Mohenjo Daro’ is a story set in 2500 BCE around one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus valley civilization.
The story is typical and reminds you of recent periodic drama’Bahubali’. The basic format style is same, except for the grandness which is nowhere to be found in’Mohenjo Daro’. The movie seems more fictional or let’s say fantasy based rather than being historical.
The historic references are minimal and fail to blend with the flow of the film, as they seemed forced. The C.G.I work is weak and soils the decorum of the film. The finale part tries to justify the historic events, but fails miserably. The movie has one liner script and has been stretched to infinity. The makers should have added more historic detailing related to’Mohenjo Daro’, rather than focusing on the bland love story.
There is nothing grand in this movie incomparision with recent films like’Bahubali’ or’Bajirao Mastani’. The sets are tacky and look for like T.V serial sets than of a mega budgeted film. The mistake list is endless along with the slow narrative part. A.R. Rahman’s music fails to do wonders to this ill-fated script.’Tu Hai’ is the only decent song which sounds good and looks bad on screen.
Director Ashutosh Gowarikar dares to touch such rarest of rare topic, but fails miserably while executing it. He surpasses violating the historical facts more than what the T.V series do
There are few scenes like Hritik’s first day in Mohenjo Daro followed by his fight with man-eaters in the arena. The outdoor locations are good and so is the background score. Hrithik looks cool and Pooja Hegde looks beautiful in some scenes.