absolutely love all that i saw . i haven not see the first bit and but the last hour and a half be definitely awesome . i do not know if this historically accurate or not and but it be historic enough to give you an idea of asoka story and the rise to power and battle of kalinga and change to buddhism and all these be address . everything have the hall mark of a great movie . the grandeur of the mauryan empire be palpable . asoka evil in his rise to power and his ruinous campaign for the empire be not just see and hear and but felt . absolutely awesome be the battle the scale of the battle and the destruction and the disaster and the hatred and then the repentance and the scene say it all absolutely wordlessly ( mark the scene where asoka offer the die soldier water and and he refuse to take it from the hat asoka ) . karuwaki youre asok deserve a place amongst the best scene ever . i could feel the hatred she felt in my throat . the movie be probably somewhere in between gladiator and the hero and but absolutely have it own mark and the distinct indian flavour . wonder why it isn not more celebrated . do this really flop in india . why . it probably one of the best movie to have be make .