The real Mohenjo Dara, in what is now Pakistan, comes complete with historical mysteries: why was this city abandoned and why did the Indus Valley civilization, which dates from the third millennium B.C., fade? Whoever the residents of Mohenjo Daro were - and that’s not clear - they had “a reverence for the control of water,” as an article in National Geographic says. (Chosen for what, you may wonder: her role consists of being fought over by men.)
There he partakes of the polyglot marketplace, witnesses injustice, sees magnificent beasts (horses, brought by traders from Bukhara) and meets … a girl, the Chosen One, played by Pooja Hegde. Our country boy soon goes off to the big city, Mohenjo Daro, a place he is told is ruled by greed. He doesn’t have a lightning bolt on his forehead, but he has a dream - of a unicorn, which is a clear sign of something ominous, as we see in the worried eyes of his aunt and uncle. Like all good heroes, Sarman is an orphan (he lives with his aunt and uncle). All in a day’s work: We soon learn that Sarman is his village’s go-to man in life-threatening crises. In those opening scenes, Sarman (the green-eyed pinup Hrithik Roshan) has a David-like victory over an enormous crocodile, whose superior strength is no match for Sarman’s cunning, courage and well-placed trident.
From its first scenes, the movie, set in 2016 B.C., makes its intentions known: This is a hero’s tale, not history. This disclaimer probably isn’t necessary. More unusual, a note tells us that the film doesn’t support or dispute any specific interpretation of ancient Indian civilization. Before the action starts, the Bollywood movie “ Mohenjo Daro” assures us that no animals were harmed during its making.
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