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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0687797954091
Format: Color, Director's Cut, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: First Look Pictures
Manufacturer: First Look Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: First Look Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 23, 2002
Running Time: 150 minutes
Sales Rank: 22909
Studio: First Look Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Based on a true story the spectacular epic adventure of one of indias greatest emperors who has transformed by the love of a woman from ruthless warrior to a symbol of peace throughout the world. Special features: the making of asoka featurette: theatrical trailer: scene selections cast filmographies & more. Studio: First Look Home Entertain Release Date: 12/10/2002 Starring: Shah Rukh Khan Kareena Kapoor Run time: 150 minutes
Amazon.com:
Both stylish and stylized, Santosh Sivan's Hindi epic Asoka tells the heavily fictionalized but nonetheless compelling story of India's greatest emperor. In the third century B.C., the Mauryan king Asoka built a vast empire by means of ruthless conquest; but after the great Kalinga war he became sickened by the terrible slaughter he had caused, converted to Buddhism and dedicated the rest of his life to spreading peace and prosperity.
The film, though, concerns itself only with Asoka's rise to power, his love for the princess Kaurwaki, and his subsequent descent into brutality. Shah Rukh Khan is a brooding and temperamental prince who woos the lovely princess Kaurwaki (Kareena Kapoor) incognito and with the aid of the obligatory song-and-dance numbers. After a promising start involving mythic swords, heroic combat, and King Lear-like sibling rivalry, the film falls into a familiar Bollywood groove for a while until events overtake the unlucky lovers and Asoka turns mean when he thinks his princess is dead. She in turn searches vainly for her handsome hero, not knowing his real identity; and when the tyrannical Asoka attacks her kingdom she leads her people against his armies in a near-genocidal war. The finale, after a wonderfully staged battle that employs 6,000 extras, is genuinely touching.
Throughout, the film works best when striving for a realistic tone, though the fairy tale romance and song interludes are doubtless contrived to please the domestic Indian audience more than cynical Europeans. It's a shame that Asoka's true greatness is never realized on screen, as the story ends before his momentous conversion, but as a film that tackles big themes with real visual flair Asoka nonetheless deserves to find a worldwide audience. --Mark Walker
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Asoka
This movie i would recommend this movie to anyone who loves a good love story you will cry you'er eyes out.And the main guy in this movie is so cute. WATCH IT.
Rating: - HOORAY FOR BOLLYWOOD!!
Are you up for something completely different, something the likes of which I guarantee you have never experienced before? A film that has the lush aura of Franco Zefferelli's Shakespearean films combined with the extavagent sets of Liz Taylor's CLEOPATRA mixed with the whimsy of Baz Luhrman's MOULIN ROUGE as filmed by Akira Kurasawa? You say no such animal exists? Well, my friend you are wrong!
That film is ASOKA which stars the legendary Shahruhk Khan who is undoubtedly the most worshipped ... Read More
Rating: - Don't let the cheap price and cover fool you!
I assumed that with the low price of the movie and the slightly cheesy cover that it was going to be bad.
I was pleased to find that it was nothing like I expected.
A largely fictional retelling of Asoka with added music and romance.
On the cover it has a quote from the Daily Mail saying that Asoka is an epic on the scale of Gladiator. While at first I had my doubts, I completely agreed a little more than halfway through the film.
It was so good I didn't ... Read More
Rating: - Beautiful
i really liked this movie. the musical bits were funny and sweet. it has a good story behind it. of course if you're into the older films then you might not like all the special effects and modern twists...but i enjoyed it very much. i've seen it over 20 times and i recommend anyone to watch it.
Rating:  - Lousy, Exploitative, and Waste of Time and Talent
Avoid this movie. There are dozens of other Shahrukh Khan movies far better than this one, and many more beautiful Indian actresses rather than Kareena Kapoor. The biggest problem with this movie is that its an insult to one of India's most revered leaders. Its like making a movie about George Washington complete with hiphop music and the story ends before he becomes president. If you go to Wikipedia and look up Ashoka, you'll see that he has a powerful influence even on modern day India and Buddhism. Unfortunately, ... Read More
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