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HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | BOLLYWOOD Ajay Devgan to play king Ashoka13th May 2007 21.36 IST By Aparajita Ghosh Actor Ajay Devgan is set to play king Ashoka in a film to be directed by Rajkumar Santoshi . Santoshi has been doing extensive research on Ashoka, who became an emperor sometime between 269-264 BC and extended his empire through a series of battles before converting to Buddhism and non-violence (after the bloody Kalinga war).
Ashoka’s life has previously fascinated Shah Rukh Khan who made the movie Asoka with Santosh Sivan a couple of years back. But Santoshi insists his Ashoka would be different. It will create a life sketch of the emperor from the Kalinga war to his conversion to Buddhism. To play the lead role, Santoshi is relying on his most trusted actor Ajay Devgan, with whom he has just completed his next movie Halla Bol . Apparently, Devgan is pretty impressed with Santoshi’s thorough research and the final script of the film. The movie’s title has still not been finalized. Santoshi also hasn’t zeroed in on Devgan’s heroine in the movie. However, Loveleen Baines has been roped in to do costumes, Vikram Gaekwad for make-up, and Hemant Chaturvedi for cinematography. The film is likely to go on the floors in August and be completely shot before the end of 2007. The movie will be shot in Leh, Laddakh, Thailand and Laos. Related Ajay Devgan Rajkumar Santoshi Shah Rukh Khan Asoka Halla Bol | CRICKET ZONE Live Cricket Coverage Song Lyrics ALSO READ scoop ~ This is the first time I've fallen in love: Deepika Padukone ~ Jannat : Movie Review ~ Brazilian bombshell denies having affair with Salman Khan ~ Three 'Rang De Basanti' stars team up again ~ Riya Sen's Turkish sojourn ~ Kareena Kapoor looking forward to work with Aamir Khan ~ Genelia D'Souza reviving her career again ~ Aishwarya Rai and her fond Cannes memories ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ John Abraham roped in as Euro 2008 brand ambassador ~ Madhuri Dixit turns 41 ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Jannat, Bhoothnath, Jimmy, Anamika, Tashan, U Me Aur Hum, Race, Mr. White Mr. Black, Jodhaa Akbar, Taare Zameen Par, Krazzy 4, Woodstock Villa , Sarkar Raj , Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic , Shoebite MUSIC Tashan , U Me Aur Hum celebs» the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Rani Mukherjee | Aishwarya Rai | Gayatri Joshi | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Priyanka Chopra | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Kareena Kapoor | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Vivek Oberoi | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Sneha Ullal | John Abraham | Karisma Kapoor | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Abhishek Bachchan | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amitabh Bachchan | Meghna Naidu | Amrita Rao | Arjun Rampal | Mahima Chaudhary | Amrita Arora | Vidya Balan | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rakhi Sawant | Rimi Sen | Bhumika Chawla | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Sonam Kapoor | more... |
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