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Ashok Kumar (1941)
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Ashok Kumar was a 1941 Tamil-language film directed by Raja Chandrasekhar. It starred M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar, Chittor V. Nagaiah, P. Kannamba, N. S. Krishnan, T. A. Madhuram, M. G. Ramachandran and Ranjan.
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The film is based on an age-old Buddhist folktale connected with Mauryan Emperor Ashoka's son Kunal. The Mauryan prince Kunal was courted by Ashoka's younger queen Tishyarakshita and when he rejected her advances, was falsely accused by the queen of trying to seduce her and was thrown into prison and blinded. The story, however, comes to a happy end with his eyesight being restored by Lord Buddha and the king acquits of all the charges.Actors
M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar
(Gunalan)
Chittor V. Nagaiah
(King Ashoka)
Pasupuleti Kannamba
(Queen Tishyarakshita)
'Kalaivanar' N. S. Krishnan
M. G. Ramachandran
(Mahendran)
Ranjan
(Gautama Buddha)
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