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BOI: All we know is that Mohenjo Daro is going on the floors next month and that Hrithik Roshan and debutante Pooja Hegde features in it. What about the rest of the cast?
SG: This time, we have a few surprises.
AG: Give us one week and we will announce everything.
BOI: In your movies, apart from the leading jodi or leading man, you usually opt for lesser-known actors in the support cast.
SG: We have, for Mohenjo Daro we have a few established actors in supporting parts.
AG: My attempt it to create a real world, peopled with real faces. If there is a bearded character, then ideally I would like him to grow his facial hair. If a character needs to look slim, then the actor needs to lose weight. I would like them to be present at the readings or for the look test. I want them to be there for cast and crew meet-and-greet meetings.
The more established the character actors, the busier they are as they are committed to television shows, theatre performances and several other films. And hence they are not able to give that much preparation time. Hence I usually like to go for character actors who are very good actors but are lesser known.
During the pre-production of Swades, I told Shah Rukh that we were having script reading sessions for Kishori Ballal ji (Kaveriamma), Gayatri and Smit Sheth (Chiku), and I requested him to drop in during the reading session. I wanted them to get rid of their anxiety of working with Shah Rukh Khan! Shah Rukh came in and did the reading with them. After that, they realised how warm Shah Rukh was as a person and their anxiety vanished and they gelled very well on the shoot.
BOI: We saw Hrithik in a different look in Jodhaa Akbar and now you are working with him again in Mohenjo Daro. Without revealing anything about the film, can you tell us about his different look this time too?
AG: Yes, he has a very different look. (Smiles)
SG: Exactly, when we were doing the look test and he was standing in front of the mirror, I went up to him and said, My God, from an emperor to a...'
BOI: To a...'?
AG: (Laughs)
SG: Okay, I need my marriage to last. (Laughs)
BOI: Everyone is aware that Mohenjo Daro is a love story but what exactly is the film about?
AG: Mohenjo Daro is a look through a magnifying glass at our oldest civilisation. Indus Valley Civilisation falls in the Pre-history era and hence there isn't all that much material to fall back on, except for excavation sites and study materials by various archaeologists. Even the script they used hasn't yet been deciphered. So there is no research material except for archeological sites. I am most interested to see how this civilisation lived, what were their manners and morals, traditions and culture and how strongly they are relevant to our times - but all this through a love story.
BOI: Will the audience be able to relate to the film as they are not familiar with that era?
AG: Whenever I am doing a historic film, the story needs to guide it. The story connects and the audience finds relevance with that part of history. The only film I felt very strongly about, which was more of a biopic, was Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey where we focused on Surjya Sen and his world and the way the Chittagong uprising was carried out. Despite Abhishek's (Bachchan) superb portrayal, the audience didn't connect with it because they probably did not feel interested in this part of history and moreover, they probably did not connect with the script. So that was a huge learning experience for me in terms of the creative aspect of storytelling, that a biopic will not connect with an audience if it doesn't have relevance. So in Mohenjo Daro, the contemporary relevance is very strong.
SG: The world is different from ours but you will be able to relate to it.
http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/perfect-10-2/4/
This film will be epic classic and hope will be better than the great JA
SG: This time, we have a few surprises.
AG: Give us one week and we will announce everything.
BOI: In your movies, apart from the leading jodi or leading man, you usually opt for lesser-known actors in the support cast.
SG: We have, for Mohenjo Daro we have a few established actors in supporting parts.
AG: My attempt it to create a real world, peopled with real faces. If there is a bearded character, then ideally I would like him to grow his facial hair. If a character needs to look slim, then the actor needs to lose weight. I would like them to be present at the readings or for the look test. I want them to be there for cast and crew meet-and-greet meetings.
The more established the character actors, the busier they are as they are committed to television shows, theatre performances and several other films. And hence they are not able to give that much preparation time. Hence I usually like to go for character actors who are very good actors but are lesser known.
During the pre-production of Swades, I told Shah Rukh that we were having script reading sessions for Kishori Ballal ji (Kaveriamma), Gayatri and Smit Sheth (Chiku), and I requested him to drop in during the reading session. I wanted them to get rid of their anxiety of working with Shah Rukh Khan! Shah Rukh came in and did the reading with them. After that, they realised how warm Shah Rukh was as a person and their anxiety vanished and they gelled very well on the shoot.
BOI: We saw Hrithik in a different look in Jodhaa Akbar and now you are working with him again in Mohenjo Daro. Without revealing anything about the film, can you tell us about his different look this time too?
AG: Yes, he has a very different look. (Smiles)
SG: Exactly, when we were doing the look test and he was standing in front of the mirror, I went up to him and said, My God, from an emperor to a...'
BOI: To a...'?
AG: (Laughs)
SG: Okay, I need my marriage to last. (Laughs)
BOI: Everyone is aware that Mohenjo Daro is a love story but what exactly is the film about?
AG: Mohenjo Daro is a look through a magnifying glass at our oldest civilisation. Indus Valley Civilisation falls in the Pre-history era and hence there isn't all that much material to fall back on, except for excavation sites and study materials by various archaeologists. Even the script they used hasn't yet been deciphered. So there is no research material except for archeological sites. I am most interested to see how this civilisation lived, what were their manners and morals, traditions and culture and how strongly they are relevant to our times - but all this through a love story.
BOI: Will the audience be able to relate to the film as they are not familiar with that era?
AG: Whenever I am doing a historic film, the story needs to guide it. The story connects and the audience finds relevance with that part of history. The only film I felt very strongly about, which was more of a biopic, was Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey where we focused on Surjya Sen and his world and the way the Chittagong uprising was carried out. Despite Abhishek's (Bachchan) superb portrayal, the audience didn't connect with it because they probably did not feel interested in this part of history and moreover, they probably did not connect with the script. So that was a huge learning experience for me in terms of the creative aspect of storytelling, that a biopic will not connect with an audience if it doesn't have relevance. So in Mohenjo Daro, the contemporary relevance is very strong.
SG: The world is different from ours but you will be able to relate to it.
http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/perfect-10-2/4/
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Javed Akhtar returns to lyric writing after nearly five years, teams up with AR Rahman and Ashutosh Gowariker again, this time for the Hrithik Roshan starrer Mohenjo- Daro
Subhash K Jha
Ashutosh Gowariker, AR Rahman and Javed Akhtar created musical milestones in Lagaan, Swades and Jodhaa- Akbar.
Now they are back together again for Gowariker's proposed period film Mohenjo- Daro featuring Hrithik Roshan in the lead.
Interestingly, this would also be Javed saab's return to lyrics writing after an absence of nearly four years when he did only the songs in films directed by his children Farhan and Zoya, besides Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroop.
In 2012- 13, Javed saab was blacklisted by all major producers because of his long legal and moral tussle over copyrights- royalty issues for writers. Friends like Karan Johar, whom the poet had been associated with for many years, quickly a b a d o e d Javed saab.
Confirming this historical return to the poetic form, Javed saab says, " It's true. I was unemployed for nearly five years because of my fight with producers over writers' royalty. During this time I mainly wrote lyrics for my children Farhan and Zoya's film." Now that Javed saab has won the royalty issue, the producers are back.
Javed saab says, " Coming together with Rahman is always a challenge. Ashutosh and I have worked on all his films after Lagaan. Interestingly we've recreated different chapters of history in Lagaan, Jodhaa- Akbar and Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Se. Mohanjo- Daro is a new challenge." Besides Gowariker's Mohenjo- Daro, Javed saab has also been signed to write the lyrics for Vipul Shah's next directorial venture.
" Vipul's film is a very contemporary love story while Ashutosh's film will take me back to the past. I am resuming my career as a lyricist with these two very different projects. Hopefully you will get to hear a lot of my songs in 2015," adds Javed saab.
http://epaper.absoluteindianews.com/Det ... f17%2f2014
Javed Akhtar returns to lyric writing after nearly five years, teams up with AR Rahman and Ashutosh Gowariker again, this time for the Hrithik Roshan starrer Mohenjo- Daro
Subhash K Jha
Ashutosh Gowariker, AR Rahman and Javed Akhtar created musical milestones in Lagaan, Swades and Jodhaa- Akbar.
Now they are back together again for Gowariker's proposed period film Mohenjo- Daro featuring Hrithik Roshan in the lead.
Interestingly, this would also be Javed saab's return to lyrics writing after an absence of nearly four years when he did only the songs in films directed by his children Farhan and Zoya, besides Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroop.
In 2012- 13, Javed saab was blacklisted by all major producers because of his long legal and moral tussle over copyrights- royalty issues for writers. Friends like Karan Johar, whom the poet had been associated with for many years, quickly a b a d o e d Javed saab.
Confirming this historical return to the poetic form, Javed saab says, " It's true. I was unemployed for nearly five years because of my fight with producers over writers' royalty. During this time I mainly wrote lyrics for my children Farhan and Zoya's film." Now that Javed saab has won the royalty issue, the producers are back.
Javed saab says, " Coming together with Rahman is always a challenge. Ashutosh and I have worked on all his films after Lagaan. Interestingly we've recreated different chapters of history in Lagaan, Jodhaa- Akbar and Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Se. Mohanjo- Daro is a new challenge." Besides Gowariker's Mohenjo- Daro, Javed saab has also been signed to write the lyrics for Vipul Shah's next directorial venture.
" Vipul's film is a very contemporary love story while Ashutosh's film will take me back to the past. I am resuming my career as a lyricist with these two very different projects. Hopefully you will get to hear a lot of my songs in 2015," adds Javed saab.
http://epaper.absoluteindianews.com/Det ... f17%2f2014
This film will be epic classic and hope will be better than the great JA
Iam sure Hrithik will nail it again and cant wait to see the look that will surprise everyone
Ashutosh + hrithik + UTV + ARR + Javed
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