Siddharth, then a six year old, shot to fame and immense popularity in Kerala for his role as the young Rimpoche in the hit Malayalam movie Yodha.
"Mamboove" was later reused for the Tamil movie Pavithra as "Sevvanam".
Much is written of the great war of 205 BC to 161 BC between Sinhala King Dutugemunu and a South Indian Tamil invader Elara for the City of Anuradhapura, and the central role played by Dutugemunu’s Ten Giant Warriors (දසමහා යෝධයෝ) or the great warriors (dasa maha yodhayo in sinhalese) – the dasa maha yodha.