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| Directed by | Gaurav Jain |
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| Written by | Gaurav Jain |
| Produced by | Gautam Jain Rahul Merchant Gyanendra Jain Palak Jain |
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| Music by | Justin & Uday
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi
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Ashoka the Hero is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language animated film written and directed by Gaurav Jain.[1] The film was promoted as Indian's first animated superhero film.[2][3]
Plot
An eight-year-old school going boy got some hidden magical powers, and he must use them to save mankind from evils.[4]
Soundtrack
The film's soundtrack is composed by Justin-Uday and its lyrics is written by Rekha Nigam.[4]
Track listing
- "Here He Comes Ashoka" by Shibani Kashyap
- "Roshni Se" - Instrumental
Release and reception
This film was released in theatres on 7 January 2011,[5] but it got 25 prints only.[6]
Blessy Chettiar of DNA rated the film two out of five stars and wrote, "Ashoka makes for a light weekend watch with your child, but don’t expect to leave the theatre overwhelmed".[7] Anna M. M. Vetticad dismissed the film, refused to rate it out of five and wrote, "The animation looks dated, the movement of the figures is stodgy. Good Indian animation films are hard to come by, but an overall low standard can hardly be an excuse!"[8]
Box office
The film grossed an estimated Template:INRConvert at the box office, against a budget of Template:INRConvert and declared as "disaster" by boxofficeindia.[6] It earned ₹50,000 on first day, ₹1,50,000 on first weekend and a sum of ₹2,10,000 on its first week.[6]
References
- ↑ Ashoka The Hero: The first animated superhero film - Indian Express. Indian Express. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
- ↑ India's 1st Animated Superhero. thediplomat.com.
- ↑ An animated feature film titled Ashoka the Hero has been set to release next month. The film will showcase India's first original child superhero in animation.(23 December 2010).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ashoka The Hero - Times of India. The Times of India(24 December 2010). Retrieved 2022-02-02.
- ↑ https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/ashoka-new-animated-hero-on-block-617945
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Ashoka The Hero - Movie - Box Office India. www.boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
- ↑ Review: Move over Superman, 'Ashoka the Hero' is here, Chettiar, Blessy. DNA India.
- ↑ annavetticadgoes2themovies: REVIEW 4: ASHOKA THE HERO, Vetticad, Anna M. M.(13 January 2011).
External links
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