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Ashoka the Great

Year:
Duration:
169 min (International version) | 180 min (uncut version) | UK:176 min | USA:155 min (director's cut)
Genres:
Action | Drama | History | Romance | War
IMDB rate:
6.7
Director:
Santosh Sivan
Awards:
2 wins & 17 nominations
Details
Country: India
Release Date: 2001-10-26
Filming Locations: Film City, Goregaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Earnings
Opening Weekend: $337,464 (USA) (28 October 2001)
Gross: $702,777 (USA) (11 November 2001)
Cast
Actor
Character
Shah Rukh Khan
Asoka
Danny Denzongpa
Virat
Rahul Dev
Bheema
Gerson Da Cunha
King Bindusara (as Gerson da' Cunha)
Subhashini Ali
Dharma (as Subhashini)
Umesh Mehra
Emperor Chadragupta
Sooraj Balaji
Prince Aryan
Johnny Lever
Magadha Soldier
Raghuvir Yadav
Magadha Soldier
Suresh Menon
Magadha Soldier
Ajith Kumar
Susima
Shilpa Mehta
Queen - Susima's Mother (as Shilpa A. Mehta)
Rajlaxmi R. Roy
Bar Girl (Aa Tayar Ho Ja)
Gayatri Jayaraman
Gypsy Dancer (Raat Ka Nasha)
Shweta Menon
Nandaneshwari
Sabir Masani
Giri (as Shabir Masani)
Vineet Sharma
Sugratra (as Viniet Sharma)
Vivek Sharma
Sugidha
Usha Jejrani
Nanny
N. Shyam Sunder
Radhagupta
C.L. Gurnani
Pandit
Mithilesh Chaturvedi
Kalinga Minister
P. Mantu Mohapatra
Kalinga Minister's Goon
Suhas Joshi
Kalinga Senate Member
Vasant G. Thate
Kalinga Senate Member
Manoj Lalwani
Kalinga Senate Member
Mehmood Khan
Kalinga Senate Member
Darshan Kumar
Kalinga Senate Member
Yash Kumar
Kalinga Senate Member
Yogi Singh
Kalinga Senate Member
Madhu Varshitt
Vitasoka
Karan Dewani
Young Asoka
Jitendra Shriamali
Milkman (as Jitendra Shrimali)
Shampa
Milkman's Wife
Monica Kale
Flower Girl (as Monika Kale)
Jeetendra Shastri
Farmer (as Jitendra Shastri)
Yogesh Sharma
Farmer
Arun Singh
Farmer
Nissar
Farmer
Rajendra Mehra
Village Head
Anu Ansari
Karuwaki's Dupe
Master Hardik
Arya's Dupe
Anjan Ghosh
Magadh General
Vijay Kumar
Wise Man in the Forest
Ak Iyer
Assasin
Ashok Mapara
Enunch Assassin
Samir Sarkar
Messenger
Milind Vereker
Thug
S. Krishna
Thug
Sanghamitra Jena
Arya's Mother
Bomie E. Dotiwala
Devi's Father
Bunty
Groom
Suresh Rege
Groom's Father (as Col. Suresh Rege)
Chetan Motiwalla
Announcer
Bahadur
Buddhist Monk
Mangilal
Arya's Caretaker
Shraddha Nigam
Suresh Oberoi
Prologue (voice) (uncredited)
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Trivia
Shah Rukh Khan wanted Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to be cast in the role of Kaurwaki. However, the director, Santosh Sivan, wanted to cast an actress with whom he hadn't already been paired in a leading role. Shahrukh also recommended Sushmita Sen to play the singing dancer in the bar.
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Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor had to undergo training in sword fighting for their roles.
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Photos from cast
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