It is a cinematic presentation based on the ancient Indus Valley civilization, and its city Mohenjo-Daro, a UNESCO World Heritage site, located in Sindh, Pakistan.ġ3. Ashutosh Gowarikar and A.R Rahman's fourth collaboration after Lagaan, Swades, and Jodhaa Akbar.ġ2. Professor Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, widely considered as one of the world's leading experts on the ancient Indus Valley civilization, visited Bhuj to inspect and approve the sets and props built by the filmmakers.ġ1. He met as many as seven archaeologists who are closely involved in excavating sites and studying the Indus Valley Civilization and came up with a 300-page script which he then reduced to 80 pages to get Hrithik Roshan to accept the lead role.ġ0. Ashutosh Gowariker took three years to research and piece together a plot of the entire civilization through various cities and weave a love story into it. Director Ashutosh Gowariker's first film in 6 years after the consecutive flops of What's Your Raashee? (2009) and Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (2010).ĩ. Ashutosh Gowariker was first inspired to someday make a film set in the ancient Indus Valley civilization way back when he was in Bhuj, Gujarat, scouting locations for his then-upcoming Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001), and stumbled across the massive excavations in progress at the ruins of Dholavira.Ĩ. Selected as the Closing Film of the 69th Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland.ħ. Nitish Bharadwaj's first film in 22 years.Ħ. This is Ashutosh Gowariker's second film with Hrithik Roshan after Jodhaa Akbar (2008).ĥ. Hrithik Roshan was paid Rs 68 crore for the film, the highest amount any actor in Bollywood had charged upfront till that date.Ĥ. Hrithik Roshan took martial arts training and talked with archaeologists to prepare for his role.ģ. The current location of the historical Mohenjo Daro ruins is in the Sindh province of Pakistan.Ģ.

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