The magnificent story of one's journey from savage warrior to messenger of peace. Asoka traces the life of Emperor Asoka, the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya who ascended the throne of Magadha in the 3rd century B.C. To extend the borders of his empire, Asoka waged one of the bloodiest battles in history with the neighboring kingdom of Kalinga leaving it ravaged and devestated.
To take the revenge of the death of his beloved wife Sonia Singh(Bipasha Basu), Ranveer Singh (Saif Ali Khan), cons Vikram Thapar (Rajesh Khattar) so badly that he is divested of the five casinos that he owns in Istanbul. Ranveers next target is Armaan Malik (John Abraham) who was the next responsible behind Sonia's death, and he asks Robert Dcosta alias RD (Anil Kapoor) and his comic assistant Cherry(Ameesha Patel) to introduce him to Armaan, promising him a commission from the profits he and Armaan would make in a fail-safe scheme he has in mind.
Ranvir and Rajiv are half brothers who own a huge stud farm in South Africa. Ranvir is a very shrewd and aggressive man while Rajiv is laid back, and a chronic alcoholic. Sophia, Ranvir's personal secretary adores and loves him. Ranvir is unaware of her feelings. Shaina, an Indian ramp model in Durban loves Ranvir but through a twist of fate gets married to his younger brother Rajiv. When she discovers that Rajiv is a chronic alcoholic, her world is shattered.
Koyla sets on a background of coal mines. The supreme emperor Rajasaab (Amrish Puri) and his eccentric brother Brijwa (Salim Ghouse) secrectly terrorize by killing and rape those innocent people. Shankar (Shah Rukh), is a humble and mute servant of Rajasaab and unaware of Raja's evil ways, One fateful day, Raja's eyes fall upon innocent Gauri (Madhuri). Driven by lust to prossess her, he conspires to marry her by sending a photograph of Shankar along with a marriage proposal. As fate would have it, Gauri instantly falls in love with Shankar and fantasizes about being his bride.
