Bollywood is invited on the Piazza Grande to close eleven days of festivities of the most beautiful way. Expected as the summer blockbuster in India, "Moenjodaro" is a family adventure film that feels good
Close the Locarno Film Festival with a feelgood Bollywood action-packed, and outdoor? What a great idea. Especially as Moenjodaro is a blockbuster flawless, an adventure movie about world history background, ruthlessly efficient. A good example of successful large entertainment genre in which Hollywood seems gradually to have lost in recent years. Fifteen years after his first spell in Ticino festival with Lagaan - winner of the audience award, Ashutosh Gowariker restores its value great spectacle and fantasy.
Moenjodaro
In 2016 BC. AD (yes, yes), the prehistoric civilization of the Indus Valley, the greed of man is about to destroy one of the oldest cities in the world, Moenjodaro . At the head of power, he lies to its people and deprives part of the neighboring villages of the river water by building a dam to harvest gold. Sarman, a courageous young man who does not hesitate to impale crocodiles, decides to travel to the city after a dream in which a unicorn called to fulfill his destiny (yes, really).
Disappointed by greed and wickedness of city dwellers, the man retraced his steps. Until the captivating beauty Chaani, the daughter of the priest, predicted to give rise to a new era, not drives him to stay. But the young woman is promised to Moonja, the son of the leader of the Senate, known for its brutality and cruelty. Sarman will gradually detect corruption of the leaders of power and try to establish the New Order, through epic events that will reveal little by little its identity and its strong link to Moenjodaro.
Moenjodaro
If history seems to repeat a classic pattern of the peplum and the family adventure film, it never falters or gets lost.The scenario writing allows a fit and impeccable rhythm, not without a historical and moral despite its simplicity. She stands in contrast to its challenges, its characters aptly highlighted in their archetype, devastating humor, and the constantly changing his story. Ashutosh Gowariker focuses on its staging and showmanship, an attention to detail that makes the beauty of each table. The costumes and sets designed just caught a thrilling dimension to scenes of Bollywood dances, whose music "kitsch" AR Rahman reminds us with nostalgia the Disney music halls 90s Moenjodaro flickers.
Moenjodaro
Action is no exception and the unconcealed violence, as this epic choreography of combat arena where our hero finds himself facing two giants Cro-Magnon. But the real strength of the film lies in its ability to blur the improbability and hide some visual missteps, leaving shine fantasy of great entertainment.
Advocate Anjali Awasthi
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