Mohenjo Daro
Mohenjo Daro is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language period action-adventure film written and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. It was produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur for UTV Motion Pictures and The Walt Disney Company India and Sunita Gowariker for Ashutosh Gowariker Productions (AGPPL), and stars Hrithik Roshan and Pooja Hegde. Set in the ancient Indus Valley civilisation city of Mohenjo-daro, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is loosely based on Ali Baba's Sindhi novel "Mohan Jo Daro". This film marked Pooja Hegde's debut in Hindi cinema.
Plot
The film opens in 2016BCE with Sarman (Hrithik Roshan), a young man from the village of Amri, who lost his parents at a young age. Sarman kills a crocodile that has been terrorizing his village's fishermen and is hailed as a hero. He asks his uncle, Durjan (Nitish Bharadwaj), to allow him to go to Mohenjo Daro to trade their family's goods, but his uncle refuses. Sarman attempts to sneak away to the city at night with his friend Hojo (Umang Vyas) but is caught by Durjan, who relents and allows both friends to go. He gives Sarman a seal that contains an inscription of a unicorn that Sarman often sees in his dreams, suggesting he uses it only once in a life-or-death situation.
More details
| author | Ashutosh Gowariker |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Pakistan |
| director | Ashutosh Gowariker |
| editor | Sandeep Francis |
| genre | action adventure historical romance |
| keywords | arrest chain crocodile dam expel float frame ganga gold harappa human cannibalism kill meet river sumeria terrorize trade unicorn young age young man |
| musicBy | A. R. Rahman |
| producer | Siddharth Roy Kapur Sunita Gowariker |
| productionCompany | Ashutosh Gowariker Productions Private Limited UTV Motion Pictures |
| publisher | UTV Motion Pictures |
| recordedAt | South Africa |
| theme | cannibal |