Hindi Dharam Yoddha (1992)

Yoddha: The Warrior or simply Yodha is an Indian Malayalam sword and sorcery movie directed by Sangeeth Sivan and written by Sasidharan Arattuvazhi from a story envisioned by Sivan. Mohanlal plays Thaiparambil Ashokan, the savior destined to rescue the Rimpoche of a Nepalese Buddhist monastery from sorcerers practicing black magic. The ensemble supporting cast includes Madhoo, Siddharth Lama, Jagathy Sreekumar, Puneet Issar, and Urvashi. The film’s original songs and background score were composed by A. R. Rahman; the lyrics for the songs were by Bichu Thirumala. It was released on 3 September 1992.