Kalaripayattu in popular culture

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Kalaripayattu is an Indian martial art developed in present-day Kerala in the southwestern coast of the Indian subcontinent. It is featured in several films, television, literature, video games, comics and other media.[1]

Films[]

Year Title Language
1961 Unniyarcha Malayalam
1962 Palattu Koman Malayalam
1964 Thacholi Othenan Malayalam
1972 Aromalunni Malayalam
1974 Thacholi Marumakan Chanthu Malayalam
1977 Kannappanunni Malayalam
1978 Thacholi Ambu Malayalam
1978 Ondanondu Kaladalli Kannada
1977 Maamaankam Malayalam
1982 Padayottam Malayalam
1989 Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha Malayalam
1990 Kadathanadan Ambadi Malayalam
1992 Yoddha Malayalam
1995 Thacholi Varghese Chekavar Malayalam
1996 Indian Tamil
2001 Asoka Hindi
2002 Puthooram Puthri Unniyarcha Malayalam
2005 The Myth[2] Chinese
2007 The Last Legion English
2010 Mansara ("Samurai The Warrior") Telugu
2011 7aum Arivu Tamil
2011 Urumi Malayalam
2012 Arjun: The Warrior Prince[3] Hindi
2013 Commando Hindi
2016 Baaghi Hindi
2016 Veeram Malayalam-Hindi-English
2019 Junglee Hindi
2019 Mamangam Malayalam

Television[]

Year Title Network Language Notes
2004 Seven Deadly Arts with Akshay Kumar National Geographic English Non-fiction miniseries
2006 Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple[4] TV Tokyo Japanese Japanese manga series
2013 – 2019 Steven Universe[4] Cartoon Network English American series
2017 – 2018 Mahakali — Anth Hi Aarambh Hai[5] Colors TV Hindi
2017–present Kalari Kids Amazon Prime Video English, Hindi[6]

Documentaries[]

  • The Way of the Warrior on BBC[7]
  • Fight Quest (season 2)

Cartoons[]

Video games[]

Comics[]

  • Agari (2019), Japanese manga.[8]
  • Odayan[9]
  • Odayan II – Yuddham[9]
  • Alita - Battle Angele

Music videos[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Why Bollywood is crazy about 'Kalaripayattu'". News18. 10 April 2013.
  2. ^ Iype, George (7 June 2005). "Jackie Chan and the art of Kalaripayattu". Rediff. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  3. ^ Yount, Stacey (26 May 2012). ""The big hope is that Arjun the Warrior Prince can dispel the myth that animation equals kid's comedy" – Arnab Chaudhari".
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Nair, Shreejaya (12 September 2015). "Comics go the Kalari way". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  5. ^ Baddhan, Raj (23 August 2017). "Pooja Sharma on playing lead role in 'Mahakali' on Colors".
  6. ^ "Green Gold, Amazon Prime put Kerala martial art on the map". Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  7. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "The Way of the Warrior: Kalari, The Indian Way" (Entire Video). YouTube.
  8. ^ TNN (25 May 2019). "Kalaripayattu warrior Ravi to be the first Indian character in Manga comic". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  9. ^ a b Chhibber, Mini Anthikad (24 August 2014). "An equal music". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
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