Kalaripayattu in popular culture explained

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	Telugu
2011	7aum Arivu	Tamil
2011	Urumi	Malayalam
2012	^[3]	Hindi
2013	Commando	Hindi
2016	Baaghi	Hindi
2016	Veeram	Malayalam-Hindi-English
2019	Junglee	Hindi
2019	Mamangam	Malayalam
2019	Athiran	Malayalam
2023	^[4]	English

Television

Year	Title	Network	Language	class=unsortable	Notes
2004	Seven Deadly Arts with Akshay Kumar	National Geographic	English	Non-fiction miniseries
2006	^[5]	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^[6]	Amazon Prime Video	English, Hindi

Documentaries

• The Way of the Warrior on BBC^[7]

Video games

• Ashwathama — The Immortal^[5]
• Soul Edge^[5]
• Death Battle^[5]
• Tekken^[5]

Comics

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

Music videos

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

See also

• List of martial arts films
• Martial arts film

Notes and References

1. Web site: Why Bollywood is crazy about 'Kalaripayattu'. News18. 10 April 2013. 3 May 2019. 1 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190401190601/https://www.news18.com/news/india/why-bollywood-is-crazy-about-kalaripayattu-602053.html. live.
2. News: Jackie Chan and the art of Kalaripayattu. 7 June 2005. George. Iype. Rediff. 21 July 2019. 2 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201202081236/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/jun/07myth.htm. live.
3. Chaudhri . Arnab . Telegraph Team . Arjun: The Warrior Prince . 16 May 2012 . . Kolkata . 5 June 2023 . 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. . 19 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230519095228/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/arjun-the-warrior-prince/cid/419186 . live .
4. One of the great creative challenges for #AcrossTheSpiderVerse was giving 100s of different Spiders unique motion signatures. . Kondo . Nick . NickTyson . 1665772274123948033 . 5 June 2023 . . 5 June 2023 . For Pavitr, we looked to one of the oldest known martial arts, Kalaripayattu(.).
5. News: Nair. Shreejaya. Comics go the Kalari way . 20 November 2020. Deccan Chronicle. 12 September 2015. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210509135548/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150911/lifestyle-offbeat/article/comics-go-kalari-way . 9 May 2021.
6. Web site: Green Gold, Amazon Prime put Kerala martial art on the map. 9 December 2017. 21 May 2018. 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. live.
7. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "The Way of the Warrior: Kalari, The Indian Way" (Entire Video) . YouTube.
8. News: TNN. 25 May 2019. Kalaripayattu warrior Ravi to be the first Indian character in Manga comic. The Times of India. 19 November 2020. 5 December 2020. 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. live.
9. News: Chhibber. Mini Anthikad. 24 August 2014. An equal music. The Hindu. 20 November 2020. 28 November 2020. 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. live.