Asoka (2001)
Genre Action, Drama, Romance
Movie Release Date 2001
Country India
Language Hindi
Audience Rating R
Running Time 155 mins
Format DVD
Color Color
IMDb Rating 6.8
Cast
Shahrukh Khan Asoka
Kareena Kapoor Kaurwaki
Danny Denzongpa Virat
Rahul Dev Bheema
Hrishitaa Bhatt Devi
Gerson Da Cunha King Bindusara
Subhashini Ali Dharma
Umesh Mehra Emperor Chadragupta
Sooraj Balaji Prince Aryan
Johnny Lever Magadha soldier
Crew
Director Santosh Sivan
Writer Saket Chaudhary
Writer Santosh Sivan
Producer Mark Burton
Producer Juhi Chawla
Plot
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. His mothers orders Asoka to leave Magadha, 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, he does not find Kaurwaki, who was attacked by traitors of Kalinga. 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
Special Features
Cast & Crew Bios
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Rating
Collection Status In Collection
Links IMDB
Edition Details
Format DVD
Region Region 2
Release Country UK
TV System PAL
No. of Disks/Tapes 1
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.77:1 (16:9)
Subtitles English; French
Audio Tracks HINDI: Dolby Digital Stereo
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer