Sarman attempts to sneak away to the city at night with his friend Hojo (Umang Vyas), but is caught by Durjan, who relents and allows both friends to go. He asks his uncle, Durjan ( Nitish Bharadwaj), to allow him to go to Mohenjo Daro to trade their family's goods, but his uncle refuses. Sarman kills a crocodile that has been terrorizing his village's fishermen and is hailed as a hero. The film opens in 2016 BCE with Sarman ( Hrithik Roshan), a young man from the village of Amri, who lost his parents at a young age. 5.1 Locarno International Film Festival.Mohenjo Daro marks the last film production of UTV Motion Pictures, as after the film, there are only two Disney releases, Dangal and Jagga Jasoos, which marked producer Kapur's final projects under Disney-UTV before his contract with the company lapsed on 1 January 2017. The film was released worldwide on 12 August 2016, and received generally mixed or negative reviews from critics, and is considered to be a major box office flop. Rahman with lyrics penned by Javed Akhtar. The score and soundtrack are composed by A. The film was shot in Bhuj and Mumbai with brief schedules in Bhedaghat ( Jabalpur) and Thane. Gowariker took over three years to research and develop the script, working closely with archaeologists to ensure authenticity in the representation of his fictional story. Set in 2016 BC at the height of Indus Valley Civilization, the story follows a farmer Sarman (Hrithik Roshan), who travels to the city of Mohenjo Daro and falls in love with a high-status woman (Pooja Hegde), and who must then challenge the city's elite, and fight against overwhelming odds to save their civilization. It is a cinematic presentation based on the ancient Indus Valley civilization, and its city Mohenjo-daro, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Produced by Siddharth Roy Kapur for UTV Motion Pictures and The Walt Disney Company India and Sunita Gowariker for Ashutosh Gowariker Productions (AGPPL), and featuring Hrithik Roshan and Pooja Hegde in the lead roles. Mohenjo Daro is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language period action-comedy film written and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker.