Police help Ashutosh Gowarikar as group of villagers protest


Bhuj, DeshGujarat

Mohenjo-Daro-Hindi-Film-Ashutosh-Gowarikar

Bollywood film director Ashutosh Gowarikar who has made successful films like Lagaan and Jodha Akbar paid another visit to Kutch before his next film Mohenjo-daro goes on floor here.

Mohenjo-daro is a love story set in the Indus Valley Civilization.Its shooting is going to take place in Kunariya village of Kutch district of Gujarat where Ashutosh has earlier also filmed his Oscar nominated movie Lagaan.

Installation of set for Mohenjo-daro is going on in Kunariya village for about last two months.

During his latest visit to Kunaria, Ashutosh faced protest from a group of local villagers. It was Kutch police that intervened and sorted out the issue.

Locals complained that due to film set, the road connecting Zinkdi and Traya villages has been closed.Moreover the film unit has closed entry to shooting location from 2 kms distance, because of which cattle are unable to graze. Villagers also complained that film set is being erected on the land beyond permitted survey numbers.

This dispute between a group of villagers and film unit was resolved by local police team led by DySP Patel who convinced and cooled down the villagers. Patel said the dispute is over and set erection work has resumed. He said villagers will cooperate with film unit, as government has granted permission for shooting and set installation.

Hrithik Roshan and Pooja Hegde are main stars of this film.


Background:

Mohenjo Daro is an upcoming Hindi romantic adventure film directed by Ashutosh Gowariker and produced by Ashutosh Gowariker Productions and Disney India.The film features Hrithik Roshan and Pooja Hegde in the lead roles and marks Gowariker’s second collaboration with Roshan and Disney India. The film is set in the era of the Indus Valley civilization that dates back to 2600 BCE. The film score is composed by A. R. Rahman. The film is scheduled for a worldwide release on January 22, 2016. Principal photography commenced in Bhuj, Gujarat by mid-September 2014. In the same month, the filming was stalled for three days as the workers belonging to Allied Mazdoor Union and Film Studio Setting refused to complete the work. The general secretary of the union mentioned that their members had been on the set for more than a month but their payment of their regular expenses and remuneration was not done and hence, stopped the work. To this stalled situation, Ashutosh Gowariker decided to take the legal route and lodged a complaint with the ‘Indian Film and Television Producers Council’ accusing the members of stalling work that would result losses to the company. Lawrence D’Souza, executive producer of the film maintained that though their payments were ready, the remote filming locations of Bhuj delayed the reception of the same.

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