INDIAMASALA
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Aśoka

अशोका

Hindi · 2001 · 169 min · biography, drama, period drama

Directed by Santosh Sivan — Shah Rukh Khan · Danny Denzongpa · Ajith Kumar · Hrishitaa Bhatt · Johnny Lever · Suresh Menon · Shwetha Menon · Suresh Oberoi · Subhashini Ali · Gayatri Jayaraman · Gerson da Cunha · Umesh Mehra · Kareena Kapoor · Vineet Kumar Sharma · Mithilesh Chaturvedi · Karan Dewani · Rahul Dev · Raghubir Yadav

This 2001 Hindi historical drama, directed by Santosh Sivan, dramatizes the youth of the future Mauryan emperor Ashoka, played by Shah Rukh Khan. It follows his rise as a skilled but conflict-prone prince who is sent away from the royal court, falls in love while traveling incognito, suffers personal tragedy, and becomes hardened through battle and loss before eventually remarrying and returning to the capital. The story sets up his path toward the empire's brutal campaign against Kalinga.

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