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]
| Year | Title | Language |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Unniyarcha | Malayalam |
| 1962 | Palattu Koman | |
| 1964 | Thacholi Othenan | |
| 1972 | Aromalunni | |
| 1974 | Thacholi Marumakan Chanthu | |
| 1977 | Kannappanunni | |
| 1978 | Thacholi Ambu | |
| Ondanondu Kaladalli | Kannada | |
| 1977 | Maamaankam | 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 [2] | Chinese |
| 2007 | The Last Legion | English |
| 2010 | Mansara | Telugu |
| 2011 | 7 Aum Arivu | Tamil |
| Urumi | Malayalam | |
| 2012 | Arjun: The Warrior Prince [3] | Hindi |
| 2013 | Commando | |
| 2016 | Baaghi | |
| Veeram | Malayalam-Hindi-English | |
| 2019 | Junglee | Hindi |
| Mamangam | Malayalam | |
| Athiran | ||
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse [4] | English |
| Year | Title | Network | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Seven Deadly Arts with Akshay Kumar | National Geographic | English | Non-fiction miniseries |
| 2006 | Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple [5] | TV Tokyo | Japanese | Japanese manga series |
| 2013–2019 | Steven Universe [5] | 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 |
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.
For Pavitr, we looked to one of the oldest known martial arts, Kalaripayattu(.)