Star Cast
Kareena Kapoor, Shahrukh Khan, Hrishita Bhatt,
Danny Denzongpa, Rahul Dev, Ajith Kumar,
Johny Lever, Raghuveer Yadav

Director
Santosh Sivan

Executive Producer
Sanjiv Chawla

Story / Writer
Farah Khan, Mayur Puri, Mushtaq Sheikh

Music Director
Sandeep Chowta, Anu Malik

Lyricist
Gulzar, Anand Bakshi

Dialogue
Abbas Tyrewala

Cinematography
Santosh Sivan

Screenplay
Santosh Sivan

Choreography
Brinda, Farah Khan, Geeta Kapoor

Action
Shyam Kaushal, Shahrukh Khan,
Amar Shetty, Angelo Sahin

Art
Sabu Cyril

Editor
Sreekar Prasad

Sound
Dwarak Warrier

Costume
Manish Malhotra

Released
October 26, 2001

Storyline
In India, about 260 BC in the Empire of Magadha, the Prince Asoka (Shah Rukh Khan) survives to many betrayals of his brothers, leaded by the evil Susima (Ajit Kumar), who wants to kill him to inherit the throne. His mothers orders Asoka to leave Magadha, and while traveling, he meets Princess Kaurwaki (Karriena Kapoor) and her brother, Prince Aryan (Sooraj Balaji) from Kalinga, who are undercover and protected by General Bheema (Rahul Dev). Asoka and Kaurwaki falls in love for each other, but the mother of Asoka calls him back to Magadha. When he returns, he does not find Kaurwaki, who was attacked by traitors of Kalinga. When Asoka's mother is killed by a man of Susima, Asoka becomes mad, kills all his evil brothers but Sugatra, who escapes to Kalinga. Asoka decides to conquer Kalinga, but in the end, he concludes that he has not built an empire, but conquered only corpses and destroyed everything, and he decides to spread love and the Buddhism.