Rustom has emerged victorious in the clash against Mohenjo Daro. The industry is celebrating – because niche films like ‘Rustom’ do not usually achieve the kind of success that the crime-thriller has.
Akshay Kumar is getting all the accolades, not just for the success of his film, but also for the film-choices that he has made in the recent past.
All well deserved.
But while one camp is rejoicing, let’s take a moment to reflect on the pain that the makers of Mohenjo Daro are going through. Almost all films and actors have faced rejection at some point in their career, but a film like Mohenjo Daro probably hurts more than others.
2 years of hard, tons of research, sleepless nights, the lead star of the film battling through a personal low during the shooting schedule and suffered several injuries. The rest of the cast and crew also worked tirelessly in extremely difficult conditions to shoot for the film.
All of that meant nothing as Mohenjo Daro was rejected on the first day itself. The footfalls (tickets sold) of the film will be the lowest for a Hrithik Roshan starrer in a long long time. More than the audience rejecting the film, what’ll really hurt everyone involved is the fact that majority of the audience did not even watch the film. That’s the least that you expect after all the struggle – a fair chance for your film. Mohenjo Daro did not even get that.
Hrithik’s presence ensured a face-saving total, without which Mohenjo Daro could well have been a ‘Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey’ for Ashutosh Gowariker.
Where does the acclaimed director of a Oscar nomination film go from here, that too after three back-to-back failures? Will Pooja Hegde get another chance? Will Hrithik make a strong comeback with Kaabil? These are some of the many questions that’ll be asked in the next few days.
Gowarikar made huge mistake by picking some one like Pooja Hegde in a magnum opus like Mohenjo Daro, She is below average both in looks as well as in acting skills, Even those actresses who worked in daily soap would have done better job than Pooja Hegde, Gowarikar should go with a Known face rather than a debutant. Also villian choice is not that great Kabir Bedi’s time is over, u would have to go with someone like Niketan Dhir, Problem with Gowarikar is he is trying to copy S.S.Rajamouli, Just look at VFX of Baahubali, U will realized what type of crap VFX u have used in u’r 2rs Magnum opus, u’r movie was not even comparable with SLB’s crap BM and u’r dreaming of matching the feet of Baahubali, Music is the one of the most disappointing thing of Mohenjo Daro, A R Rahman’s time is over too. Last but not the least Release Period, I must say Gowarikar has no knowledge how to market a movie, Really you had choose Independence weekend for such a expensive movie, Hats off man ! Any sensible producer will go with Diwali release coz EID and Xmas both acquired by Megastars and no body have guts to face them, So you would have to book Diwali for Mohenjo Daro so it would have been a treat for moviegoers to enjoy 2 Magnum opus like Shivaay and Mohenjo Daro on a long weekend like Diwali….!
Peoples don’t want hard works they just want to get entertain and mohenjo team failed to do that simple and straight point made best got best
Salute to Akshay Sir for making Rustom
Wishing good luck to HR for his next
HR can make a comeback anytime, Pooja Hedge is gone like other Ashutosh discoveries (namely Gracy Singh & Gayatri joshi).
But HR has been a let down for his fans for a really long time, he doesn’t command a humongous fan following either his films cater to critics (like guzaarish and kites) or they are crappy masala like Bang Bang… He’s missing the bull’s eye, His last wholesome entertainer was Agneepath…
Hrithik Will Be BackWith a Bang ..
Happiness is Hrithik failing Srk will no destroy him like no one else even worst than this!!
I suggest you cry anuradha
Its really sad that other fanbase are celebrating the failure of Mohenjodaro. Even their idols will be ashamed seeing them doing this. Just imagine u do all the hardwork in a project and it gets rejected. how will u feel??
Hrithik and the whole team, dont get upset.. it happens in this cruel world.
And for hrithik fans, hold patience.. the greek god will come back very strongly..i have full faith on him.. industry mein jis jis ne thokar mara hai, sab ek din hrithik k talwe chatenge aur kahenge u r the best… just a matter of time kyun ki samay badalte der nahi lagti.. so Patience.. #kaabil is coming..
Feeling sad for the whole team..but that’s what life is all about.. You will fall and you will have to rise again
@Indicine
Yesterday sanjay gupta confirmed Kaabil for 26th jan with a poster
And ritesh sidhwani confirmed Raees for 26th jan
What according to u will happen on 26th??
Both will clash or 1 will move????
People do face failures. Greatest of actors/directors have gone through it. I personally think that you people are making it look like a much bigger failure than what it actually is. Greatest Directors like Alfred Hitchcock was written off before PSYCHO. Steven Spielberg was criticized after MINORITY REPORT. Tom Cruise’s movie was not even crossing 100 million dollars till EDGE OF TOMORROW. Some people are above box office collections and they have nothing to prove. Please Understand this.
PS: I am not a HR or AG fan, but I have respect for what they are.
@Indicine Please Don’t mention Rustom as niche film. It is the worst Akshay kumar Film if you compare it with Baby, airlift, Special 26 and because of those films there was huge hype for Rustom, but Rustom is Directorial Failure. It won the Box Office because of existence of AK & Exceptionally well Marketing. If similar Buzz was for Mohenjodaro too, Rustom would have ended it’s Lifetime at 50Cr. because Audience would have chosen MD in that case.
Reason for Failure of MD is Lack of interest due to worst Marketing.
Mohenjodaro is Far better than Rustom in Performances, Story, Scripting, Screenplay, Direction.
Rustom only has 3 good performances. AK as Rustom, Rustom’s Servant (barely 5 Min’s Role) & Newspaper Owner.
Mohenjodaro is All good.
@indicine why don’t you change ur site to hrithikicine seriously every films flop hurt the everyone and mahenjodaaro is not the first film to be flop after 2 years of hardwork before that mangal pandey failed where it was not just 2 years’s hardwork but 4 years,mausam failed where it was also 2 years hard work but you never wrote on article on that stop trying to give sympathy by giveing all these lame excuse personal life PR injury or whatever.
forgot to mention ever ra.one and Bombay velvet also 2 years of hard work failed so stop giviyexcuses for mahenjodaaro only
hrithik’s statement about rustom needing help is the reason
#Mohenjodaro just 1 word loved it… definitely most of the fans like me expected a lot better because we know our hero has a lot more potential n talent and the kind of hardwork he puts in..,he deserves much better outcome…but but destiny depends on various other factor,luck etc..this time it was not his side…
my hero will shine again…. # HrithikRoshan …..eagerly waiting for #kaabil now…
Salman fans want a clash between raees & kaabil(which most likely will happen). IMO raees should postpone to Eid & clash with Salman(as this time there is no yrf or any srk’s friends on opposite side). Now if raees turns out to be a bad film, tubelight will destroy it but if raees turns out to be a better film than tubelight, then it will win the lifetime clash thus giving a chance for Srk to snatch eid from Salman in future years & also giving confidence to other actors to clash with Salman. If Srk has any desire of reclaiming #1 spot, he should stop clashing with other actors & clash only with Salman. Srk should stop making haters out of other actor’s fans & target only the current #1 star which is salman.
It is actually sad when such things happen.
But, as someone already put up the point, it has happened many times to other director and actors.
It is how movie world work sometimes, all research goes for a toss if you don’t have a good script to connect with the audience.
The movie i guess was not rejected because of costumes or historical inaccuracies. It was rejected because of lack of good script.
There are many instances when people ignore movie mistakes or historical inaccuracies, but when you are unable to connect to the audience with the overall package, no matter how accurate you are with the era you try to depict, it is more likely to fail.
Ashutosh is a good director, and Lagaan is a masterpiece. I did not like any of his other films, as it lacked good script and the connect was missing.
He needs to work on that aspect. In Lagaan he had the brilliant support of Aamir, from scripting stage to the final post production work. May be he is lacking a good support team that helps him out in this area.
It could also be a possibility that he is weighed down by his own expectation after the sheer success of Lagaan on international levels.
May be he is the same boat like Ramesh Sippy was after Sholay. The expectation from that guy was so huge that he failed to meet it each and every single time, though he did give decent films after that.
Whatever it is, wishing Ashutosh all the best for this future movies.
Whatever the did for 2 years,it didnt show up in the final product and thats what matters.
say clearly na your ass is buring due to success of rustom aka akki …..
wanna burnol phattu ……
where are you at the time of cc2c joker outimd you hypocrite ……….
always remember akki is akki was akki will always ahead of hr sala phuddu
Now people have suddenly given accuses
When Fan flopped everyone said that main reason was lack of Stardom
If Raees vs Kaabil takes place all fanbase will support HRo as they did to Bajirao Mastani
Reason may be Srkians in social media. They have tendency to fight with every other fanbase and also the verge SRK is in, anyone anytime can overtake him
hell yes
Hrithik will shine n rise again
one flop is not going to effect him that much
but yes he should do more movies per year
he is a class actor and will always be :)
Mohenja daro just 5 min fight sequence with bakar n zakr is better n havey on whole rustom movie I don’t know why rustom works there is nothing boring movie I love Hollywood n korean movies n I must say in mohenjo daro at least there is something new from pathetic no logic Bollywood movies
So funny shen someone said all people in Industry try to bring MJ down, as well as medias, bla bla. LOL not all audiences are stupid to be affected like that.
Everyone has their own bad days.. So maybe this time is HR’s turn. Don’t worry too much.. He’s still rich, live well with his kids, and has upcoming movies.
IF MJD was an Akki film and it did this bad Indicine would have declared it an all time disaster and written 100s articles about how Akshay was responsible for the failure.
Giving too much sympathy and shielding to Hrithik and not acknowledging Akki for whatever reasons,please stop both
@You supported SRK during Sultan & Raees clash (actually it didn’t happen) and now u supported HR in Rustom vs MJ….. but everyone want to know “Whom will u support during Kaabil vs Raees ?” Plz let us know that….
For me all that mattered was hrithik’s marvellous acting, and a never seen before story of pre-historic era which was enough to satisfy than stupid overrated box office which no one will remember. MD is a classic and hatts of to the hard work and dedication of the whole team. As far as clash is concerned, everyone knows that a certain small film luckily benefitted by cashing on making headlines and making their film hot news by clashing with a. Superstar movie. Chustom is the perfect example of how a small film featuring a non superstar can also get lucky and win of the mighty opponent’s product doesn’t appeal to wide audience. MD was not meant for every mass audience and it had its own audience. Poor trailer and VFX affected the buzz. Otherwise it was always much bigger movie than chustom. One clash winning with fluke can never make a small actor like joker a bigger star than established superstar like hrithik roshan. There are only 4 superstars. Hrithik roshan and khans. If joker was in MD then MD’s life time collections would have been lower than 10 cr which means only single digit and same as the opening of MD with hrithik. But guess what? If superstar hrithik roshan was in Rustom then opening would have been more than 25 cr and life time would have been 190 cr. That’s the difference between superstar and non superstar actor. One film can not affect hrithik. Kaabil will be blockbuster and beat the shit out of jolly llb, Crack and ikka.
Noone believes this crap about 2 yrs of research that should have resulted in a near factual reenactment of historical events. In todays times people cant agree on what Jesus was doing here 2000 yrs ago ie was he a prophet, jewish peasant, slave, or the Son of God so were we really gonna believe one hit wonder Ashutoshs nonsense about alien Maanvar Ritik being the saviour of Maanvar Province or the destroyer of that beautiful peaceful maanvar civilisation….? I think we all know the answer n some knew it right away after seeing that athetic trailer.
Such films should instead be marketed as fantasy films thus not giving audiences and preconceived ideas /notions of what is going to be showcased…! Reducing expectations n then possible deliver an experience like Baahubali…!
This is due 2 salman spreading negativity jealous boy.
@Fasal Kela ha ha ha for a movement i couldn’t stop laughing at your stupidity. You jerk included dhobi ghat for Aamir where Aamir didn’t have a significant role and he was not a lead. Still you included that. You jerk, then same way you should include Billups barber and dulha mil gaya for srk’s rejected movie.
Then it will be like this.
2009-2016
Aamir
Hrithik
Akshay
Ajay
Srk
Salman.