By:
Subhash
K.
Jha,
IndiaFM
Thursday,
October
04,
2007
The
versatile
Raj
Kumar
Santoshi
will
start
shooting
his
new
epic
on
Emperor
Ashoka
in
January.
His
other
epic
on
the
Ramayan
with
Ajay
Devgan
has
now
been
postponed
to
the
end
of
2008.
Though
he
is
not
saying
it
aloud,
Raj
Kumar
Santoshi's
decision
to
make
a
film
on
the
life
on
Emperor
Ashoka
with
Ajay
Devgan
in
the
lead
was
prompted
more
by
the
failure
of
Santosh
Sivan's
Asoka
than
any
other
consideration.
"I
am
aware
of
Sivan"s
film.
He
is
a
fine
craftsman.
However,
my
approach
and
treatment
to
this
fascinating
subject
will
be
very
different.
I
want
my
Ashoka
be
a
happening
epic
on
the
lines
of
Hollywood's
Spartacus,
Braveheart
and
Gladiator.
Technicians
from
all
over
the
world
are
now
being
finalized," says
Santoshi
Santoshi,
a
versatile
epic
maker
with
films
ranging
from
Ghayal
and
Lajja
to
his
credit
is
toying
with
the
idea
making
the
film
as
a
bi-lingual.
"Or
maybe
we
could
just
have
English
subtitles
to
the
Hindi
dialogues
since
that
would
look
more
authentic," Santoshi
wonders
aloud,
as
he
prepares
for
the
biggest
challenge
of
his
creatively
fecund
career.