Mohenjo Daro (film)
2016 Indian film written and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mohenjo Daro is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language period action-adventure film[4] written and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker.[5][6][7] Produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur for UTV Motion Pictures and The Walt Disney Company India and Sunita Gowariker for Ashutosh Gowariker Productions (AGPPL),[8] and starring Hrithik Roshan and Pooja Hegde. It is based on the ancient Indus Valley civilization,[9] and is set in its of city Mohenjo-daro, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This film marked Pooja Hegde debut in Hindi cinema.[10]
Mohenjo Daro | |
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Directed by | Ashutosh Gowariker |
Written by | Ashutosh Gowariker Preeti Mamgain (dialogue) |
Produced by | |
Starring | Hrithik Roshan Pooja Hegde Kabir Bedi Manish Choudhary Arunoday Singh |
Cinematography | C. K. Muraleedharan |
Edited by | Sandeep Francis |
Music by | A. R. Rahman |
Production companies | Ashutosh Gowariker Productions Private Limited UTV Motion Pictures |
Distributed by | UTV Motion Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 169 minutes[1] |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹100 crores[2] |
Box office | ₹107.8 crore[3] |
Set in 2016 BC at the height of Indus Valley Civilization,[11][12] the story follows a farmer Sarman (Hrithik Roshan), who travels to the city of Mohenjo Daro and falls in love with a high-status woman (Pooja Hegde), and who must then challenge the city's elite, and fight against overwhelming odds to save their civilization. Gowariker took over three years to research and develop the script, working closely with archaeologists to ensure authenticity in the representation of his fictional story.[13] The film was shot in Bhuj and Mumbai with brief schedules in Bhedaghat (Jabalpur) and Thane.
The score and soundtrack are composed by A. R. Rahman[14] with lyrics penned by Javed Akhtar.[15] The film was released worldwide on 12 August 2016. The film received positive to mixed reviews and grossed ₹107.8 crore (US$14 million) to rank as one of the highest-grossing Hindi film of 2016.[16][17]
Mohenjo Daro marks the last film production of UTV Motion Pictures, as two Disney releases, Dangal and Jagga Jasoos, became producer Kapur's final projects under the Disney·UTV brand before his contract with the company lapsed on 1 January 2017; the non-Hindi versions of both films were nonetheless presented by the banner, while Jagga Jasoos faced delays before its release in mid-July 2017.