Top 5 movies based on kabaddi

The first season of cash-rich Star Sports Pro Kabaddi brought back the ancient game of kabaddi to the hearts and minds of millions around the world. Bollywood has never lacked behind in giving the audience a taste of movies based on sports. Cricket, undoubtedly is the most popular sport in India, but games like hockey, boxing, badminton, kabaddi and others are slowly picking up.Although Hindi cinema has been a bit reluctant in making the movies based on kabaddi, there are some regional directors and producers who have shown a kind interest in promoting the game through the big screen.So let’s take a look at top 5 movies based on the game of kabaddi:

#1 Badlapur Boys - 2014

Badlapur Boys is probably the only Hindi movie whose prime focus is kabaddi. Remake of a Tamil super hit ‘Veenila Kabadi’, the movie focuses on a group of U.P village (Badlapur) boys, who are ready to give their lives for this game. Badlapur boys is an amateur team, who competes at the kabaddi biggest competition in Uttar Pradesh in order to save their drought-ridden village. The movie also shows some colours of the Aamir Khan’s Oscar nominated movie ‘Lagaan’.

With Nishan Nanaiah, Saranya Mohan and Annu Kapoor as lead actors, Badlapur Boys is tailor-made for sports lovers. The movie also adds a flavor of comic, revenge, romance and action sequences until the very end, where it surprises everyone with an unthinkable plot twist.

Even though Badlapur boys failed to create at any impact at the box office, it still received a positive word of mouth from most people who watched this action thriller at the theatres.