The film was a lightning rod for controversy upon its release, primarily due to its creative liberties with history. Historians in Orissa (the ancient kingdom of Kalinga) were highly critical. Eminent historian M.N. Das famously called the film "vulgar" and an "insult to the term historical film" for portraying a story "at variance with the reality of those days".
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| Character | Actor | Role Description | |-----------|-------|------------------| | Asoka (Pawan) | Shah Rukh Khan | Mauryan prince, later emperor | | Kaurwaki | Kareena Kapoor | Kalinga princess, Asoka’s love interest | | Devi | Hrishitaa Bhatt | Asoka’s second wife | | Virat | Danny Denzongpa | General and enemy of Asoka | | Bindu Sara | – | Asoka’s father (Emperor Bindusara) | | Dharma | – | Asoka’s mother | The film was a lightning rod for controversy
Asoka fights his half-brothers for the throne of Magadha. Das famously called the film "vulgar" and an
