Hrithik Roshan's Mohenjo Daro Was a Disaster Waiting to Happen
The writing, in bold relief, is on the wall. Director Ashutosh Gowariker and Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan should be heading in the same direction: towards the drawing board. It is high time they took a long, hard look at the career choices they have been making of late.
Mohenjo Daro, a colossal waste of cinematic resources, is an arrow that is already out of the quiver. The damage is done. But another messy movie of this magnitude from either Gowariker or Hrithik could well be a blow that would be hard to recover from.
Mohenjo Daro, a colossal waste of cinematic resources, is an arrow that is already out of the quiver. The damage is done. But another messy movie of this magnitude from either Gowariker or Hrithik could well be a blow that would be hard to recover from.
Time was when Gowariker's name, thanks to the super success of Lagaan and Jodhaa Akbar, raised expectations of a well-crafted entertainer every time it appeared on the posters or the big screen.
His Swades might not have set the box office on fire, but it demonstrated the director's ability to feel the pulse of the nation in a way that few Mumbai directors do.
But, then, Gowariker has also made major duds like What's Your Raashee? and Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey. Mohenjo Daro is in the latter league. And that is obviously not good news for fans of his brand of cinema.
Where has the Gowariker of yore vanished? He is missing in action in Mohenjo Daro, a turgid mess that is bound to inflict great harm on our understanding of the Indus Valley civilization. The less it is seen the better, or else its damage will take historians of ancient of India eons to reverse.
His Swades might not have set the box office on fire, but it demonstrated the director's ability to feel the pulse of the nation in a way that few Mumbai directors do.
Where has the Gowariker of yore vanished? He is missing in action in Mohenjo Daro, a turgid mess that is bound to inflict great harm on our understanding of the Indus Valley civilization. The less it is seen the better, or else its damage will take historians of ancient of India eons to reverse.
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