Can You Guess What Is Common Between Lagaan And Mohenjo Daro?
Updated : August 30, 2016 06:05 PM IST
A LOT!
1. Both films are set up in fictitious villages!
2. Both Have CREEPY visual similarities!
Bhuvan is introduced in the film with a sequence of deer, whom he is trying to save from Gunshots. Whereas Mohenjo Daro starts with a shot of a unicorn drinking water from a river. Errr... It took 15 years for Mr. Gowariker to take the leap from Deer to unicorns, impressive. At least someone came up with a different imagination. (Sigh)
3. Bhuvan and Sharman both are rebels who just have to get the goats of powerful people.
Both are the brave, rustic heroes rolled in bronzers who play the role of good samaritans saving the day. While Bhuvan is the village's favourite guy, Sharman is a traveller who also happens to be the most handsome man around. The rhyme in their names also reflects in the way they willingly take up challenges just so that justice is restored. Whoa!
4. Lagaan and Mohenjo Daro, both are about how to get rid of taxes.
Yeah, it's not the entire story, obviously. Like if the directors really worry about taxes and the oppression of people going on, how would they put in songs and drama which will make people hoot? So yeah basically, just like Lagaan was a movie about cricket, Mohenjo Daro is about History. But the cue in both films is the tax. Bhuvan stands up against the British oppressors so that they exempt the village Champaner from Taxes, and similarly, Sharman stands up against the Chief of Mohenjo Daro (Maham) because he decided to put more taxes on people from the lower city. Bhuvan and Sharman both lead the anti-tax takedown of the government. (Yayyy! Who knew politics could be interesting in films, eh?)
5. The villains are a tad too similar as well!
6. Both give you the feel of Deja Vu when you watch them one after the other!
In Lagaan, Bhuvan stands up and claims "To fir alag alag saari ungliyan ki mutthi ban jaayi Mukhiya JI" when asked about how will he fight to remit the taxes. Eerie similarity can be spotted in the film Mohenjo Daro when Hrithik (Sharman) stands up in the same fashion and claims "Jo ungliyaan khuli thin, unhein mutthi banane ka samay aa gaya hai".
I mean, leave out the visual similarities, even the dialogues ring the same bell.
The language in Lagaan is a mix of Bhojpuri, Avadhi and Hindi. Which is not authentic, but understandable for the audience. Also, in Mohenjo Daro, the first few minutes are spent in incomprehensible language which then turns into a concoction of something really close to the rural dialects spoken in parts of UP and Bihar and Sanskritised Hindi. Just so you know, it contains words like 'Hamaalkhor' and 'Soon' (which means Sona = Gold. Okaaayyy then.)
Last but not the least, both films portray Ashutosh Gowariker's undying love for extremely bright teeth which stand out in the entire scenes of both the films.