If you want to enjoy Mohenjo Daro, leave your disbelief by the door for Ashutosh Gowarikar’s newest blast from the past only works as a fairy tale, not nailed in history, but hanging somewhere between Game of Thrones and Baahubali.
It’s 2016 BC and simple Sarman ( Hrithik) from ’hamri Amri gaon’ is drawn to the city lights of Mohenjo Daro where he meets Chaani ( Pooja) , the pretty city mascot. Sarman and Chaani fall in love - but Chaani must marry brutish Munja ( Arunoday, convincing as citizen caveman) , son of Mohenjo Daro’s pradhan Maham ( Kabir, adequately oozing greed) . While fighting for Chaani, Sarman discovers much more in Mohenjo Daro. Why is its river Sindhu dammed? What is Maham trading with Sumer? Why does Sarman dream of a magical animal? And what will happen to Mohenjo Daro when river and rain combine?