Yodha (1992)

Original title

യോദ്ധാ

Directed by

Sangeeth Sivan

Genre

Indian film music

Country

India

Runtime

2h 29m

Rated

U

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man named Ashokan is destined to rescue a Buddhist monk from evil sorcerers. He fights using his skills and courage to stop their black magic.

action-packedfantasticalheroicsuspensefulmythicenergeticdramaticsupernatural

What happens

Yoddha: The Warrior, or simply Yoddha (transl. Warrior) is a 1992 Indian Malayalam-language fantasy action film directed by Sangeeth Sivan and written by Sasidharan Arattuvazhi. Mohanlal plays the lead role of Thaiparambil Ashokan, the saviour destined to rescue the Rimpoche of a Nepalese Buddhist monastery from sorcerers practicing black magic. The ensemble supporting cast include Siddharth Lama, Jagathy Sreekumar, Puneet Issar, Madhoo and Urvashi. The original songs and background score were composed by A. R. Rahman. Santosh Sivan was the cinematographer and A. Sreekar Prasad edited the film. Saga Films produced and distributed the film. Yoddha was released in India on 3 September 1992. It was later dubbed and released in other regional Indian languages—Dharam Yoddha (1997) in Hindi, Ashokan (1993) in Tamil, and Yoddha (1993) in Telugu. The film won four Kerala State Film Awards for Best Child Artist (Lama), Best Editor (Prasad), Best Sound Recordist (Arun K. Bose), and Best Male Singer (M. G. Sreekumar). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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