Kollywood is undergoing a revolutionary phase when it comes to action scenes! Usually, filmmakers prefer to go for the martial art forms like silambattam, karate, kung fu, boxing and kick-boxing. But recently, a revolutionary transformation has been noticed in action sequences in Tamil films. In mid 2010, Madarasapattinam, written and directed by A. L. Vijay explored the age old ‘wrestling’ and it became a craze among the viewers.

Now, action director Michael of the upcoming film Udumban is trying to revive many other native martial art forms through various action sequences in the film. He will mainly use ‘wrestling as the main action form in this film. Bike racer Dilip Roger will be seen as the main lead in this film, which is based on real life incident. He is using the native martial art forms to give an authentic feel to this film based on reality.

This new trend of using wrestling in Tamil cinema has been welcomed by all. Now, audiences are expecting to see some other native martial arts like Kalari, which has not been used much in Kollywood films. There is a hope among the viewers that wrestling will make its comeback in action sequences of Tamil films. The process might be slow but they are sure to see wrestling hitting in Kollywood again.

This is a nice gesture by the filmmakers and the action directors in a bid to revive the native martial art forms.

--Sampurn Wire