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Asoka (2001) Poster

(2001)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Santosh Sivan

Writing Credits  

Saket Chaudhary ... (screenplay) &
Santosh Sivan ... (screenplay) and
Abbas Tyrewala ... (dialogue)

Cast (in credits order)  

Shah Rukh Khan ... Asoka
Kareena Kapoor ... Kaurwaki
Danny Denzongpa ... Virat
Hrishitaa Bhatt ... Devi
Rahul Dev ... Bheema
Ajith Kumar ... Susima
Gerson Da Cunha Gerson Da Cunha ... King Bindusara (as Gerson da' Cunha)
Subhashini Ali Subhashini Ali ... Dharma (as Subhashini)
Umesh Mehra Umesh Mehra ... Emperor Chadragupta
Sooraj Balaji Sooraj Balaji ... Prince Aryan
Johny Lever ... Magadha Soldier (as Johnny Lever)
Raghubir Yadav ... Magadha Soldier (as Raghuvir Yadav)
Suresh Menon ... Magadha Soldier
Shilpa Mehta Shilpa Mehta ... Queen - Sushima's Mother
Rajlaxmi R. Roy ... Bar Girl (Aa Tayar Ho Ja)
Gayatri Jayaraman Gayatri Jayaraman ... Gypsy Dancer (Raat Ka Nasha)
Shweta Menon ... Nandaneshwari
Sabir Masani Sabir Masani ... Giri (as Shabir Masani)
Vineet Sharma ... Sugratra (as Viniet Sharma)
Vivek Sharma Vivek Sharma ... Sugidha
Usha Jejrani Usha Jejrani ... Nanny
N. Shyam Sunder N. Shyam Sunder ... Radhagupta
C.L. Gurnani C.L. Gurnani ... Pandit
Mithilesh Chaturvedi ... Kalinga Minister
P. Mantu Mohapatra P. Mantu Mohapatra ... Kalinga Minister's Goon
Suhas Joshi ... Kalinga Senate Member
Vasant G. Thate Vasant G. Thate ... Kalinga Senate Member
Manoj Lalwani Manoj Lalwani ... Kalinga Senate Member
Mehmood Khan Mehmood Khan ... Kalinga Senate Member
Darshan Kumaar ... Kalinga Senate Member (as Darshan Kumar)
Yash Kumar Yash Kumar ... Kalinga Senate Member
Yogi Singh Yogi Singh ... Kalinga Senate Member
Madhu Varshitt Madhu Varshitt ... Vitasoka
Karan Dewani Karan Dewani ... Young Asoka
Jitendra Shriamali Jitendra Shriamali ... Milkman (as Jitendra Shrimali)
Shampa Shampa ... Milkman's Wife
Monica Kale Monica Kale ... Flower Girl (as Monika Kale)
Jeetu Shastri ... Farmer (as Jitendra Shastri)
Yogesh Sharma Yogesh Sharma ... Farmer
Arun Singh Arun Singh ... Farmer
Nissar Nissar ... Farmer
Rajendra Mehra Rajendra Mehra ... Village Head
Anu Ansari Anu Ansari ... Karuwaki's Dupe
Master Hardik Master Hardik ... Arya's Dupe
Anjan Ghosh Anjan Ghosh ... Magadh General
Vijay Kumar Vijay Kumar ... Wise Man in the Forest
Krishnan Krishnan ... Assasin (as Ak Iyer)
Ashok Mapara Ashok Mapara ... Enunch Assassin
Samir Sarkar Samir Sarkar ... Messenger
Milind Vereker Milind Vereker ... Thug
S. Krishna S. Krishna ... Thug
Sanghamitra Jena Sanghamitra Jena ... Arya's Mother
Bomie E. Dotiwala ... Devi's Father
Bunty Bunty ... Groom
Suresh Rege Suresh Rege ... Groom's Father (as Col. Suresh Rege)
Chetan Motiwalla Chetan Motiwalla ... Announcer
Bahadur Bahadur ... Buddhist Monk
Mangilal Mangilal ... Arya's Caretaker
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shraddha Nigam
Harsh Soni Harsh Soni
Suresh Oberoi ... Prologue (voice) (uncredited)

Produced by 

Mark Burton ... associate executive producer
Juhi Chawla ... co-producer / producer
Sanjiv Chawla ... executive producer
Shah Rukh Khan ... producer

Music by 

Sandeep Chowta
Anu Malik

Cinematography by 

Santosh Sivan

Editing by 

A. Sreekar Prasad ... (as Sreekar Prasad)

Casting By 

Ghanteshwar T. Guru

Production Design by 

Imran Manzoor

Art Direction by 

Sabu Cyril

Costume Design by 

Manish Malhotra
Anu Vardhan

Makeup Department 

Ravi Indulkar ... makeup artist: Shahrukh Khan
Shivaji Jhadhav ... assistant makeup artist (as Shivaji Jadhav)
Jigana ... hair stylist
Loretta ... hair stylist
Prathiba ... hair stylist (as Pratibha)
Radheshyam ... makeup artist: Danny Denzongpa
Rashida Raizuddin ... hair stylist: Kareena Kapoor
Ritesh ... makeup artist: Kareena Kapoor
Vinod B. Upadhyay ... makeup artist

Production Management 

Kundan Pai ... production manager (as Kundan D. Pai)
Sunil Dolamani Panda ... unit production manager
Anil Sable ... production manager
Milind Vereker ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Disha Rubain Dass ... assistant director
Ravi Deshpande ... second unit director (as Ravi Deshpandey)
Ghanteshwar T. Guru ... chief assistant director
Faruk Kabir ... second assistant director
Avantika Meattle ... assistant director
Arindam Mukherjee ... trainee assistant director
Divye Pande ... chief assistant director (as Divya Pande)
Manika Sharma ... chief assistant director

Art Department 

Abdul ... assistant art director
Sunil Babu ... assistant art director (as Sunil Baboo)
Chandra ... assistant art director
M. Manoj Kumar ... assistant art director (as Manoj)
Priten Patil ... assistant art director (as Patil)

Sound Department 

Madhu Apsara ... foley artist
P. Balaraman ... sound effects editor
Ajith Abraham George ... asst sound mixer
Hitendra Ghosh ... sound re-recordist
Sanjiv Gupta ... sound editor
Jahangir Hussain ... sound assistant (as Jahangir Husain)
Parikshit Lalwani ... sound editor / sound effects editor
Ashish Manchanda ... mix mastering / mixing & mastering
Umesh Patel ... dialogue editor / sound editor
Rakesh Ranjan ... audiographer
Prakash C. Sarangi ... boom operator
Mohammed Salim Rajjak Shaikh ... sound recordist (as Shaikh Mohammed Salim)
Salim Sheikh ... sound assistant (as Salim Shaikh)
Karnail Singh ... foley artist
Dwarak Warrier ... sound effects designer (as Dwark Warrier)

Special Effects by 

Rajiv Agarwal ... main titles: Rajtaru Videosonic Limited / special effects: Rajtaru Videosonic Limited
Tarun Agarwal ... main titles: Rajtaru Videosonic Limited / special effects: Rajtaru Videosonic Limited
Prafull Gade ... end titles

Stunts 

Pammi Bhai ... assistant action (as Pammi)
Panduran Chavhan ... assistant action (as Pandu)
Sham Kaushal ... stunt coordinator
Pali ... assistant action
Heera Singh ... assistant action (as Hira)

Camera and Electrical Department 

Anwar Ansari ... assistant camera attendant
Ashok ... assistant camera attendant
Rajesh Bajpai ... assistant camera attendant
Manoj C.D. ... camera operator: second unit (as Manoj)
S. Krishna ... camera operator: second unit
Martin ... assistant camera attendant
Prakash Mohapatra ... jimmy jib operator (as A. Prakash Mohapatra)
Mukesh ... assistant camera attendant
Partho ... assistant jimmy jib operator (as Partha)
Dilip Patel ... assistant camera attendant (as Dilip Patil)
Krishna Ramanan ... camera operator
Samir Sarkar ... assistant camera / still photographer
Shashi ... focus puller
Aarif Sheikh ... assistant jimmy jib operator (as Arif Sheikh)
Suresh Shetty ... assistant jimmy jib operator
Sushil ... assistant camera attendant
George Thomas ... gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Naresh Rohira ... costume designer: Shahrukh Khan
Chandrakant Waradkar ... dressman (as Chandrakant S. Varadkar)

Editorial Department 

Idris ... assistant editor
A. Madanmohan Prasad ... negative in charge: Prasad Lab
Sanjay Sharma ... assistant editor
Sanjay Sharma ... associate editor
Sheikh ... assistant editor
Amitabh Shukla ... promo editor

Music Department 

Abhijeet ... playback singer
Ranjit Barot ... music arranger
Clinton Cerejo ... music producer and/or vocal arranger
Sunidhi Chauhan ... playback singer
K.S. Chithra ... playback singer (as Chithra)
Paul Praveen Kumar ... musician
Ashish Manchanda ... song mastering
Bipin Panchal ... music assistant
Hema Sardesai ... playback singer
Shaan ... playback singer (as Shann)
Sandeep Shirodkar ... song programming arranger
Alka Yagnik ... playback singer
Zubeen Garg ... playback singer (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department 

Divye Pande ... script supervisor (as Divya Pande)

Additional Crew 

Shimit Amin ... director: making-of documentary
Ritchie Burton ... assistant choreographer of farah khan / assistant choreographer (as Richie)
Uma Da Cunha ... subtitler (as Uma Da. Cunha)
Neel Doctor ... assistant accountant
Julie Frank ... office assistant
Geeta Kapoor ... choreographer: "Roshni Se"
Atul Kasbekar ... publicity stills
Vicky Kaushal ... production assistant
Farah Khan ... choreographer (as Farha Khan)
P.S. Maniar ... chief legal advisor (as Mr. P.S. Maniar)
Brinda Master ... choreographer: "Raat Ka Nasha" (as Brinda)
Prabhash C. Mishra ... nagra attendant
Mitchell ... office assistant
Himanshu Nanda ... publicity designer (as Himanshu)
Rahul Nanda ... publicity designer
Meena Nayak ... puppeteer: shadow puppets
Blesson Oommen ... chief accountant
Dabboo Ratnani ... publicity stills
Veena Sarna ... office manager
Manika Sharma ... body art / subtitler / visualization
Vivek Sharma ... post-production designer
Mustaque Sheikh ... publicity designer (as Mushtaq Sheikh)
Amitabh Shukla ... technical advisor
Ganapathy Subramanian ... production controller (as Ganpathi Subramanian)
P. Sundaram ... production assistant (as P. Sunder)
Francis Thomas ... production executive
Abhijeet Ubale ... assistant accountant
Vishnuvardhan ... associate director

Thanks 

The Dalai Lama ... acknowledgment (as His Holiness The Dalai Lama)
Shri Gopalkrishnan ... acknowledgment: Sec. To Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh
Suhas Gujarathi ... sincere thanks (as Suhas Gujrati)
Himanshu Shekhar Guru ... sincere thanks: Balangir
Rajendra Jangle ... sincere thanks: Bhopal
Yash Johar ... acknowledgment
Neelaabh Kaul ... sincere thanks
Jay Mehta ... acknowledgment
Aziz Mirza ... acknowledgment
Rambhakta Mishra ... sincere thanks: Balangir
Sabyasachi Mohapatra ... sincere thanks: Bhubaneswar
Preeti Patel ... sincere thanks: Anjika, Kolkata
Shriram ... sincere thanks
Maharaja Shri Pushpraj Singh ... sincere thanks: Rowa, Madhya Pradesh
Shri Digvijay Singh ... acknowledgment: Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh

See also

Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs

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