Films on Kalarippayattu
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Films on Kalarippayattu

Kalaripayattu
Indian Name
Malayalam  
കളരിപ്പയറ്റ്
 
Devanagari
Devanagari
Devanagari |deva]]" and "nāgarī" ), also called Nagari , is an abugida alphabet of India and Nepal...

 
कळरिप्पयट्
 
Details
Origin Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, South India
South India
South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...

Styles Northern
Northern Kalaripayattu
The northern style of kalaripayat places comparatively more emphasis on weapons than on empty hands. Masters in this system are usually known as gurukkal , and were often given honorific titles, especially Panikkar....

, Southern and Central
Central Kalaripayattu
The Madhya Kalari of kalaripayat is practiced mainly in northern part of kerala although it is not to be mistaken with vadakkan kalari. It is not a composite of the northern and southern forms as in popular beliefs and has its own distinctive techniques, which are performed within floor paths known...



Partial list of Kalarippayattu films

  • Aromalunni
    Aromalunni
    Aromalunni is a 1972 Malayalam language film based on Vadakkan Pattukal, a collection of Malayalam Ballads of medieval origin. It was directed by Kunchacko and starring Prem Nazir as Aromalunni....

  • Asoka
  • Kannappanunni
    Kannappanunni
    Kannappanunni is a 1977 Malayalam film based on Kalaripayattu, the traditional martial art of India. It was the 100th film featuring Prem Nazir and Sheela as the leading pair. It was Udaya Studio's 75th film.-Credit:*Director: Kunchako...

  • Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha
    Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha
    Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha is a 1989 Malayalam film directed by Hariharan, written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair, and starring Mammootty, Balan K. Nair, Suresh Gopi, Madhavi, Geetha, and Captain Raju.The film is based on a legend about the famous Chekavar warriors of present day northern Kerala...

  • Palattu Koman
    Palattu Koman
    Palattu Koman is a Malayalam film made inIndia in 1962. The story of the film is based on the life of Palattu Koman, a pioneer of the Indian martial art form Kalaripayattu. The film was directed by Kunchacko and produced by Geetha Salam . Sathyan, S. P. Pillai, Rushyendramani and Bahadoor were in...

  • Puthooram Puthri Unniyarcha
  • Thacholi Othenan
    Thacholi Othenan (film)
    Thacholi Othenan is a 1964 Malayalam language film. The film is about the story of Thacholi Othenan. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam.-Cast:*Thacholi Othenan - Sathyan* Unnichara - Sukumari*Chindan Nambiar - Premji...

  • Thacholi Marumakan Chanthu
  • Unniyarcha
  • The Myth
  • The Last Legion
    The Last Legion
    The Last Legion is a 2007 film directed by Doug Lefler. Produced by Dino De Laurentiis and others, it is based on a 2003 Italian novel of the same name written by Valerio Massimo Manfredi...

  • Urumi (2011 Malayalam)
    Urumi (film)
    Urumi is a 2011 Malayalam historical-fantasy film directed and co-produced by Santosh Sivan and written by Shankar Ramakrishnan. It stars Prithviraj, who was also one of the producers of the film, as Chirakkal Kelu Nayanar, Prabhu Deva as Vavvali, Robin Pratt as Vasco da Gama, Alexx ONell as...

  • 7aum Arivu




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