Produced by Saga Films
Screenplay by Sasidharan Arattuvazhi
Story by Sangeeth Sivan
Starring Mohanlal
Madhoo
Master Siddhartha
Jagathy Sreekumar
Puneet Issar
Urvashi
Music by A. R. Rahman
Cinematography Santosh Sivan
Editing by A. Sreekar Prasad
Studio Saga Films
Distributed by Saga Films
Release date(s) September 3, 1992
Asokan is a 1992 Tamil action comedy film scripted by Sasidharan Arattuvazhi and directed by Sangeeth Sivan. The film stars Mohanlal who plays the protagonist, who is told he is the saviour destined to rescue the Rimpoche of a Nepalese Buddhist monastery from practitioners of black magic. The score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman. The film is an adaptation of the movie The Golden Child and has borrowed subplots from Bloodsport and The Blind Fury. It was mostly shot at Palakkad in Kerala and Nepal. A sequel titled Asokan 2 has been planned, which hypes A.R. Rahman's second venture in the Tamil film industry.