For a long time, the impression of Bollywood movies has always been handsome men and beauties, romantic love plus music, singing and dancing. Before watching "Ashoka", I never imagined that Bollywood could produce such a well-made epic movie. Although the film is far from history, its wonderful plot, grand war scenes, and beautiful music are perfectly integrated, which can be called a fine work in Indian movies. India is one of the four ancient civilizations. If you dig out decades of stories in the long history and make a movie, you really don’t know how many stories can be used as film material. "Ashoka" is a very important figure in both history and religion (Buddhism). He is the third-generation monarch of the Maurya Dynasty in India and the son of King Sala, the greatest in Indian history. King. Ashoka was a Buddhist and later became the protector of Buddhism. The popularity of Ashoka is unparalleled among Indian emperors, and his influence on history can also be the first among Indian emperors. The movie shows the audience the first half of the life of the greatest generation of the greatest monarch of the Maurya Dynasty, the most powerful in the history of ancient India. The movie has been jealous of his brothers since the young Ashoka, leaving the center of power and starting a wandering career. The sermon went to Ashoka as a monk.
The main line of the movie story is not Ashoka's achievements, especially the description of the era of "Black Ashoka". No audience feels that this is a brutal to embarrassing tyrant (he conquered Kalingga about 261 BC At that time, 150,000 people were captured, 100,000 were killed, and hundreds of thousands were killed and injured). The main line of the movie is love. When Ashoka was traveling, he claimed to be the lower-class warrior Pawan. He met one of the most important women in his life— —The princess Kavaqi, who was displaced by the court coup, had not confessed her identity to her lover, and the news that her mother was seriously ill separated Ashoka from Kavaqi, the young couple who were in love... In order to repay the girl who protected him by Ashoka (I can’t remember her name in the movie, the name of the princess in the historical records is Asamdhimitra, which translates into Chinese is good for no continuity), marrying her as a princess, the brothers wanted to fight for the throne To kill the princess and the fetus in her womb, the assassin accidentally killed his mother. A series of conspiracies awakened the "Black Ashoka". He killed his brothers himself, ascended to the throne, and led the army. Fighting from the South to the North, until he fought against his unforgettable lover Kavaqi on the battlefield. After the victory of the war, the frustrated King Ashoka saw through the world and converted to Buddhism.
The movie is over here, but the story of King Ashoka has actually just begun. After King Ashoka ended the war in Kalinga, he completely changed his ruling strategy and worked hard to promote Buddhism throughout the country, which finally contributed to the prosperity of this world religion. His reign became an unprecedentedly prosperous era in ancient Indian history. He made Buddhism the state religion, but did not persecute other sects, and made generous donations to Brahmanism and Jainism. As Ashoka emphasized tolerance and non-violence, he ruled amidst the cheers of the people for 41 years. This is the more famous "White Ashoka" era in history.
As a movie, no one asks that it must be completely consistent with history. The beautiful and sad love story shown in "Ashoka" in the sound of religious music allows the audience to see a complex emotion. Of Ashoka. The movie has magnificent scenes, exquisitely produced, and carefully performed actors. It is the largest war masterpiece with the largest investment, the largest scene and the highest attendance rate in Indian film history. The film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Especially worth mentioning are the six episodes in the movie, sometimes stretched long, sometimes like weeping words, sometimes cheerful and bright. The sound of flute, piano, tambourine and sand bells are matched with magnificent mountains and rivers, velvet-like blue sky, and gorgeous. Bright sari, watching the girl's cinnabar between her eyebrows, her belly swinging with the music...In addition to the handsome men and beauties that are never lacking in Indian movies, this movie is really worth watching.
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