Bhuj, 17 October 2014

Kunaria village in Kutch district of Gujarat will again witness shooting of Asutosh Govarikar’s film. Asutosh had produced his film Lagaan here last time. Now his mega budget movie Mohenjo Daro will be filmed here from 25 November.

From mid-November, Mohenjo Daro’s shooting will continue for about two months. A team of Mohenjo Daro is camping at district headquarters Bhuj at present. It is mainly involved in making of set and casting of locals for crowd scenes.

About 500 local persons will be needed for crowd scenes. Production team of Mohenjo Daro has organized audition of locals in a private hotel in Bhuj on 18 October.

Mohenjo Daro is a period film featuring the era of 2600 BC. Asutosh has studied the plot for three years.

Hrithik Roshan and Pooja Hegde are main stars of this film.

Ashutosh Gowarikar, maker of Lagaan and Jodha Akbar had visited Kutch in Gujarat for a recce for Mohenjo Daro in June this year. Ashutosh had visited Dhola Veera site of Indus Valley Civilization in Kutch.

Though actor Hrithik Roshan was instantly convinced about the project way back in year 2011, he couldn’t allot dates due to various previous commitments. Hrithik has now decided to begin work on Ashutosh’s film.

Background:

Mohenjo Daro is an upcoming Hindi romantic adventure film directed by Ashutosh Gowariker and produced by Ashutosh Gowariker Productions and Disney India.The film features Hrithik Roshan and Pooja Hegde in the lead roles and marks Gowariker’s second collaboration with Roshan and Disney India. The film is set in the era of the Indus Valley civilisation that dates back to 2600 BCE. The film score is composed by A. R. Rahman. The film is scheduled for a worldwide release on January 22, 2016. Principal photography commenced in Bhuj, Gujarat by mid-September 2014. In the same month, the filming was stalled for three days as the workers belonging to Allied Mazdoor Union and Film Studio Setting refused to complete the work. The general secretary of the union mentioned that their members had been on the set for more than a month but their payment of their regular expenses and remuneration was not done and hence, stopped the work. To this stalled situation, Ashutosh Gowariker decided to take the legal route and lodged a complaint with the ‘Indian Film and Television Producers Council’ accusing the members of stalling work that would result losses to the company. Lawrence D’Souza, executive producer of the film maintained that though their payments were ready, the remote filming locations of Bhuj delayed the reception of the same.