Kalaripayattu in popular culture#Films

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/why-bollywood-is-crazy-about-kalaripayattu-602053.html|title=Why Bollywood is crazy about 'Kalaripayattu'|website=News18|date=10 April 2013|access-date=3 May 2019|archive-date=1 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401190601/https://www.news18.com/news/india/why-bollywood-is-crazy-about-kalaripayattu-602053.html|url-status=live}}

Films

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Year ! Title ! Language
1961 \| Unniyarcha \| rowspan="7" \| Malayalam
1962 \| Palattu Koman
1964 \| Thacholi Othenan
1972 \| Aromalunni
1974 \| Thacholi Marumakan Chanthu
1977 \| Kannappanunni
rowspan="2" \| 1978 \| Thacholi Ambu
Ondanondu Kaladalli \| Kannada
1977 \| Maamaankam \| rowspan="6" \| Malayalam
1982 \| Padayottam
1989 \| Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha
1990 \| Kadathanadan Ambadi
1992 \| Yoddha
1995 \| Thacholi Varghese Chekavar
1996 \| Indian \| Tamil
2001 \| Asoka \| Hindi
2002 \| Puthooram Puthri Unniyarcha \| Malayalam
2005 \| The Myth{{cite news\|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/jun/07myth.htm\|title=Jackie Chan and the art of Kalaripayattu\|date=7 June 2005\|first=George\|last=Iype\|publisher=Rediff\|accessdate=21 July 2019\|archive-date=2 December 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202081236/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/jun/07myth.htm\|url-status=live}} \| Chinese
2007 \| The Last Legion \| English
2010 \| Mansara \| Telugu
rowspan="2" \| 2011 \| 7aum Arivu \| Tamil
Urumi \| Malayalam
2012 \| Arjun: The Warrior Prince{{cite interview \|last=Chaudhri \|first=Arnab \|interviewer=Telegraph Team \|title=Arjun: The Warrior Prince \|date=16 May 2012 \|publisher=The Telegraph \|location=Kolkata \|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/arjun-the-warrior-prince/cid/419186 \|access-date=5 June 2023 \|quote=For the action, we did a two-week workshop with a Kalaripayattu troupe from Kerala and a Thang-Ta troupe from Manipur — both of which represent very diverse martial art forms. We put them together on a mountaintop for two weeks and made them fight each other. What we got were results that I wouldn’t even hope to achieve if I was using live-action actors. \|archive-date=19 May 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519095228/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/arjun-the-warrior-prince/cid/419186 \|url-status=live }} \| rowspan="3" \| Hindi
2013 \| Commando
rowspan="2" \| 2016 \| Baaghi
Veeram \| Malayalam-Hindi-English
rowspan="3" \| 2019 \| Junglee \| Hindi
Mamangam \| rowspan="2" \| Malayalam
Athiran
2023 \| Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse{{cite tweet \|title=One of the great creative challenges for #AcrossTheSpiderVerse was giving 100s of different Spiders unique motion signatures. \|last=Kondo \|first=Nick \|user=NickTyson \|number=1665772274123948033 \|date=5 June 2023 \|publisher=Twitter \|url=https://twitter.com/NickTyson/status/1665772274123948033 \|access-date=5 June 2023 \|quote=For Pavitr, we looked to one of the oldest known martial arts, Kalaripayattu(.)}} \| English

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Year

! Title

! Language

1961

| Unniyarcha

| rowspan="7" | Malayalam

1962

| Palattu Koman

1964

| Thacholi Othenan

1972

| Aromalunni

1974

| Thacholi Marumakan Chanthu

1977

| Kannappanunni

rowspan="2" | 1978

| Thacholi Ambu

Ondanondu Kaladalli

| Kannada

1977

| Maamaankam

| rowspan="6" | Malayalam

1982

| Padayottam

1989

| Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha

1990

| Kadathanadan Ambadi

1992

| Yoddha

1995

| Thacholi Varghese Chekavar

1996

| Indian

| Tamil

2001

| Asoka

| Hindi

2002

| Puthooram Puthri Unniyarcha

| Malayalam

2005

| The Myth{{cite news|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/jun/07myth.htm|title=Jackie Chan and the art of Kalaripayattu|date=7 June 2005|first=George|last=Iype|publisher=Rediff|accessdate=21 July 2019|archive-date=2 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202081236/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/jun/07myth.htm|url-status=live}}

| Chinese

2007

| The Last Legion

| English

2010

| Mansara

| Telugu

rowspan="2" | 2011

| 7aum Arivu

| Tamil

Urumi

| Malayalam

2012

| Arjun: The Warrior Prince{{cite interview |last=Chaudhri |first=Arnab |interviewer=Telegraph Team |title=Arjun: The Warrior Prince |date=16 May 2012 |publisher=The Telegraph |location=Kolkata |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/arjun-the-warrior-prince/cid/419186 |access-date=5 June 2023 |quote=For the action, we did a two-week workshop with a Kalaripayattu troupe from Kerala and a Thang-Ta troupe from Manipur — both of which represent very diverse martial art forms. We put them together on a mountaintop for two weeks and made them fight each other. What we got were results that I wouldn’t even hope to achieve if I was using live-action actors. |archive-date=19 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519095228/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/arjun-the-warrior-prince/cid/419186 |url-status=live }}

| rowspan="3" | Hindi

2013

| Commando

rowspan="2" | 2016

| Baaghi

Veeram

| Malayalam-Hindi-English

rowspan="3" | 2019

| Junglee

| Hindi

Mamangam

| rowspan="2" | Malayalam

Athiran

2023

| Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse{{cite tweet |title=One of the great creative challenges for #AcrossTheSpiderVerse was giving 100s of different Spiders unique motion signatures. |last=Kondo |first=Nick |user=NickTyson |number=1665772274123948033 |date=5 June 2023 |publisher=Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/NickTyson/status/1665772274123948033 |access-date=5 June 2023 |quote=For Pavitr, we looked to one of the oldest known martial arts, Kalaripayattu(.)}}

| English

Television

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! Year

! Title

! Network

! Language

! class=unsortable |Notes

2004

| Seven Deadly Arts with Akshay Kumar

|National Geographic

| English

|Non-fiction miniseries

2006

| Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple{{cite news|last=Nair|first=Shreejaya|title=Comics go the Kalari way |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150911/lifestyle-offbeat/article/comics-go-kalari-way|access-date=20 November 2020|work=Deccan Chronicle|date=12 September 2015|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509135548/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150911/lifestyle-offbeat/article/comics-go-kalari-way |archive-date=9 May 2021}}

|TV Tokyo

| Japanese

|Japanese manga series

2013–2019

| Steven Universe

|Cartoon Network

| English

|American series

2017–2018

| Mahakali — Anth Hi Aarambh Hai

|Colors TV

| Hindi

2017–2018

| Kalari Kids{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/iworld/over-the-top-services/green-gold-amazon-prime-put-kerala-martial-art-on-the-map-171209|title=Green Gold, Amazon Prime put Kerala martial art on the map|accessdate=9 December 2017|archive-date=21 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521101642/http://www.indiantelevision.com/iworld/over-the-top-services/green-gold-amazon-prime-put-kerala-martial-art-on-the-map-171209|url-status=live}}

|Amazon Prime Video

| English, Hindi

Documentaries

The Way of the Warrior on BBCArchived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211210/Dmt0WTZfKI0 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200129025454/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmt0WTZfKI0 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmt0WTZfKI0| title = "The Way of the Warrior: Kalari, The Indian Way" (Entire Video) | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

Video games

Ashwathama — The Immortal
Soul Edge
Death Battle
Tekken

Comics

Agari (2019), Japanese manga.{{cite news|author=TNN|date=25 May 2019|title=Kalaripayattu warrior Ravi to be the first Indian character in Manga comic|work=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/kalaripayattu-warrior-ravi-to-be-first-indian-character-in-manga-comic/articleshow/68552880.cms|access-date=19 November 2020|archive-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205182143/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/kalaripayattu-warrior-ravi-to-be-first-indian-character-in-manga-comic/articleshow/68552880.cms|url-status=live}}
Odayan{{cite news|last1=Chhibber|first1=Mini Anthikad|date=24 August 2014|title=An equal music|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/writer-suhas-sundar-and-artist-deepak-sharma-feel-they-work-better-as-a-team/article6345035.ece|access-date=20 November 2020|archive-date=28 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128183043/https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/writer-suhas-sundar-and-artist-deepak-sharma-feel-they-work-better-as-a-team/article6345035.ece|url-status=live}}
Odayan II – Yuddham
Alita - Battle Angele

Music videos

Higher by Just Blaze and Baauer, featuring Jay-Z; directed by Nabil Elderkin.

References

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Category:Indian popular culture

Kalaripayattu in popular culture#Films

Films

Television

Documentaries

Video games

Comics

Music videos

See also

References