Editing Mohenjo Daro (film) (section)

==Production==

===Development===
Director Ashutosh Gowariker was first inspired to make a film set in the ancient [[Indus Valley civilszation]] when he was in [[Bhuj]], [[Gujarat]], scouting locations for his then-upcoming ''[[Lagaan]]'' (2001), and stumbled across the massive excavations in progress at the ruins of [[Dholavira]]: "I thought, My God!  This is incredible! What happened to this civilisation, who were the people, how did they live?"<ref name="auto"/>

Several other film projects later, Gowariker announced the film ''Mohenjo Daro'' officially in February 2014 with [[A. R. Rahman]] composing the [[film score]].

On taking up the project, in an interview, Gowariker stated that there was meagre and superficial information available about the people in that civilisation, particularly about their lifestyle, food, and feelings. The lack of information about the period troubled Gowariker, and he decided that whenever he would get a story to tell, it will be depicted circa 2500 BC at [[Mohenjo-daro]]<ref name="bollyspice">{{cite web |title=Ashutosh Gowariker and Hrithik Roshan team up for Mohenjo Daro |url=http://bollyspice.com/83496/ashutosh-gowariker-hrithik-roshan-team-mohenjo-daro |work=Bollyspice |author=Núria Bonals Hidalgo |date=9 June 2014 |access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref> which, despite being the largest city yet discovered from that ancient civilisation, is today known only by the name—which translates as "Mound of the Dead" in English—ascribed by the [[Sindhi people|Sindhi locals]] to the site when its ruins were discovered in 1922.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/138 |title=Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro |publisher=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref> "Mohenjo Daro" is not only the official name associated with that ancient city by the United Nations (as a [[World Heritage Site]] since 1980),<ref name=":0" /> but also the only name associated with it by archaeologists and historians around the world, as well as the general public.<ref name="auto">{{cite AV media |date=12 July 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUdsp8XE2X4 |title=Hrithik Roshan {{!}} Pooja Hegde Unveils The World Of Mohenjo Daro {{!}} Event Uncut |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808192346/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUdsp8XE2X4 |archive-date=8 August 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite AV media |date=28 July 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU8ub7Hx26g |title=Ashutosh Gowariker: I WOULDN'T have made Mohenjo Daro WITHOUT Hrithik Roshan {{!}} Mohenjo Daro |publisher=[[SpotboyE]] |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref> Thus, regardless of the literal translation of the words, "Mohenjo Daro" was the only possible title for an audience to identify with the actual reference point despite the fact that the city could have not been so named in ancient times.<ref name="auto" /><ref name="auto1" />

On the film's plot, he was quoted as saying, "While the plot will follow Mohenjo-daro and the culture and the vibe of the ancient civilisation, it will largely centre on a love story."<ref name="bollyspice" /> It took Gowariker three years to piece together a plot of the entire civilisation through various cities and weave a love story into it.<ref name="bollyspice" />

The challenges of adapting for cinema a story based on one of the greatest ancient civilisations of the world whose written language has not yet been deciphered have proved unique. Because modern science can not yet read anything the Indus Valley peoples wrote about themselves, any aspect about their civilisation has to be conjectured from what relics survive to discovery by archaeologists working at their various ruins. As ''The Indian Express'' pointed out, "whatever we do know about Mohenjo-daro is perhaps as much an imagination of the historian as that of a filmmaker who depicts it in visual terms."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-pooja-hegde-film-mohenjo-daro-things-you-should-know-before-watching-the-ashutosh-gowariker-movie-2950937/ |title=Mohenjo Daro: Things you should know before watching the Ashutosh Gowariker movie |date=3 August 2016|access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref>

During Ashutosh Gowariker's research, he met as many as seven archaeologists who are closely involved in excavating sites and studying the Indus Valley Civilisation.<ref name="bollyspice" /> After much reading of published archaeological reports on his own, he brought in the American archaeologist [[Jonathan Mark Kenoyer]] of the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]],<ref name="auto2">as officially credited in the film</ref> considered one of the world's leading experts on the ancient Indus Valley civilisation, who had worked at the ruins of Mohenjo-Daro over 35 years.<ref name="BollywoodHungama.com">{{cite AV media |date=4 August 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8lGyKaLZSU |title=Ashutosh Gowariker {{!}} Mohenjo Daro {{!}} Hrithik Roshan {{!}} Full Interview {{!}} Aamir Khan {{!}} Shah Rukh Khan |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718232346/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8lGyKaLZSU |archive-date=18 July 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> He brought together Kenoyer to round-table with five other expert archaeologists who have also been working on this topic for many years—P. Ajit Prasad,<ref name="auto2"/> V. N. Prabakhar,<ref name="auto2" /> K. Krishnan,<ref name="auto2" /> Vasant Shinde,<ref name="auto2" /> and R. S. Bisht,<ref name="auto2" /> "who are all from the [[Archaeological Survey of India]], [[Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda]] and other institutions, all with expertise in different aspects of the same civilisation."<ref name="BollywoodHungama.com"/> Gowariker had also personally revisited the archaeological dig at [[Dholavira]] in Gujarat.<ref name="bollyspice" />

Kenoyer later visited Bhuj to inspect and approve the sets and props built by the filmmakers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ashutosh-gowariker-historical-fiction-mohenjo-daro/1/725658.html |title=A past master |date=27 July 2016 }}</ref>

The symbol ultimately selected for the film ''Mohenjo Daro'' recalls one of the earliest discovered artifacts from the initial archaeological excavations at the ruins of the ancient city itself: 'Another [seal] shows six animal heads—"unicorn", bison, antelope, tiger, the remaining two broken—radiating from a ring, and recalling a whorl on another seal from the same site with a single "unicorn" and five featureless lobes',<ref>''The Indus Civilization'', Sir Mortimer Wheeler (Cambridge University Press, 1953) p. 79, quoting E. Mackay, ''Early Indus Civilizations'', 2nd ed. (London, 1948)</ref> the "unicorn" being one of the 'most frequently represented' animals<ref>''The Indus Civilization'', Sir Mortimer Wheeler (Cambridge University Press, 1953) pp. 76–77</ref> portrayed among the 'over 1,200 of them [seals] [which] have been found at Mohenjo-daro alone'.<ref>''The Indus Civilization'', Sir Mortimer Wheeler (Cambridge University Press, 1953) p. 76</ref> The filmmaker has chosen to identify the "unicorn" with his central character.<ref name="UTV Motion Pictures">{{cite AV media |date=20 June 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPZ5FKEB02I |title=Mohenjo Daro {{!}} Official Trailer {{!}} Hrithik Roshan & Pooja Hegde {{!}} In Cinemas Aug 12 |publisher=[[UTV Motion Pictures]] |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610140209/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPZ5FKEB02I |archive-date=10 June 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |date=6 July 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiN3AY7bdBg |title="TU HAI" Video Song {{!}} MOHENJO DARO {{!}} A.R. RAHMAN,SANAH MOIDUTTY {{!}} Hrithik Roshan & Pooja Hegde |publisher=T-Series |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210605003945/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiN3AY7bdBg |archive-date=5 June 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The broadest [[artistic license]] required in bringing the Indus Valley civilisation to the cinema, inevitably, would be costuming. Because although "undisputed traces of cotton cloth have survived at Mohenjo-Daro" and the Indus culture is believed by archaeologists to have pioneered the cultivation of cotton for clothmaking in the ancient world,<ref name="auto3">''The Indus Civilization'', Sir Mortimer Wheeler (Cambridge University Press, 1953) p. 63</ref> no actual samples of finished clothing or other organic matter have survived over these four thousand years, due to the "damp alkalkine soil" prevailing at the Indus sites.<ref name="auto3" /> Thus, the only reference material is the relative handful (compared with the broad abundance of seals found, or commercial items such as weights and measures) of terracotta humanoid figurines or small stone statues found at various excavations, which are mostly only partially intact and of mostly unknown purpose—but male or female, are mostly naked.<ref name="BollywoodHungama.com"/><ref>See, for instance, Plates XVII-XIX in ''The Indus Civilization'', Sir Mortimer Wheeler (Cambridge University Press, 1953)</ref> Some of the female figures, for instance, wear elaborate headdresses and jewellery but little else.<ref>See, for example, Plate XIX in ''The Indus Civilization'', Sir Mortimer Wheeler (Cambridge University Press, 1953)</ref> Explained the director in an interview, "I cannot make a movie with so much nudity, obviously. So I had to create and imagine a costume which will be away from all the different styles that we have seen in other movies, and yet be special for this civilisation."<ref name="BollywoodHungama.com"/>

With the film being set in a certain period, the whole site had to be recreated in a film studio. He was involved in working out the logistics during June 2014.<ref name="bollyspice"/> The film's stunts were choreographed by Glenn Boswell<ref>{{cite web |title=Ashutosh Gowariker hires 'The Hobbit' stunt coordinator for Mohenjo Daro |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Ashutosh-Gowariker-hires-The-Hobbit-stunt-coordinator-for-Mohenjo-Daro/articleshow/41599973.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=3 September 2014 |date=3 September 2014}}</ref> and the costumes were designed by [[April Ferry]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Emmy Award winning costume designer roped in for Mohenjo Daro |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/emmy-award-winning-costume-designer-roped-in-for-mohenjo-daro/article1-1256634.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826165721/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/emmy-award-winning-costume-designer-roped-in-for-mohenjo-daro/article1-1256634.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 August 2014 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |access-date=26 August 2014 |date=26 August 2014}}</ref> and [[Neeta Lulla]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Neeta Lulla to style Hrithik Roshan for Ashutosh Gowariker's 'Mohenjo Daro' |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-neeta-lulla-to-style-hrithik-roshan-for-ashutosh-gowariker-s-mohenjo-daro-2053425 |newspaper=[[DNA India]] |access-date=18 January 2015 |date=18 January 2015}}</ref> [[U.K.]] based trainer Joshua Kyle Baker was roped in to train Roshan for his character in the film. He described the three-month training so as to allow Roshan to appear 'lithe' and 'agile' rather than muscular.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hrithik Roshan wants UK trainer Joshua Kyle Baker for Mohenjo Daro. Agility needed, not muscles of Krrish 3! |url=http://magnamags.com/stardust/hrithik-roshan-wants-uk-trainer-joshua-kyle-baker-for-mohenjo-daro-agility-needed-not-muscles-of/4747 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720002218/http://www.magnamags.com/stardust/hrithik-roshan-wants-uk-trainer-joshua-kyle-baker-for-mohenjo-daro-agility-needed-not-muscles-of/4747 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=20 July 2014 |work=[[Stardust (magazine)|Stardust]] |access-date=27 July 2014 |date=27 September 2014}}</ref> Relating the natural environment required for ''Mohenjo Daro'', Gowariker was impressed with the calamitous VFX seen in the films ''[[The Day After Tomorrow]]'' and ''[[10,000 BC (film)|10,000 BC]]'' that were designed by [[Karen Goulekas]]. In September 2014, as a [[visual effects supervisor]], Goulekas was brought on board for the film.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ashutosh Gowariker hires 'The Hobbit' stunt coordinator for Mohenjo Daro |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Ashutosh-Gowariker-ropes-in-more-Hollywood-technicians-for-Mohenjo-Daro/articleshow/42346623.cms |work=The Times of India |access-date=12 September 2014 |date=27 September 2014}}</ref> Gowariker revisited Bhuj in December 2014 to begin production.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ashutosh Gowariker revisits Bhuj to begin pre-production of 'Mohenjo Daro' |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/141201/entertainment-bollywood/article/ashutosh-gowariker-revisits-bhuj-begin-pre-production-mohenjo |work=Deccan Chronicle |access-date=2 December 2014 |date=1 December 2014}}</ref>

===Casting===

In August 2014, Roshan, who had starred in Gowariker's critically and commercially successful ''[[Jodhaa Akbar]]'' in 2008, was confirmed to play the male lead role again for ''Mohenjo Daro''. He reportedly demanded {{INRConvert|500|m}}.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hrithik Roshan demands Rs 50 crore for Ashutosh Gowariker's 'Mohenjo Daro'? |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-hrithik-roshan-demands-rs-50-crore-for-ashutosh-gowariker-s-mohenjo-daro-2018775 |newspaper=DNA India |access-date=15 September 2014 |date=29 September 2014}}</ref> Said the director, "I wouldn't have made the film, without Hrithik."<ref name="auto1"/> "[T]his is a different world, and I thought only Hrithik would blend in perfectly."<ref name="auto4">Ashutosh Gowariker, interviewed by Indian film industry trade journal Box Office India on 30 July 2016, at http://boxofficeindia.co.in/old-world-charm/</ref>

[[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] and [[Tamil cinema]] actress [[Pooja Hegde]] was signed as the female lead, and made her [[Hindi]] film debut with ''Mohenjo Daro''.<ref name="di">{{cite web |title=Hrithik Roshan to star in 'Mohenjo Daro' for Disney India |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/hrithik-roshan-to-star-in-mohenjo-daro-for-disney-india-1201281758/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |author=Naman Ramachandran |date=13 August 2014 |access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref> "While scripting the film, I was thinking that I needed someone with innocence and someone who did not have stardom baggage [to be received by the audience only as this character]. I thus began looking for a fresh face when Sunita (Gowariker) spotted Pooja in a commercial and suggested that we call her. She called Pooja and I auditioned her. And that was it!"<ref name="auto4"/>

Veteran actor [[Kabir Bedi]] was signed as the primary villain,<ref name=":1" /> backed by [[Arunoday Singh]] as the younger villain.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-arunoday-singh-turns-villian-2056301 |title=Arunoday Singh turns {{sic|villian |nolink=y}} {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=29 January 2015|language=en-US|access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref>

For supporting roles, casting director Nalini Rathnam wanted to bring in newer and fresh faces, even from non-Hindi speaking regions.<ref name="auto4"/> As the director explained this process, "All kinds of actors, including seasoned actors, never get a chance to come to Mumbai or they don't want to as they are happy in their own space. So there is a different kind of freshness there to get them on board. I did this in ''Lagaan'' and ''Jodhaa Akbar''. In this film too, I wanted to get some fresh actors, so I have [[Diganta Hazarika]], who is a well-known [[Assamese people|Assamese]] actor. It is a time-consuming process but the payoff big."<ref name="auto4"/>

Since action and romance were key to his story, [[perfectionism (psychology)|perfectionist]] Gowariker went to great lengths in casting to ensure his vision reaches the screen. For example, for one specific action sequence, the director auditioned nearly 300 candidates before finally casting the two giant barbarian fighters who are more than 7 feet tall, in order to make the sequence thrilling and visually appealing when presented to the audience opposite his 6-foot-tall hero.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/300-men-were-auditioned-for-an-action-sequence-in-mohenjo-daro-hindi-news-163381.html |title=IndiaGlitz – 300 men were auditioned for an action sequence in Mohenjo Daro – Bollywood Movie News |date=16 July 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/300-men-were-auditioned-for-an-action-sequence-in-mohenjo-daro-hindi-news-163381.html |title=OMG! 'Mohenjo Daro' auditioned 300 men for an action sequence |date=16 July 2016 |website=IndiaGlitz|access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref>

To populate his recreation of the ancient city, Gowariker naturally required a huge number of non-actors as extras. With the full cooperation of the Bhuj [[Panchayati raj in India|panchayat]] or community council, the filmmakers hosted full-fledged auditions for all the local residents. Many of those seen on-screen in cityscapes and group scenes throughout ''Mohenjo Daro'' are the real-life local citizens of Bhuj.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://businessofcinema.com/bollywood_news/hrithik-roshans-mohenjo-daro-experience-shooting-bhuj/336457 |title=Hrithik Roshan's Mohenjo Daro Experience Of Shooting in Bhuj |date=28 July 2016 |agency=BusinessofCinema News Network|access-date=9 August 2016 }}</ref>

===Pre-production===

Construction of the primary outdoor sets to be used in recreating the ancient city duly commenced in [[Bhuj|Bhuj, Gujarat]], near where Gowariker had shot his earlier film, ''[[Lagaan]]'' (2001).<ref name="auto5">Producer Sunita Gowariker interview with Indian film industry trade journal Box Office India at http://boxofficeindia.co.in/always-said-mohenjo-daro-make-believe-world/</ref>

As AGPPL producer Sunita Gowariker recounted their initial dialogue when Ashutosh decided ''Mohenjo Daro'' as his next project, her immediate response was that the city does not exist any more, how would they shoot the film. To which Ashutosh responded: "We put up the whole city!"<ref name="auto5"/> The film sets ultimately built to recreate the ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro spanned more than 25 acres.<ref name="auto6">Ashutosh Gowariker & Pooja Hegde interview with Indian film industry trade journal Box Office India at http://boxofficeindia.co.in/old-world-charm/</ref>

Painstaking effort was made to ensure accuracy of the city's film set construction, matching its proportions and architecture to the actual archaeological ruins. The famous [[Great Bath, Mohenjo-daro|Great Bath]], for instance, is built to scale,<ref name="auto6"/> as are the houses in the film.<ref name="auto6"/> To quote lead actress Pooja Hegde, "The sets were so detailed that once we stepped onto them, you were enveloped by the ambience. Ashu sir's detailing is so great that if there's a ''mashal'', the wall behind it would be blackened to resemble soot. Whenever I stepped onto the sets, I automatically got into the mood ... Ashu sir made you feel like you were already there."<ref>Ashutosh Gowariker & Pooja Hegde interview with Indian film industry trade journal Box Office India at http://boxofficeindia.co.in/old-world-charm</ref>

However, construction was delayed in mid-September 2014, when workers belonging to [[Federation of Western India Cine Employees|Allied Mazdoor Union and Film Studio Setting]] refused to complete the [[pre-production]] work, alleging non-payment of their regular expenses and remuneration. In response to this stalled situation, Gowariker took a legal route and [[Lawsuit|lodged a complaint]] with the Indian Film and Television Producers' Council accusing the members of stalling work that would result in losses to the company. Lawrence D'Souza, the executive producer of the film, maintained that though their payments were ready, the remote filming locations of Bhuj delayed the reception of the same.<ref name="shoot1">{{cite web |title=Ashutosh Gowariker files complaint against union members for disrupting shoot |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2651027/Ashutosh-Gowariker-files-complaint-against-union-members-for-disrupting-shoot |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925084524/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/2651027/Ashutosh-Gowariker-files-complaint-against-union-members-for-disrupting-shoot |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 September 2014 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |access-date=27 September 2014 |date=23 September 2014}}</ref>

[[Ayananka Bose]] had originally been signed as the cinematographer. When the film was delayed, he took up other projects as he was paid on a [[Project management|project-to-project]] basis. Bose failed to join the discussions prior to filming and requested Gowariker to be allowed to join the set directly after he was done with his other commitments. A displeased Gowariker replaced Bose with [[C. K. Muraleedharan]].<ref>{{cite web |title='Mohenhjo Daro' DOP fired for taking up other projects during film's delay |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150129/entertainment-bollywood/article/mohenhjo-daro-dop-fired-taking-other-projects-during-films |work=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |access-date=2 February 2015 |date=2 February 2015}}</ref>

The initial outdoor schedule of principal photography had been projected to begin in November 2014. However, further delay occurred when lead actor Hrithik Roshan injured his shoulder during training in late October 2014. Because ''Mohenjo Daro'' was a physically demanding film with challenging action sequences that were to be shot starting with the very first schedule, and no body doubles were to be used, Gowariker postponed the shoot for six weeks, until January 2015. Confirming this delay, Sunita Gowariker stated, "Ashutosh and I want Hrithik to recuperate fully before beginning the film, since we plan to start with action sequences. Now we will start shooting in the first week of January. It is important to us that Hrithik is 100% fit, and shifting the shooting dates by a few weeks makes a lot of sense."<ref>{{cite AV media |date=28 October 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuGXaueVOng |title=Hrithik Roshan's injury pushes Mohenjo Daro to January - TOI |publisher=[[Times of India]] |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129014221/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuGXaueVOng |archive-date=29 November 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Filming===
[[Principal photography]] commenced in [[Bhuj]] on 27 January 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-in-bhuj-to-start-shooting-for-mohejo-daro/ |title=Hrithik Roshan in Bhuj to shoot for 'Mohenjo Daro' |date=27 January 2015 |access-date=27 January 2015 |agency=Entertainment Feature Service |work=The Indian Express |place=New Delhi}}</ref> But the demanding action sequences needed by the film took a hard physical toll on the cast which resulted in delays due to injury, especially when an accident involved the lead actor, Hrithik Roshan, who was required for the maximum number of scenes. For instance, shooting was delayed for several days in March 2015, when Hrithik sprained his neck during a fight sequence.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/hindi/Hrithik-Roshan-injured-on-the-sets-of-Mohenjodaro/videoshow/46445467.cms |title=Hrithik Roshan injured on the sets of 'Mohenjodaro' |date=3 March 2016 |website=The Times of India|access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref> The first schedule of 101 days nonetheless wrapped up in Bhuj by 23 May 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=It's a wrap! Hrithik Roshan completes shooting for 'Mohenjo Daro' |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150523/entertainment-bollywood/article/its-wrap-hrithik-roshan-completes-shooting-mohenjo-daro |access-date=23 September 2015 |date=23 May 2015 |work=Deccan Chronicle |page=1}}</ref> In June 2015, Hrithik started training to fight with tigers in one of the sequences of the film.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-taking-training-to-fight-with-tigers-for-mohenjo-daro/ |title=Hrithik Roshan to train to fight with tigers for 'Mohenjo Daro' |date=19 June 2015 |website=The Indian Express|access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-will-fight-tigers-in-mohenjo-daro-772515 |title=Hrithik Roshan Will Fight Tigers in Mohenjo Daro |date=17 June 2015 |publisher=NDTV|access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref> A second, shorter outdoor schedule resumed in Bhuj in late summer and was completed by October 2015.

Another outdoor schedule of filming began in [[Jabalpur]] on 2 November 2015, where a fight sequence with [[crocodile]]s was completed on the banks of river [[Narmada]] at [[Bhedaghat]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/mohenjo-daro-leaked-pictures-show-hrithik-roshan-20-feet-long-crocodile-movie-set-photos-653055 |title=Mohenjo Daro: Leaked Pictures show Hrithik Roshan with 20 feet-long crocodile on movie set |date=3 November 2015 |website=International Business Times|access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/hrithik-asks-fans-to-maintain-decorum-in-jabalpur-115110201137_1.html |title=Hrithik asks fans to maintain decorum in Jabalpur |date=2 November 2015 |website=Business Standard|access-date=4 November 2015}}</ref>

In December 2015, the next schedule began at [[Film City, Mumbai|Film City]] in Mumbai, where most interior sets used for the film had been constructed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/Shaandar-to-Raees-First-looks-that-impressed/Revealed-Hrithiks-first-look-from-Mohenjo-Daro/photostory/50180778.cms |title=Revealed: Hrithik's first look from 'Mohenjo Daro' |date=22 January 2016 |website=The Times of India |page=18|access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref> Unfortunately, however, an on-set accident during an action sequence in January 2016 tore two ligaments and severely sprained the ankle of lead actor Hrithik Roshan, which kept him home on crutches and doctor-ordered bed rest for two whole months before primary photography could resume in late March.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Post-injury-Hrithik-Roshan-to-resume-shooting/articleshow/51395558.cms |title=Post injury, Hrithik Roshan to resume shooting |website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref>

On 4 April 2016, the crew filmed the climax of the film at China Creek in [[Thane]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/entertainment/bollywood/When-Hrithik-lost-his-cool-over-a-pic/articleshow/51688739.cms |title=When Hrithik lost his cool over a pic |date=5 April 2016 |website=Mumbai Mirror|access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref> Principal photography of ''Mohenjo Daro'' finally wrapped on 8 April 2016.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}<!-- WP:RS needed; removed link to WP:SPS (Twitter, FB, WP)--><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1082202/mohenjo-daro-to-hit-screens-on-august-12/ |title='Mohenjo Daro' to hit screens on August 12 – The Express Tribune |date=10 April 2016 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en-US|access-date=11 April 2016}}</ref>

===Post-production===

Post-production of ''Mohenjo Daro'' was supervised by Gowariker in conjunction with editor Sandeep Francis. Sound re-recording was performed at Futureworks by Justin Jose K. according to the sound design by Parikshit Lalwani and Kunal Mehta. Digital intermediate was done by Prime Focus colorist Makarand Surte. Visual effects were completed by the firm Drishyam VFX under the guidance of VFX consultant [[Karen Goulekas]] in conjunction with VFX supervisor Govardhan Vigraham.<ref name="UTV Motion Pictures"/>

India's [[Central Board of Film Certification]] cleared ''Mohenjo Daro'' for release without any cuts, awarding it a "U/A" certificate.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jha |first=Subhash K |date=1 August 2016 |title=Kisses Uncut: Mohenjo Daro gets passed by Censor Board without any cut! |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-kisses-uncut-mohenjo-daro-gets-passed-by-censor-board-without-any-cut-2239835 |access-date=9 August 2016 |newspaper=DNA India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shetty |first=Akshata |date=1 August 2016 |title=Mohenjo Daro passed with U/A certificate: Is CBFC partial towards Hrithik Roshan starrer? |url=http://www.india.com/showbiz/mohenjo-daro-passed-with-ua-certificate-is-cbfc-partial-towards-hrithik-roshan-starrer-1373971/ |access-date=9 August 2016 |publisher=India.com}}</ref>

=== Accusations of plagiarism ===
On 3 August 2016, the Bombay High Court rejected allegations by [[Akashaditya Lama]] that Gowariker had plagiarised his script, and also "... imposed exemplary and punitive costs of Rs. 150,000 against Lama for putting false allegations and harassing makers of the film. The court has also slammed Lama for giving interviews, media articles and related material put on social media to harass the director and other stars of the film."<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://businessofcinema.com/bollywood_news/court-decision-revealed-on-hrithik-roshans-mohenjo-daro-script-copied/338298 |title=Court Decision Revealed On Hrithik Roshan's Mohenjo Daro Script Copied |date=3 August 2016 |website=Businessofcinema.com |access-date=9 August 2016 }}</ref> Gowariker donated the entire fine received (approx. $2,246) to the [[Naam Foundation]], a charity to benefit [[Maharashtra]]'s drought-hit farmers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodmantra.com/news/mohenjo-daro-not-plagiarised-court-imposes-fine-on-petitioner/22865/ |title='Mohenjo Daro' not plagiarised; Court imposes fine on petitioner }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodmantra.com/news/mohenjo-daro-not-plagiarised-court-imposes-fine-on-petitioner/22865/ |title='Mohenjo Daro' not plagiarised; Court imposes fine on petitioner |last=Das |first=Sheela |date=3 August 2016 |website=Bollywood Mantra|access-date=9 August 2016}}</ref>