But, even the arcs that take the running time to about 150 minutes, are muddled with clichés and usualness. His love for Chaani gives him power and helps him avenge a hidden truth and save the entire civilization from an inevitable flood. Soon Sarman gets embroiled in the city's merchant market and becomes the voice of the poor against Maham and Moonja, the evidently autocratic rulers. However, Chaani's hand in marriage has already been given to Moonja (Singh), heir of the crown which is currently held by the dark-eyed, evil Maham (Bedi). Chaani reciprocates and Sarman pledges his alliance of love. He is an outspoken and courageous fellow who enters the city, sells his first batch, and immediately falls in love with Chaani (Hegde), a princess of some kind who is widely known in the city to be a ray of hope for the citizens. Sarman (Roshan) is an inquisitive farmer-cum-merchant who travels to the city of Mohenjo Daro to sell his yields against the wishes of his well-wishers. Mohenjo Daro also features Arunoday Singh, Suhasini Mulay, Nitish Bharadwaj, Kishori Shahane and Sharad Kelkar and hits the marquee this August.Ashutosh Gowariker has again come up with an interesting theme, but too bad, the execution falls through. For now, however, my perception is skewed by the flying alligator and one single thought: if you’re going to have a formulaic plot, why even bother setting it in the Indus Valley civilization? Hopefully the rest of the yet-to-be-released promotional material can change my mind. It’s good to see Kabir Bedi on screen after a very long time, and he seems menacing enough in the role of the sneering villain. Pooja Hegde looks beautiful and hopefully gets a chance to prove herself. His voice modulation, however, seems to be inconsistent. The seminal focus, of course, is on Hrithik Roshan, who seems eager in his performance. The cinematography, however, in scenes that don’t require special effects, appears to be vivid and striking. The visuals, on the other hand, would have been great if they weren’t let down with below-average special effects (the flying alligator being one). Why would a man from the Indus Valley civilization have highlights in their hair? Did they actually wear dhotis and pagdis? It’s almost hard to believe that this is a film set in the time period it is, because the styling of the characters almost places it in the 19th century! One can only assume that Ashutosh’s team would have done their fair share of research, but there are several things that stand out. It’s hard to gauge whether the film is historically accurate or not. The trailer, however, feels underwhelming and is much like what soda becomes when the bottle cap isn’t tightly shut: completely flat and without fizz. All of this, combined with Ashutosh’s penchant for making historicals, were cause for much excitement. The setting of the film (which was hyped to be set in the millennia-old Indus Valley civilization). Ashutosh’s second outing with Hrithik Roshan (their previous collaboration being the beautiful Jodhaa Akbar (2008)). Ashutosh Gowariker’s first film in eight years (his last release was in 2008). There were so many expectations to be had from this film.
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Does the theme sound familiar? It should, because the storyline seems to be like practically EVERY Hindi movie from the 90s. The trailer appears to show Sarman saving the day by singlehandedly defeating the villain and saving the entire city while also battling flying alligators (I just couldn’t help but literally LOL at that). Set in the Indus Valley civilization (2016 BC, which the trailer proclaims), the trailer takes us back in time to deal with a story of Sarman (Hrithik Roshan, whose voice weirdly quavers throughout), a farmer who travels to the famed ancient city of Mohenjo Daro in search of a better life, meets a beautiful woman called Chaani (played by debutante Pooja Hegde), falls in love with her and then somehow gets entangled with local villain Maham (or Buffalo Man, judging by the massive buffalo horn helmet he wears), played by Kabir Bedi. But, alas, there will always be outliers and sadly, Mohenjo Daro is one of them. Of late, Hindi films had been bucking the trend and producing original content in its films. Just watch a few Bollywood movies from the 90s and older and you’ll know. Rehashing an old storyline in a new avatar, or old wine in a new bottle, has long been Bollywood’s forte.
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