Yodha is a 1991 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Rahul Rawail. The film stars Sunny Deol, Sanjay Dutt, Sangeeta Bijlani, Paresh Rawal, Danny Denzongpa in pivotal roles, along with Shilpa Shirodkar in special appearance.
Plot
Karan Shrivastav (Sunny Deol), a lawyer crusades for truth, fairness and justice. He is the son of Chandrakant Shrivastav, a journalist who uses his journalistic expertise to expose and unmask Justice Dharmesh Agnihotri, who is known as "Daaga" in the underworld. Suraj Singh (Sanjay Dutt) is a man victimized by Fate. To bear the loss of his love, Shilpa, he gets addicted to drugs. Then in a complete reversal of attitude he turns against drug dealers and vows to bring an end to the deadly drug smuggling which wreaks such havoc in people's lives. Dharmesh's daughter Vidya Agnihotri (Sangeeta Bijlani) loves Karan. Karan idolizes Justice Dharmesh Agnihotri (Danny Denzongpa), unaware of the man behind the mask of respectability. Daaga hires Suraj and deliberately creates animosity between Karan and Suraj. The enmity between Karan and Suraj is sealed when Karan's father Chandrakant is framed for murder and sent to jail where he is killed. Karan loses complete faith in the judicial system and vows to revenge on Dharmesh.
Cast
Sunny Deol as Karan Shrivastav
Sanjay Dutt as Suraj Singh
Sangeeta Bijlani as Vidya Agnihotri
Paresh Rawal as Chhaganlal
Danny Denzongpa as Justice Dharmesh Agnihotri / Daaga
Shilpa Shirodkar as Shilpa (Special Appearance) Shafi Inamdar as Chandrakant Shrivastav Anjana Mumtaz as Mrs. Shrivastav Abhinav Chaturvedi as Pawan Shrivastav Sanam as Bharati Singh Jagdish Raj as Inspector Shinde Annu Kapoor as Umeed Singh Bob Christo as Christo Anjan Srivastav as Minister Rana Jung Bahadur as Jailor Rana Pratap
Soundtrack
The music of songs was composed by Bappi Lahiri and lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi.