Actress Bipasha Basu has been signed by Rajkumar Santoshi for his forthcoming film, Ashoka. Bipasha will be seen in the role of Kaurwaki earlier played by Kareena Kapoor in Santosh Sivan’s Asoka.

Confirming the news director Rajkumar Santoshi says, “We will begin shooting Ashoka at the end of February. It’s an historical film. Bipasha is paired with Ajay who plays the title role.”

After films like Apaharan, Shikhar and Omkara, Ashoka is going to be Ajay Devgan and Bipasha’s fourth film together. About having chosen Ajay to play Ashoka, Santoshi explains, “He is a dark skin person. He has sharp, expressive eyes and can play any character very comfortably. He appears to be very natural in all characters he has played so far.”

Rajkumar describes Ashoka as a historical film and also informs that it won’t be a modern day interpretation of the epic.

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