Asoka Movie (2001)

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1. 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.
2. Director O.P. Ralhan was first going to direct a film on Ashoka in 1979. The budget was very big and he was going to launch a newcomer in the title role. Thousands of people applied for the role. Jackie Shroff sent in his picture and gave an audition. The film was eventually shelved.
3. Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor had to undergo training in sword fighting for their roles.
4.The first film of Shahrukh Khan to release globally for an international audience.
5. Ajith Kumar's Hindi debut and remains the only Hindi movie he has worked on.
6. Shah Rukh Khan initially wanted Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to play the female lead. But then he and the director decided to offer the role to Karisma Kapoor. She rejected it and it eventually went to her sister Kareena Kapoor.
7.The film leaves its many complex moments unexplored and disjointed, choosing to pitch it as a love story instead of an epic tale of war and peace," an Indian reviewer wrote.
8. A song picturized of Johnny Lever was deleted.
9. Shah Rukh Khan's only film to date is to be based on a real character.
10. All the characters in the film (from the Maurya empire and Kalinga) speak modern Hindi as opposed to the ancient Prakrit dialects spoken in the 3rd century BCE.
11. Anu explains "While researching for the film, we discovered that Body Art was a prominent part of that time. For the character of Kaurwaki, (Kareena) we used different designs of tattoos."
12."I also tried to give the different parts of the film different looks: for example when the viewer is taken to Magadha (Bihar), the temples and houses have been made using black granite while when we are in Kalinga (Orissa) I have used brown sandstone and earth tones to generate a different feel. Also, I worked with only six pillars in the film, it is hard to imagine that once you see the film", says Sabu Cyril.
13. The elaborate final battle scene (the battle fought against the Kalingas) employed over six thousand extras and hundreds of elephants.
14. The song "Raat Ka Nasha" was picturized at Bhedaghat and Panchmarhi in Madhya Pradesh amidst the Narmada River.
15. It had an opening weekend of USD800,000 (3.84 crore Rs.) and went on to gross USD1.07 million (5.13 crore Rs.) in its first week.
16. On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100% based on 10 fresh reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10.
17. Kareena was paired opposite Shahrukh for the first time.
18. It is a dramatized version of the early life of emperor Asoka, of the Maurya dynasty, who ruled most of the Indian subcontinent in the 3rd century BCE.
19. It was produced by Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, and Radhika Sangoi.
20. It was originally released as Ashoka The Great in India.
21.Film's dialogue by Abbas Tyrewala.
22. The screenplay was written by Santosh Sivan and Saket Chaudhary.
23. The film was selected for screening at the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival, where it got a positive response.
24. The Tamil release title is Samrat Ashoka.
25. However, while the film was critically acclaimed it performed moderately at the box office.

• Budget

  Rs 13 Crores

• Box office collection

  Rs 28 Crores

• Filming Location

  Panchmarhi,Maheshwar,Madhya Pradesh, Jaipur,Igatpuri and Bhubaneswar

• Production Details

  Red Chillies Entertainment

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