjo Daro is what lies ahead. She is the priest’s daughter and considered to be a blessing for the town but is promised in marriage to Moonja. What changes his mind is, a love at first sight scenario with Chaani (Pooja Hegde). He takes off for the town and seems to have a strange familiarity with the place.Īfter experiencing the ill-treatment given to peasants by Maham (Kabir Bedi) and his son Moonja (Arunoday Singh), Sarman decides to leave the town.
After hearing big things about the town where they trade their goods, Sarman convinces his uncle to send him to Mohenjo Daro for trade. Sarman (Hrithik Roshan) is an Indigo peasant living with his uncle and aunt in Aamli village.