Ashutosh Gowariker's latest project 'Mohenjo Daro' is yet another period drama, though this time, he went a little bit too ancient. Set in the Indus Valley Civilization that dates back to 2000 BC, the film stars Hrithik Roshan and Pooja Hegde. The model-turned-actress Pooja Hegde shared the first look from her Bollywood debut.

Bollywood is not new to historical inaccuracies as has been pointed out by the audience time and again. The same was true for 'Mohenjo Daro'. Twitter user Ruchika Sharma (‏@tishasaroyan), in a series of 6 tweets destroyed the faulty research done before creating the look for Pooja Hegde's character 'Chaani' in the movie. From stereotypical portrayal of the tribal culture in India, to the highly conspicuous presence of hieroglyphics in the background, she pointed out several glaring flaws in the poster. Here are the tweets:

Boss, what sick orientalism is this? Who told them that Harappans had these feathers in their hair? pic.twitter.com/PY8SmdlPnE — Ruchika Sharma (@tishasaroyan) June 16, 2016

I'm really done with Bollywood depicting tribal/clannish societies in such stereotypical terms, feathers in their hair, paint on their faces — Ruchika Sharma (@tishasaroyan) June 16, 2016

I mean, there are literally hundreds of terracotta figurines depicting Harappan women. Take a cue? — Ruchika Sharma (@tishasaroyan) June 16, 2016

Also, in all probability the Harappans were dark complexioned. Yeh kya fair and lovely bias hai? — Ruchika Sharma (@tishasaroyan) June 16, 2016

Everyone knows the the (migrating) Aryans had a fair complexion.Not the Harappans. But fair is all that works for BTown.Thoroughly disgusted — Ruchika Sharma (@tishasaroyan) June 16, 2016