entertaining audiences is a form of art and makers of chakravartin ashoka samrat seem to believe in this completely as this show is all set to hook the audience here are some reasons why you must tune in to this period drama a dream team manoj joshi who has become synonymous with the character of chanakya in the last 15 years will be seen continuing his journey in this one as well as the royal advisor to emperor ashoka while siddharth nigam will play the young ashoka veteran actors including tej sapru and sameer dharmadhikari will appear in historical avatarsvisual effects the show has gone technocreative with the use of highend vfx which highlights even the minutest of details the intense visuals have been captured with a film camera prominent amongst all is a lion which will be equated with emperor chandragupta mauryaashoka and his antics an awardwinning gymnast siddharth nigam has executed difficult stunts with lan his raw appeal and entertaining antics will stand outelaborate war sequences the famous battle of buzkashi on horses fought between sridevi and amitabh bachchan in khuda gawah will be recreated by ankita sharma seen as noor khorasan and sameer dharmadhikari seen as emperor bindusara the cast and crew shot the sequence with over 300 horses in jaisalmer in five degree temperature for eight hours nonstopkeeping up with international standards art directors and creative minds nitin desai and omung kumar had long meetings to ensure that the set takes the viewers back to the era of ashoka stunning visuals and intricate costumes and jewellery among others are at par with its international counterpartsclick here to get updates about the shows on colorsfor latest news on tv follow toi entertain on twitter click herelike toi entertain on facebook to get the latest tv updates click herewatch siddharth nigam to play chakravartin ashoka samrat