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Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   2,484 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Saket Chaudhary (screenplay)
Santosh Sivan (screenplay)
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Release Date:
26 October 2001 (India) more
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
Plot:
The Epic tale of King Asoka's life. full summary | add synopsis
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2 wins & 17 nominations more
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(8 articles)
Shahrukh Khan in a Tamil movie?
 (From indicine. 15 June 2009, 10:34 AM, PDT)

Anything For Shah Rukh: Santosh Sivan
 (From RealBollywood. 25 February 2009, 2:45 AM, PST)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Shahrukh Khan ... Asoka
Kareena Kapoor ... Kaurwaki (as Karriena Kapoor)
Danny Denzongpa ... Virat
Rahul Dev ... Bheema
Hrishitaa Bhatt ... Devi
Gerson Da Cunha ... King Bindusara (as Gerson da' Cunha)
Subhashini Ali ... Dharma (as Subhashini)
Umesh Mehra ... Emperor Chadragupta
Sooraj Balaji ... Prince Aryan
Johnny Lever ... Magadha soldier
Raghuvir Yadav ... Magadha soldier
Suresh Menon ... Magadha soldier
Ajith ... Susima (as Ajit Kumar)
Shilpa Mehta ... Queen (Susima's mother) (as Shilpa A. Mehta)
Rajlaxmi R. Roy ... Bar Girl (Aa Tayar Ho Ja)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Ashoka the Great (India: English title) (USA)
Samrat Ashoka (India: Tamil title) (dubbed version)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence.
Runtime:
169 min (International version) | 180 min (uncut version) | UK:176 min | USA:155 min (director's cut)
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Shahrukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor had to undergo training in sword fighting for their roles. more
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References The Patriot (2000) more
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San Sanana more

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14 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
Spectacular Epic, 17 July 2006
10/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In India, about 260 BC in the Empire of Magadha, the Prince Asoka (Shah Rukh Khan) survives to many betrayals of his brothers, leaded by the evil Susima (Ajit Kumar), who wants to kill him to inherit the throne. Asoka's mother orders him to leave Magadha to save his life, and while traveling, he meets Princess Kaurwaki (Karriena Kapoor) and her brother, Prince Aryan (Sooraj Balaji) from Kalinga, who are undercover and protected by General Bheema (Rahul Dev). Asoka and Kaurwaki falls in love for each other, but the mother of Asoka calls him back to Magadha. When he returns to Kaurwaki, he does not find her, since she was attacked by traitors of Kalinga and was hidden in the house of a loyal vassal. When Asoka's mother is killed by a man of Susima, Asoka becomes mad, kills all his evil brothers but Sugatra, who escapes to Kalinga. Asoka decides to conquer Kalinga, but in the end, he concludes that he has not built an empire, but conquered only corpses and destroyed everything, and he decides to spread love and the Buddhism with his son and his daughter.

"Asoka" is a spectacular epic from Bolywood. In Brazil, there are very few Indian movies released on DVD, but all of them are excellent. "Asoka" is one of the best, with a beautiful romance, very dramatic situations and great actions scenes, and a touching conclusion. The actress Karriena Kapoor is extremely beautiful and sexy, and has a great chemistry with Shah Rukh Khan. The boy Sooraj Balaji has a great performance in the role of a prince. Unfortunately the lyrics of the songs have not been translated in the Brazilian DVD. From other Bolywood movies, I am sure that the songs are very important, since they always tell something about the feelings of the characters in that moment. By the way, the music score is excellent. My vote is ten.

Title (Brazil): "Asoka"

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