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Fantasy Kabaddi – Indian Movies Based on the Sport

The India fantasy kabaddi game has not only attracted the core Indian sports lovers, but also people from the movie world. Such charming the sport has been. From Bollywood to South-Indian industry and people from other sports have grown out to be a hardcore fan of the sport.

The fantasy kabaddi game has not only invited a mass audience but has also inspired the filmmakers. A few from the different regional film industries have made some interesting movies based on kabaddi or kabaddi as their backdrop.

Let us take a look at five of them and keep playing kabaddi fantasy league at 11wickets.com

Okkadu – 2003

Okkadu is a Kabaddi based Telugu action movie with Mahesh Babu and Bhoomika Chawla in the lead roles. Mahesh plays Ajay Varma, a Hyderabad-based Kabbadi player visiting Kurnool to take part in a state-level tournament while Bhoomika Chawla plays as Swapna Reddy. Prakash Raj is in a negative role with on-screen name as Obul Reddy. Obul wants to be with Swapna against her wish & Ajay rescues her. This movie directed by Gunasekhar received wide acclaim and even won the Filmfare best film award.

Kabaddi – 2009

Kabaddi is a 2009 Kannada sports drama film directed by Narendra Babu. The film stars Praveen and Priyanka in the lead roles and it depicts the struggle of a Kabaddi player. It is also a love story based around the sport of Kabaddi.

Kabaddi Once again – 2012 

Starring Varinder Singh Ghuman, Sudeepa Singh, Jaswinder Bhalla, Binnu Dhillon & Nachhatar Gill Kabaddi Once Again is a Punjabi film. This directorial venture of Sukhminder Dhanjal, released in 2012, depicted the darker side of the sport. It touches the subject like human trafficking and match-fixing in the name of kabaddi. The movie also exploits the dirty truth of how fixing is done with the help of illegal drugs and fake players.

Ghilli – 2004

Ghilli is another film based on the same topic directed by Dharani in the year 2004. The film features Trisha and Vijay in lead roles with Ashish Vidyarthi, Dhamu, Prakash Raj, Mayilsamy and Janaki Sabesh playing supporting roles. The film is a remake of Telugu film Okkadu (2003). The plot revolves around Vijay, Trisha and Prakash Raj. Prakash Raj is mad about Trisha in the flick while Vijay helps rescue and during the course, Trisha falls in love with the actor.

Badlapur Boys – 2014

Badlapur Boys is a 2014 Hindi drama film directed by Shailesh Verma. This is the only Bollywood based Kabaddi film so far. The film is about a team of Kabaddi players in a family romantic drama with sports as a backdrop.

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