Asoka (2001)
Prince Ashoke (Shahrukh Khan), heir to the Magadha Kingdom, bowing to his mother's (Shilpa Mehta) demand forsakes his princely status and goes to live in the wild for awhile. There he meets and falls in love with Kaurwaki (Kareena Kapoor). He identifies himself as Pawan, not wanting to disclose his identity yet... (imdb)
Genres: Romance, Drama, Action
AKA: Ashoka the Great
Country: India
Directed By: Santosh Sivan
Written By: Santosh Sivan, Saket Chaudhary, Abbas Tyrewala
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Raghuvir Yadav, Danny Denzongpa, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Johnny Lever, Rahul Dev, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Gerson Da Cunha, Shweta Menon, Subhashini Ali, Umesh Mehra, Sooraj Balaji
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1. Religion (public: moderated by Pickpocket - 9 stars)
2. Epic (public - 6 stars)
3. Impersonation / False Identity (public: moderated by nauru - 6 stars)
4. Buddhism (public: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer - 3 stars)
5. Bollywood (public: moderated by iceblox - 1 star)
6. Royalty (public: moderated by CCLZA - 1 star)
7. India (public: moderated by djross - 1 star)
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| Date | User | Rating | |
| Aug 12, 2020 |  |
porzano | 46 37% |
| May 17, 2020 | ab_iiserk | 53 18% |
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| Mar 04, 2020 |  |
TheShiznit | 44 46% |
| Feb 20, 2020 |  |
Dorkovsky | 2 13% |
| Jan 12, 2020 |  |
Velvet Crowe | 47 49% |
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Ashoka is a fascinating historical figure but the liberties this movie takes doesn't do the history justice. The romance subplot is cheesy and unnecessary, especially since it's far off from what caused Ashoka's pacifism to begin with. As for the film itself, the choreography is bland and muddled by lame slow-mo. The set pieces look good, but the scale is small and looks cheaply made in parts. The plot also has a lot of asspulls and cheesy non-sense.
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| Aug 06, 2019 | amat | 83 83% |
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| Jul 01, 2019 |  |
MidnightMuse | 30 3% |
| Jan 06, 2019 | flund | 21 35% |
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| Oct 29, 2017 |  |
CosmicMonkey | 70 34% |
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The romantic story arc really isn't that interesting, but it's during the second half, once the movie begins to explore the geopolitics of the era that the story really begins to be engaging. Indian history is actually really interesting and I can't wait for some Game of Thrones level historical drama to be made in order to really do it justice.
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| Dec 07, 2016 | Patrycha | 60 39% |
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| Aug 23, 2016 |  |
manbeer | 60 27% |
| Feb 25, 2016 | esragee | 1 2% |
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| Dec 05, 2015 |  |
kimiya6283 | 95 87% |
| Sep 17, 2015 |  |
RavynLoony | 47 30% |
| May 09, 2015 | TRobertson | 50 42% |
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| May 08, 2015 |  |
yug | 90 84% |
| Apr 27, 2015 | sandip_0100 | 60 19% |
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| Apr 26, 2015 | sandip_010 | 60 19% |
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| Apr 24, 2015 | iamshadab | 100 98% |
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| Aug 25, 2014 | Akaasha | 75 47% |
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| Aug 12, 2014 | ceyhun_mr | 63 27% |
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| Jul 14, 2012 |  |
hotsake | 79 88% |
| Jun 20, 2012 |  |
gaddark | 62 24% |
| Feb 02, 2012 | Yugesh | 50 3% |
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| May 26, 2011 |  |
magnani | 79 47% |
| Dec 22, 2010 | muku25 | 10 13% |
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| Aug 18, 2010 |  |
IMDb-byvotes | 66 36% |
| Aug 13, 2010 | Signpost | 100 96% |
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| Jan 24, 2010 | bizort | 71 57% |
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| Jan 24, 2010 |  |
vheujge | 70 75% |
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The main criticisms I hear for this movie are in regards to its historical inaccuracy....who cares? Just enjoy the pretty moving pictures, people. Anyway, I just can't hate this movie. Shahrukh and Kareena make a surprisingly nice couple and I just love the epic story (despite the not so great action choreography which is typical of Bollywood). The ending leaves a lot to be desired but it's forgivable. Overall, for a Bollywood movie, you have to admit it's not bad.
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| Dec 29, 2009 | Coheed | 60 37% |
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| Nov 28, 2009 |  |
capitalist | 70 83% |
| Sep 07, 2009 |  |
rudra_nayan | 68 21% |
| Aug 24, 2009 |  |
Mr. Nobody | 15 87% |
| Jul 25, 2009 | mogwai | 80 45% |
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| Jun 25, 2009 |  |
jay_jay | 55 47% |
| Jun 19, 2009 |  |
homunculus | 3 47% |
| May 18, 2009 |  |
kataruna | 69 12% |
| May 10, 2009 |  |
drag-on-fly | 49 12% |
| May 02, 2009 |  |
sreeraj | 80 60% |
| Apr 17, 2009 |  |
imdb | 66 55% |
| Mar 09, 2009 | Chani | 100 98% |
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| Oct 08, 2007 |  |
schnofel | 53 41% |
| Oct 02, 2007 |  |
bleepnik | 80 83% |
| Average Percentile 46.07% from 44 Ratings |  |
