Asoka - 2001
Introduction
Santosh Sivan directed and co-wrote Aoka, an Indian Hindi-language epic historical drama film released in 2001. It is a dramatisation of the early life of the Mauryan emperor Asoka, who governed the majority of the Indian subcontinent in the third century BCE. Ajith Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Hrishitaa Bhatt, and Danny Denzongpa co-star in the film. Khan, Juhi Chawla, and Radhika Sangoi produced it. Santosh Sivan and Saket Chaudhary wrote the screenplay, while Abbas Tyrewale was responsible for the dialogue. The movie was translated and released as Samrat Asoka in Tamil.