Asoka

Anything with Hrishita in it - I'm interested in watching :)

Historic movie, tells about the fight for the thrown beween 2 brothers and a battle for cities With SRk and Kareena in main leads

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... Read more at imdb.com

While this engaging film wonderfully depicts the evolution of a young man into the ferocious killing machine emperor called ChandAshoka (Wild Ashoka) it pays little attention to the much more vital legacy as DharmAshoka (Faithful Ashoka). Cutting two songs, and... Read more at imdb.com

Asoka is a movie by acclaimed cinematographer and director Santosh Sivan, and it is clearly evident from his latest venture that he is about to change the celluloid world forever. The movie is an epic and the first example of... Read more at imdb.com

This movie is underrated and deserves more then the 6.8 from the users' rating here in IMDb. Shahrukh Khan is totally hot and perfect as Asoka, but I don't understand why so many people are saying bad things about the... Read more at imdb.com

It's really hard for me to evaluate Indian films. Although they appeal to me, I live in a world totally alien to theirs. What I see as a film being interrupted by unnecessary music videos, they might see as the... Read more at imdb.com

Likeable, but long, quasi drama, quasi musical with a little comedy thrown in about intrigues of a family of an Indian Raj. This won't be everybody's cup, but if you stay with it, the story delivers a satisfying conclusion.The actors... Read more at imdb.com

ASOKA is a simple tale of sibling rivalry at its most heinous in a battle for the throne, filial duty, plus boy-meets-girl/boy-loses-girl etc, and how a conqueror realizes he has gained nothing by his brutality, and thereafter embarks on a... Read more at imdb.com

the film revolves around a real life incident of India's ancient emperor Asoke the great.the beginning of the film is simply marvelous, with the emperor Chandragupta Mauriya, renouncing the throne and advising the young prince Asoka not to use the... Read more at imdb.com

Everything about this film is great fun--and if you warm to the style and feel of it all, it's surprisingly moving too. The story is terrific, and extremely well told by director-cowriter Sivan (The Terrorist). ... Full Review

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The Terrorist director Santosh Sivan uses two of Bollywoods biggest young stars, Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor, for this lavish biopic of the legendary Emperor Asoka, a warrior leader who renounced violence and converted to Buddhism. ... Full Article

Plot Charts the bloody rise and remorseful fall of Emperor Asoka in third century BC.Review Santosh Sivan first caught the eye of the UK arthouse audience with his astonishingly visual film, The Terrorist. ... Full Article