Mohenjo Daro movie review: Hrithik Roshan, Ashutosh Gowariker ditch old for seriously antique
Mohenjo Daro movie review: Hrithik Roshan and Ashutosh Gowariker excavate the past but can’t dig up a proper comeback for both of them. Pooja Hegde sparkles but is failed by Mohenjo Daro.
WRITTEN BY SHUBHRA GUPTA | NEW DELHI |
Updated: August 13, 2016 9: 18 Am
Mohenjo Daro movie cast: Hrithik Roshan, Pooja Hegde, Kabir Bedi, Arunoday Singh, Nitish Bardwaj, Manish Chaudhary
Mohenjo Daro movie director: Ashutosh Gowariker
If you had to recreate an ancient civilisation, what would you do? If you are Ashutosh Gowariker, and have had lots of experience in excavating the past ( Lagaan, Jodhaa Akbar) , you would scale it up. Instead of a few hundred years, you would go back a couple of thousands, ditching the merely old for the seriously antique.
Mohenjo Daro, set in Mohenjo-daro of the Indus Valley civilisation, is bigger but certainly not better than these two Gowariker’s earlier outings. The sepia tone of the earth and the dwellings is balanced by an array of costumery: everyone looks like they have been handed out unstructured earth-toned garments, which follow the latest fashion du jour.