Ashutosh Gowariker, the director of Oscar nominated film ‘Lagaan’, will be directing Hrithik Roshan in his most ambitious film to date. Titled Mohenjodaro, the film is based on the Indus Valley Civilization.
In an interview with DNA India, Ashutosh spoke about the film and why he decided to cast Hrithik as the main lead.
The Indus Valley civilisation has fascinated me since my schooldays when we read about it in history. Though I made other films Mohenjodaro always remained at the back of my mind. After Jodhaa Akbar I started reading on the subject in detail and as I researched more I realised that there is so little one knows about this period. Though a lot of romanticisation of these times have been done still we don’t know much and yet there is constant talk about it as a forgotten world I could bring that to my film with a romantic touch. So I wrote a love story spread across those times. Though it is essentially a love story the core of the story is Mohenjodaro – seen through the eyes of the lovers.
I want to say that I am thrilled to be back with Hrithik after Jodha Akbar. We had worked together last four years ago. I wrote my first draft of Mohenjodaro three years ago and I thought of him as my hero. I am glad Hrithik and I are working together on this. He will single-handedly bring great value to my film and enhance it tremendously with his presence. We have activated the research on various looks Hrithik and will be finalsing something soon.
Ashutosh also rubbished rumours of the female lead that have been doing the rounds in the last few weeks
I have done that. I have read all books of archeologists who have worked at those sites and met some of them. There’s no book on Mohenjodaro that I haven’t written. I have been to the Harappan city Dholavira, in India. Dholavuira is one of the cities of the Indus Valley civilisation that still exists today.
Hrithik Roshan and Ashutosh Gowariker – Mohenjo-daro
This film will b creat history, not only in Boxoffice also in Awards winning. I Wish this can go for another Oscar nonminition from Bollywood.
Who cares abt Extinct Ashu & Karthik???? go & watch The Biggest Hit of 2014 Holiday at A Theatre Near You!!!!
waiting for raja natwarlal..!!!!
Blockbuster combo back
Awesome………………..bring it on…………
No doubt about that
I’m waiting.
there are news that Sonakshi will be the lead heroine…
Will be great film to watch out for…history will be made!!
Claasy film mostly awaiting….HR will be treat to watch
Ashuthosh sir, please cast Deepika opposite Hrithik.
Another instant classic is on the cards like Jodhaa Akbar. More importantly, a movie on a subject (Indus Valley Civilization) which hasn’t been seen in India before. Hrithik Roshan, one of the finest actors in the business along with the best director when it comes to period films. It cannot get any better!!
Waiting for this Magnus Opum!
Aamir khan is best choice
After a long time, something very interesting is in making which having A listed Actor, looking forward to this. Hr will give great performance. Who can be better director for this kind of script than Ashu ji. Only problem will be its running time, i hope this time Mr gowarikar make a movie of two and half hour max upto 3 hrs.
This ‘mohanjodaro’ city ‘dholavira’ is very near to my city! Excited.
Haha. Good joke Ashutoshji.
It will definetly turns as hrithik’s best movie and also his best performance,because gawarikor sir is probaly bollywood’s best director according to me.
according to me hrithik’s best movies are :
1: JODHA AKBAR
2: ZNMD
3: LAKSHYA
4: KOI MIL GAYA
5: KNPH/AGNEEPATH
about GUZAARISH,definetly a good film,but it wasn’t better film then these ones,and it was also not critically acclaimed.
his best performances are :
1: GUZAARISH – 5/5
2: AGNEEPATH – 5/5
3: JODHA AKBAR – 4.90/5
4: DHOOM2 – 4.65/5
5: KOI MIL GAYA – 4.50/5
6: LAKSHYA – 4/5
about his performance in kmg, yess it was a great performance,but i found that performance little bit overrated.
no one interested in this boring kind of film.
Cann’t wait for this ambitious project. It will rock at both BO and award ceremony.
@loser loki:hrithikhaters are morons and u’re one of them.
Jodha Akbar was one of my fav film. Hope Mohenjodaro comes even close to it then will be worth a watch
@mithaiwala:i almost agreed.but not completely.
Your best movies list is perfect. But i think guzaarish better than agnee and knph.although znmd n ja are better than guzaarish.
As for performances,my take is
1.guzaarish.
2.KMG/JA
3.Jodha akbar/KMG
4.agneepath
5.dhoom 2
IT’s definitely not easy to deliver those emotions and skills with rohit act from KMG.
Waiting.. Hrithik is the master of superheroic science fiction as well as historical period drama movies
@indicine team, why not swades, i mean it was most acclaimed movie of bollywood,before the release of lunch box and according to some critics it’s bollywood’s best movie.
@loki ki papaji,stop your bakwaas here man.
This is a very big news not only fans of Hrithik and content lovers but Ashu Sir is himself very much excited to work with Hrithik again after Jodhaa Akbar . One thing i want to tell everybody long time back there were reports that Sushant is the main lead of Ashu sir’S next project but that was just a rumour . Because i read a interview of Ashu Sir and he said that for 2 years he was waiting for Hrithik’S dates and he knew that he cannot make this film without Hrithik . That goes to show Hrithik is popular and awaited not only by fans but also by directors especially a genius like Ashutosh Gowariker . Proud to be a Hrithikian . I am waiting .
@Nipun, don’t call me mithaiwala,mithaiwala bahut ghareeb sa lagta hai, call me yy.
@nipun yess jodha akbar was definetly a great performance,but agneepath according to me was more chalenging,because there was amount of pressure on hro,because he knows that he is going to be compared with big b, if it’s about acting, then just look at his expression in the last, the way he looks to his father and chota vijay is just awesome, where JA wasn’t as chalenging, because it was with best director of bollywood, with the same director srk and aamir have swades and lagaan( i know you think that cdi was better, but the fact is that swades was better).
guzaarish was good film it have good sets,brilliant acting,good songs, but direction could have been better.
priyanka should be the heroine as they rock the screen together in agneepath n krrish series
Just watched Heropanti. Tiger beats shiverer on every level. Dancing, looks, physique. Now dont need to watch Hr films as his replacement has arrived.
TRUTH HAS BEEN SPOKEN ! HRITHIK IS A GEM OF INDIAN CINEMA AND SIR ASHUTOSH GOWARIKER KNOWS IT ! BOTH WILL CREATE A MASTERPIECE WHICH WILL WIN MILLIONS HEARTS,AWARDS WORLDWIDE AND CREATE HISTORY AT BOX OFFICE !
GOOD TO KNOW THE FANS OF OTHER ACTORS TOO ARE WAITING FOR IT! ALL THE BEST ! MAKE SOMETHING DIFFERENT , OUR INDIAN CINEMA NEEDS IT.
@Lauki, please stop your nonsense here. nobody cares about it.
Another superb out of the box film coming from Hrithik. More respect to yaar! You always go for those films which are very new to us. hats off to you. haters gonna hate, hrithik’s gonna shine
hr nd ashutosh magic…one of the best epic movi in ind cinema history.nd change the whole bollywood..hats of u hr sir..excited
i am super exciteddddd for this epicccc movieeeeee !!!!!!! this is going to be the BESTTTTT MOVIEEE OF INDIAN CINEMAAAA