---
title: 'Aśoka (2001)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Santosh Sivan'
released: '2001-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 169
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/asoka-2001'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0249371/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Aśoka (2001)

2001 · 169 min · Drama, History · India

Original title: अशोका

## Synopsis

As̅oka is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language epic historical drama film directed and co-written by Santosh Sivan. It is based on the early life of emperor Asoka, of the Maurya Empire, who ruled most of the Indian subcontinent in the 3rd century BC. The film stars Shah Rukh Khan as the titular character alongside Kareena Kapoor, Rahul Dev, Danny Denzongpa, Hrishitaa Bhatt, with Ajith Kumar in his Hindi debut who made a special appearance in the film. It was produced by Dreamz Unlimited and Archlightz Films. The screenplay was written by Santosh Sivan and Saket Chaudhary with dialogues written by Abbas Tyrewala. It was originally released as Ashoka: The Great in India.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Shah Rukh Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/shah-rukh-khan), [Juhi Chawla](https://cinepixo.com/people/juhi-chawla)
- **Director:** [Santosh Sivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/santosh-sivan)
- **Screenplay:** [Santosh Sivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/santosh-sivan)
- **Director of Photography:** [Santosh Sivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/santosh-sivan)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Sandeep Chowta](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandeep-chowta)
- **Editor:** [A. Sreekar Prasad](https://cinepixo.com/people/a-sreekar-prasad)

## Cast

- [Mithilesh Chaturvedi](https://cinepixo.com/people/mithilesh-chaturvedi) as Kalinga prime minister
- [Shah Rukh Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/shah-rukh-khan) as Ashoka
- [Rahul Dev](https://cinepixo.com/people/rahul-dev) as Bheem
- [Kareena Kapoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/kareena-kapoor) as Karuvaki
- [Danny Denzongpa](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-denzongpa) as Virat
- [Raghubir Yadav](https://cinepixo.com/people/raghubir-yadav) as Maurya soldier
- [Umesh Mehra](https://cinepixo.com/people/umesh-mehra) as Chandragupta Maurya
- [Subhashini Ali](https://cinepixo.com/people/subhashini-ali) as Dharma
- [Shwetha Menon](https://cinepixo.com/people/shwetha-menon) as Nandaneshwari, the flower seller
- [Suresh Menon](https://cinepixo.com/people/suresh-menon) as Maurya soldier
- [Johnny Lever](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-lever) as Maurya soldier
- [Gayatri Jayaraman](https://cinepixo.com/people/gayatri-jayaraman) as an item number
- [Suresh Oberoi](https://cinepixo.com/people/suresh-oberoi) as Narrator
- [Gerson da Cunha](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerson-da-cunha) as Bindusara
- [Karan Dewani](https://cinepixo.com/people/karan-dewani) as Ashoka

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/asoka-2001
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