Indian martial arts in popular culture
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| Various Indian martial arts |
| Pehlwani - Kalarippayattu - Malla-yuddha - Vajra Mushti / Vajra Mukti - Chakram - Kabaddi - Silambam Nillaikalakki - Gatka and other arts |
| Notable Practitioners |
| The Great Gama - Phillip Zarrilli - Jasmine Simhalan - Jyesthimallas - Gobar Goho - Imam Baksh Pahalwan - Paul Whitrod - Gulam - Guru Har Gobind - John Will |
| Related articles |
| Kshatriya - Yoga - Indian mêlée weapons - Dravidian martial arts - Ayurveda - Sri Lankan martial arts - Indian martial arts in popular culture - Foreign influence on Chinese martial arts |
A list of Indian martial arts in popular culture.
- In the television series, Xena: Warrior Princess, Xena is shown carrying the "chakram of darkness". Xena also gets a new chakram in the second episode of the 5th seson called Chakram
- Dhalsim, a popular character from the Street Fighter series practices a martial form of Yoga as his fighting style.
- Pullum Purna is a video game character from the Street Fighter EX fighting game series. She is Indian by nationality.
- Celsius (comics) is the superhero alias of Arani Desai, a fictional character in the DC Comics series, Doom Patrol. In addition to the elemental control of fire and ice, Indian mysticism and monastery training have made her a martial artist.
- Virgo Shaka is a character from mangaka Masami Kurumada's hit manga and anime series, Saint Seiya. He has grown up in India and received training at the "basin of the Ganges."
- In the video game Shadow Hearts: Covenant, Gama appears as the mentor of Joachim Valentine, one of the characters who joins the player's party. Throughout the game, Joachim can challenge Gama to one-on-one matches in order to learn new wrestling moves.
- James Jensen, the protagonist from Richard Branson's Virgin Comics series The Sadhu, learns obscure Indian martial arts of the sadhus.
- In the Street Fighter EX video game series, character Darun Mister is modelled after The Great Gama.
- The epic malla-yuddha fight between Bhima and Jarasandha is shown in the popular Indian television series, Mahabharat.
- Lord Hanuman is shown in malla-yuddha combat in the animated motion picture Warrior Prince, The Legend of Prince Rama, directed and conceived by Japanese filmmaker Yugo Sako.
- The classic martial arts film Master of the Flying Guillotine depicts a silent Indian fighter using a yoga based fighting style and having an unnatural ability to extend his limbs to attack.
- In the Soul Calibur fighting video games series, the character Voldo uses a pair of Indian katars called "Manas" and "Ayus."
- Naseeruddin Shah plays Captain Nemo in the film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film), released in 2003. He's shown to practice the Sikh martial art of Gatka.
- A practitioner of Pehlwani is shown tossing Aamir Khan in the Bollywood motion picture, Rang De Basanti, the motion picture is India's official entry for the 2006 academy awards.
- In the Tamil film Indian, the main protagonist portrayed by Kamal Hassan is a silent old ex Indian National Army veteran trained in "Marma Shastra".
- Hadji Singh, a popular character from the animated series Jonny Quest is an expert in martial arts. He also uses methods like the Indian rope trick and yoga meditation in addition of his abilities. He is shown to display the tricks he learnt from Pasha the peddlar, his past mentor, which are further honed by one of his current mentors, Race Bannon.
- Indian motion picture Muthu, released in Japan under the name of "The Dancing Maharaja" shows actor Rajnikanth in martial arts fight sequences. French filmmaker Alain Chabat’s Prete Moi Ta Main (Lend Me Your Hand) features one of the fight sequences from the south Indian motion picture. [1] [2]
- A Katar was seen in the James Bond motion picture Octopussy wielded by one of Kamal Khan's henchmen during the New Delhi Street Chase scene.
- In Square Enix's video game, Final Fantasy VIII, the character Kiros uses katars, though the game spells it "katal" (literally meaning murder in Hindustani language) due to poor romanization of its Japanese language form.
- The Myth (Chinese: 神话; pinyin: Shenhua) is a 2005 film starring Jackie Chan, which depicts Indian martial arts. Mallika Sherawat plays Mallika, whose father is a master of Indian martial arts.
- Films on Kalarippayattu
