Aśhoka All Songs Lyrics List Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan
Aśhoka is a 2001 Indian epic historical drama film directed and co-written by Santosh Sivan. It is a dramatised version of the early life of emperor Aśhoka, of the Maurya dynasty, who ruled most of the Indian subcontinent in the 3rd century BCE.
The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Ajith Kumar, Danny Denzongpa and Hrishita Bhatt. It was produced by Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and Radhika Sangoi. The screenplay was written by Santosh Sivan and Saket Chaudhary and the dialogue by Abbas Tyrewala. It was originally released as Ashoka The Great in India. The Tamil release title is Samrat Ashoka.
Directed by Santosh Sivan
Produced by Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla
Screenplay by Santosh Sivan, Saket Chaudhary
Starring Shah Rukh Khan, Ajith kumar, Danny Denzongpa, Kareena Kapoor, Hrishita Bhatt
Narrated by Suresh Oberoi
Music by Sandeep Chowta, Anu Malik
Cinematography Santosh Sivan
Edited by A. Sreekar Prasad
Distributed by Dreamz Unlimited
Release dates 26 October 2001
Running time 171 mins
Country India
Language Hindi
The film chronicles the early part of the life of Emperor Aśhoka. It begins with his career as a General in Takshashila (modern-day Punjab) and ends with the bloody conquest of the Kalinga country (modern day Odisha State)
Emperor Chandragupta Maurya, grandfather of Aśhoka, of the Maurya empire, has decided to embrace Jainism and abdicate the throne of the empire in-favour of his son Bindusara. But his grandson, Prince Aśhoka, claims his sword. The old emperor explains that this sword is evil and the sword demands blood and destruction.
A few years later, Prince Aśhoka Maurya (Shah Rukh Khan), now a brave youth, is battling the rebellious chief of Taxila for his Emperor and father. He figures that his elder half-brother Susima Maurya (Ajith Kumar), who also has an eye on the throne of the empire, has deliberately withheld reinforcements from arriving, but defeats the enemy nevertheless. Aśhoka returns to the capital victorious and confronts Susima. Later, Susima tries to assassinate Aśhoka while he is bathing. The fight among the princes makes the Emperor unhappy and he orders empress Dharma (Subhashini Ali) to control her son Aśhoka. She compels Aśhoka to temporarily leave the capital to lead the life of a common man. The Prince is disappointed, but leaves nonetheless.
Aśhoka, alone and disguised as an ordinary traveler, rides to the south. In his travels, he meets a lovely maiden Kaurwaki (Kareena Kapoor) and falls in love with her. He also develops a good relation with her little brother Arya. Soldiers from the Kingdom of Kalinga are chasing her and Arya. They are on the run along with their faithful protector Bheema (Rahul Dev). After saving their lives, Aśhoka introduces himself as Pawan, hiding his true identity. Kaurwaki and Arya are the Princess and Prince of Kalinga, who fled from their kingdom when the Prime Minister assassinated their parents and took over power. Later, Aśhoka and Kaurwaki get secretly married.
Soon, Aśhoka is summoned by Emperor Bindusara to the capital. The Emperor dispatches Aśhoka to quell a rebellion in Ujjaini. Before marching to the west, Aśhoka travels to Kalinga to meet Kaurwaki. Unable to find her, and not knowing she has gone into hiding, he is informed by General Bheema that they were slaughtered. A heartbroken Aśhoka attempts suicide, but is saved by Virat (Danny Denzongpa), who later swears to protect him. Mad with grief and anger, Aśhoka leads a brutal crackdown in Ujjaini. The assassins sent by Susima injure Aśhoka in a battle and Virat saves him. He is taken to a Buddhist monastery at Vidisa to recover.
There, he meets a Buddhist maiden, Devi (Hrishita Bhatt), who cares for him. Aśhoka also survives another assassination attempt at Vidisa, this time with the help of Devi. Aśhoka marries Devi and returns in splendour to Pataliputra. Susima and his brothers are wild with anger from their futile attempts to eliminate Aśhoka. Emperor Bindusara, who favoured Susima over Aśhoka, becomes ill and dies. In another vigilante attack, Queen Dharma is stabbed to death by assassins sent by Sushima. Angered, Aśhoka kills Susima and is appointed emperor.
A few months later, princess Kaurwaki and prince Arya return to Kalinga with Bheema and have the Prime Minister executed for treason. Aśhoka declares war on Kalinga, not knowing that Kaurwaki is alive. Kaurwaki still does not know that Aśhoka is Pawan, and both sides prepare for war.
A terrible war is fought in Kalinga. The Maurya army inflicts a crushing defeat on Kalinga. Not content with mere victory, Maurya soldiers butcher everyone in sight. General Bheema is slain and Kaurwaki is wounded. Aśhoka later visits the battlefield, where he discovers his horse, who was supposed to be in Kaurwaki's possession. With a surge of hope, he frantically searches for Kaurwaki and finds her. They have a heart-to-heart talk and he apologises deeply for his actions. He is interrupted by Arya, who is dying after being pierced with arrows. With Arya dying in his arms, Aśhoka suddenly realises that his enemies, his family, and even Arya, are all dead because of him. His grandfather's advice about the sword had been right.
The film ends with Aśhoka throwing the sword at the same spot his grandfather had thrown it and embracing Buddhism. The final narrative describes how Aśhoka not only built a large empire, but spread Buddhism and the winds of peace through it.
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Aśhoka All Songs Lyrics List
No. Title Artist(s) Lyricist Length
1 "San Sanana" Alka Yagnik, Hema Sardesai Anand Bakshi 5:52 Lyrics
2 "Raat Ka Nasha" Chitra Gulzar 5:10 Lyrics
3 "Roshani Se" Abhijeet, Alka Yagnik Gulzar 6:54 Lyrics
4 "O Re Kanchi" Alka Yagnik, Shaan Gulzar 5:33 Lyrics
5 "Raat Ka Nasha (Duet Version)" Abhijeet, Chitra Gulzar 5:10 Lyrics
6 "Aa Tayar Hoja" Sunidhi Chauhan Gulzar 6:07 Lyrics
7 "Aśhoka Theme" Instrumental 3:57 Lyrics
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