Selected as the Closing Film of the 69th Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland.ħ. Ashutosh Gowariker was first inspired to someday make a film set in the ancient Indus Valley civilization way back when he was in Bhuj, Gujarat, scouting locations for his then-upcoming Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001), and stumbled across the massive excavations in progress at the ruins of Dholavira.Ĩ.

Director Ashutosh Gowariker's first film in 6 years after the consecutive flops of What's Your Raashee? (2009) and Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (2010).ĩ. Ashutosh Gowariker took three years to research and piece together a plot of the entire civilization through various cities and weave a love story into it. He met as many as seven archaeologists who are closely involved in excavating sites and studying the Indus Valley Civilization and came up with a 300-page script which he then reduced to 80 pages to get Hrithik Roshan to accept the lead role.ġ0. Professor Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, widely considered as one of the world's leading experts on the ancient Indus Valley civilization, visited Bhuj to inspect and approve the sets and props built by the filmmakers.ġ1. Ashutosh Gowarikar and A.R Rahman's fourth collaboration after Lagaan, Swades, and Jodhaa Akbar.ġ2.

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