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| {{Infobox film
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| | name = Ashoka
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| | director = [[Prem Menon (actor)|Prem Menon]]
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| | writer =Prem Menon
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| | starring = [[Prem Menon (actor)|Prem Menon]]<br />[[Raghuvaran]]<br />[[Livingston (actor)|Livingston]]<br />[[Anushree (Tamil actress)|Anushree]]<br />[[Pooja Bharathi]]<br />[[Anand Raj]] | |
| | producer = Indira Prem
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| | music = [[Sabesh–Murali]]
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| | cinematography=Om Prakash
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| | studio=Lotus Film Company
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| | released = {{Film date|2008|02|01|df=y}}
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| | country = India
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| | language = Tamil
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| '''''Ashoka''''' is a 2008 Indian Tamil action thriller film written and directed by [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|NRI]], Prem Menon, who also stars in the lead role with [[Raghuvaran]] and Anandaraj in supporting roles. The film revolves around the life of a protector, who guards the Prime Minister of [[India]]. The film was produced by Prem's wife Indira under Lotus Film Company.
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| ==Plot==
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| [[Prem Menon (actor)|Prem Menon]] plays an [[National Security Guard|Black Cat]] commando chief Ashoka looking after the security of the Prime Minister of the country. The film begins with Ashoka barely managing to save the life of the PM at the Coimbatore airport from a terrorist ambush.
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| Ashoka saves the PM, as the doctor later says, "The PM has survived, as he has his [[Dextrocardia|heart on the right side]] which is a rare phenomenon!" The rest of the film is about how Ashoka foils more terrorist attempts on the PM's life as he is recovering at the hospital.
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| ==Cast==
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| *[[Prem Menon (actor)|Prem Menon]]
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| *Anushree
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| *[[Raghuvaran]]
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| *[[Anandaraj]]
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| *[[Uma Padmanabhan]]
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| *[[Rajeev (Tamil actor)|Rajeev]]
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| *[[J. Livingston|Livingston]]
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| *Naveen
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| ==Production==
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| The film began production in June 2004, and was made over four years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chennaionline.com/reeltalk/02reeltalk18th.asp|title=Reel Talk – Vikram Singh|date=3 June 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603091641/http://www.chennaionline.com/reeltalk/02reeltalk18th.asp|archive-date=3 June 2004}}</ref> The film featured no songs or a separate comedy track, and won media recognition for being a rare Tamil film during the period to have neither of those elements.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Actor-Premrsquos-new-experiment/article14881031.ece|title=Actor Prem's new experiment|date=23 November 2007|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
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| ==Reception==
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| ''Sify'' wrote, "Unfortunately Ashoka is not a great experience and drags."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/ashoka-review-tamil-pclw4vhbeedge.html|title=Ashoka|website=Sify}}</ref> ''Indiaglitz'' wrote, "Prem deserves to be appreciated for his courage and hard work to come out with a thriller with a racy script, without no songs and other commercial ingredients. Prem could have made the film a better fare had he avoided the glaring loopholes and the sentimental sequences".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/ashoka-review-tamil-movie-8942|title=Ashoka review. Ashoka Tamil movie review, story, rating|website=IndiaGlitz.com}}</ref>
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| [[Category:Indian films]]
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| [[Category:2008 films]]
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| [[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]]
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| [[Category:Indian action thriller films]]
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| [[Category:Cultural depictions of prime ministers of India]]
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| [[Category:2008 action thriller films]]
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