Asoka

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Asoka

R

2001

2h 38m

History

Drama

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In this biopic set before his rise to power, young Prince Asoka (Shahrukh Khan) works to perfect his skills in battle and also deals with family conflict. During a struggle with one of his step-brothers, his mother (Suraj Balaje) urges Asoka to escape to stay alive. While away, Asoka meets Kaurwaki (Kareena Kapoor) and falls in love, but must use his skills as a warrior to protect her. A dangerous and heartbreaking web of conspiracy follows, which leads Asoka to embrace a Buddhist path.

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Empire Magazine

Rated: 4/5

Dec 30, 2006

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Rachel Dwyer

Sight & Sound

This enthralling film deserves to realise Indian producers' longstanding dream of reaching an international audience.

Nov 6, 2001

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Neil Smith

BBC.com

If you leave your prejudices at the box office, you may find it rather invigorating -- if a little on the lengthy side.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 30, 2001

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Film Threat

Rated: 4/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Film Threat

Rated: 4/5

Aug 12, 2003

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Brian Mckay

eFilmCritic.com

Part historical epic, Part booty-shaking music video. While the musical segues could have ended up on the editing room floor, I've sat through worse things than Kareena Kapoor shaking her bootay.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 10, 2003

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Absolute Cult Classic : Overacting, masala script, weird action scenes, hilarious songs and item numbers. Could have been an epic historical piece, but thanks to almighty God, it turned out to be this cult classic. But no Indian movie could beat GUNDA... Asoka came close but the starcast gave it some aura but unfortunately took away some sheen from being in the league of GUNDA

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/25

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Makeyour L

Movie is very fantastic, honestly this movie is my favourite periodic movie of my life... And it is the best acting of srk of all movie ... Cinematography is brilliant obviously because directors himself.... It is brilliant movie 😁🎥... thanks for this movie santosh the Director...

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/21/25

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Yuvraj C

Asoka had a great story to tell but it was told such flat way that no character is get established. Director focuses lot on Asoka and Kaurawaki relationship which at times feels childish. Santosh Sivan as cinematographer does commendable job but as director he is not up to the mark, he tried to make pure bollywood entertainer which is the biggest flaw of the film. Shahrukh Khan as Asoka disappoints a lot all I could see is Shahrukh Khan playing Shahrukh Khan in ancient attires. Gulzar saab's lyrics doesn't fit to the era they seemed mismatch despite being well written songs.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/22/24

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Dan W

Might be interesting if you invest the time to watch the cartoons, but why would you do that?

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/20/24

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Audience Member

Perfect casting boring and uninteresting story.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/06/24

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Larry b

One of my favorite 3 Star Wars characters, seeing her and the Rebels cast in live action was a treat. Baylon was a treasure.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/19/24

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Synopsis

In this biopic set before his rise to power, young Prince Asoka (Shahrukh Khan) works to perfect his skills in battle and also deals with family conflict. During a struggle with one of his step-brothers, his mother (Suraj Balaje) urges Asoka to escape to stay alive. While away, Asoka meets Kaurwaki (Kareena Kapoor) and falls in love, but must use his skills as a warrior to protect her. A dangerous and heartbreaking web of conspiracy follows, which leads Asoka to embrace a Buddhist path.

Director: Santosh Sivan
Producer: Juhi Chawla, Gauri Khan, Shah Rukh Khan
Screenwriter: Saket Chaudhary, Santosh Sivan
Production Co: Dreamz Unlimited
Rating: R
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: Hindi
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 17, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $731.3K
Runtime: 2h 38m
Sound Mix: Surround

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