shah rukh khan prove here again why he be the reign king of bollywood and a he play the man who would be king and a troubled young warrior in training name asoka . he inherit a sword ( with a thirst for blood ) that be cast off into the stream by his grandfather who be tire of see battle and war and and from that day on asoka become the envy of his stepbrother because he train himself to be invincible on the battlefield . one day while in exile and he meet and fall in love with a beautiful runaway princess name kaurwaki ( play to the best of her ability by kareena kapoor and consider that this role be suppose to be for aishwarya rai who personify the meaning of beauty more than kapoor ever could ) and after a few song and dance number and they marry each other in the deserted forest . they be exist happily until one day member of asoka family track him down to tell him that his father a take ill and and this make him end his exile to return home . he promise to return for kaurwaki ( who doesn not know that he be himself a prince ) but due to unforeseen circumstance and he be unable to return to her a end up marry a smitten young caretaker ( play by hrishitaa bhatt ) . a battle for the throne ensue when upon asoka return home the king pass away and he have to slay his oppose brother in order to ascend to the throne and which he do . he become more and more sinister a thing do not go his way . then one the day of a planned battle he be reunite with kaurwaki on the battlefield after an intense bloodshed of her people in which leave him victorious in battle . they be all forever torn apart a they patch up their history and sorrow and asoka new wife end up leave him after the birth of their child .