Asoka (2001)
Review Summary: On the whole ASOKA will win critical acclaim and applause in the film festival circuit.
Average Critic Rating:
(3.64)
Cast:
Kareena Kapoor Khan
,
Shahrukh Khan
,
Hrishita Bhatt
,
Danny Denzongpa
,
Rahul Dev
,
Johny Lever
,
Raghuveer Yadav
,
Suresh Menon
,
Shweta Menon
,
Suresh Oberoi
,
Vineet Sharma
,
Mithilesh Chaturvedi
,
Suhas Joshi
,
Balakrishna
,
Umesh Mehra
,
Subhashini Ali
,
Suraj Balaje
,
Shilpa Mehta
,
Rajlaxmi K. Roy
,
Gayatri Jayaraman
,
Vivek Sharma
,
Usha Jejrani
,
N. Shyam Sunder
,
C.L. Gurnani
,
P. Mantu Mohapatra
,
Vasant G. Thate
,
Mehmood Khan
,
Darshan Kumar
,
Yash Kumar
,
Yogi Singh
,
Karan Dewani
,
Jitendra Shriamali
,
Monica Kale
,
Jeetendra Shastri
,
Yogesh Sharma
,
Arun Singh
,
Rajendra Mehra
,
Anu Ansari
,
Master Hardik
,
Anjan Ghosh
,
Ashok Mapara
,
Samir Sarkar
,
Milind Vereker
,
S. Krishna
,
Sanghamitra Jena
Director: Santosh Sivan
Release Date: 26 Oct 2001
Plot: The film chronicles the early part of the life of emperor Asoka. It begins with his career as a general in Taxila (modern-day Punjab ) and ends with the bloody conquest of the Kalinga country. Emperor Chandragupta Maurya, of the Maurya empire, has decided to embrace Jainism and abdicate the throne Read more