''Yodha'' () is a 2009 Indian

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-language

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directed by

Om Prakash Rao Om Prakash Rao is an Indian film director, screenwriter, film producer and actor who primarily works in Kannada cinema, Kannada film industry. He has, till date, directed about 47 films in Kannada language. Career Om Prakash Rao's successful ...

and produced by

Rockline Venkatesh Thirupathi Narasimhalunaidu Venkatesh (born 24 March 1963), better known by his stage name Rockline Venkatesh, is an Indian actor and film producer known for his works in Kannada cinema, Kannada, Tamil and Bollywood, Hindi cinemas. He is the fo ...

. it is a remake of

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film ''

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''. The film stars

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Ashish Vidyarthi Ashish Vidyarthi (born 19 June 1965) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, English, Odia, Marathi and Bengali films. He is noted for his antagonist and character roles. In 1995, he receive ...

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and

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. ''Yodha'' was released on 19 June 2009.

Plot

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state

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, Patil and his associates are kidnapped by a terrorist named Qasim. They demand their men to be released, but the

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refuses the demand and assigns NSG

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operation with Capt. Ram in the lead. Ram and the commandos successfully rescue Patil. However, the commandos and terrorists suffer equal losses of their men in the operation. Due to threats against Patil, Ram and his team are deployed to the minister's security. During the

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program in

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, Patil gets attracted to the program's dancer, Asha, and he secretly brings her to his room and tries to have

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. Ram enters Patil's room due to an uproar where he attacks Patil and sends Asha out of the house without noticing anyone. Ram is questioned for the attack, but he doesn't reveal the reason and is

court-martial A court-martial (plural ''courts-martial'' or ''courts martial'', as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court. A court-martial is empowered to determine the guilt of members of the arme ...

ed. He returns home and lives with his family while Patil is discharged from the hospital and still suffers from serious injury. Enraged, Patil secretly assigns underworld gangsters to kill Ram. Ram manages to defeat them, making Patil target his family. While being court-martialed, Ram gathers information regarding terrorists' plans to attack various cities in India using

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and other deadlier weapons. Meanwhile, Asha learns that Ram is court-martialed due to the incident, and she reveals Patil's misbehavior to Ram's senior officers. A chase ensues where Ram's father is killed and his family is kidnapped by Patil. At the hideout, Ram learns that the kidnapping was a planned act by Patil to gain sympathy votes in the upcoming

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to become the state's CM. Ram gets enraged and captures Qasim. He kidnaps and kills Patil, while the squad suspects Qasim for the attack and shoots him to death. After this, Ram is reinstated into the service and reunites with his family.

Cast

as Capt. Ram *

as Asha *

as Patil *

as Qasim *

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as Ram's father *

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as an army officer *

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* Rekha Kumar *Tharakesh Patel *Arasu Maharaj *Prakash Heggodu *Bhaskar Surya *Kote Prabhakar *Mallesh Gowda *Shivaji Rao Jadhav *B. K. Shankar *Jaidev *Stunt Siddu *Ravi Chethan *Aravind Rao *Ravindra Nath

Production

The film marks the first collaboration of Rockline Venkatesh and Darshan.

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed and the lyrics were written by

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Reception

R. G. Vijayasarathy of ''

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'' gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "As far as performances go, Darshan knows how to please his fans. His dialogue delivery, action somersaults and fights will definitely please his fans. Nikitha looks fabulous throughout the film. She is good in a couple of comedy sequences too. Ashish Vidyarthi is okay while Sreenivasa Murthy excels in a few sequences that are written for him. Sadhu Kokila's comedy on the other hand is quite irritating. ''

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'' wrote "Finally, how Ram join hands with Asha and how he teaches Patil a lesson is the climax. The film ends with Ram re-joining the army. The music of the film by Hamsalekha is good. All-in-all the film is a worth watch for all." ''

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'' wrote "The dialogues make liberal use of names like Afzal Guru, Dr Abdul Kalam and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan with devastating effect — any feeling of patriotism will die a quick death. And so, Yodha's mission remains unfulfilled."

References

External source

Rediff reviews Yodha

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