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Who are America’s Mallakhamb couple that Narendra Modi spoke about in Mann ki Baat

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Who are America’s Mallakhamb couple that Narendra Modi spoke about in Mann ki Baat

In the 70th episode of Mann ki Baat a week ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi harped on Indian games getting mainstream in numerous nations in the West. He referenced the US where an antiquated Indian type of sports — Mallakhamb — was attracting a constant flow of players, because of the endeavors of a couple named Chinmay Patankar and Pradnya Patankar. “At the point when Chinmay Patankar and Pradnya Patankar began to show Mallakhamb from their home, even they didn’t have a thought how fruitful they would be. Today, there are Mallakhamb preparing focuses at numerous spots in the US as the young there are learning Mallakhamb in enormous numbers,” the PM said. 

What is Mallakhamb? 

Mallakhamb is one of only a handful scarcely any games that is played against gravity. It capacities on a collaboration of brain and body, utilizing each muscle in a way that empowers an individual to create speed, endurance and better wellbeing. The name gets from the shaft utilized by grapplers for rehearsing their abilities however, today, Mallakhamb has built up a personality that is isolated from wrestling or kushti. 

The word malla implies a grappler or a competitor in Sanskrit and can likewise demonstrate a verb,such as solid or great. Khamb or kham, in communicated in Marathi, implies a shaft. Along these lines, Mallakhamb has come to be known as wrestling against a post. All things considered, there are two other Mallakhamb styles, for example, ‘rope mallakhamb’ and ‘hanging mallakhamb’. 

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As indicated by the Mallakhamb Federation of USA, the brainchild of the Patankars, “The beginning of this old Indian game can be followed to before part of the twelfth century. A notice of grapplers practicing on wooden posts is found in the Manasholas, composed by Chalukya, in 1153 AD. It was restored late in the nineteenth century by Balambhatta Dada Deodhar, actual educator to Bajirao Peshwa II. He took extraordinary endeavors to promote this game.” 

Chinmay and his accomplice Pradnya, initially from Pune, are specialists of the shape and have a few rivalries added to their repertoire. “I began learning Mallakhamb at nine years old and played for a very long time. My preparation was at Pune’s Academy of Physical Education, from Balkrishna Thatte and Vinayak Rajmachikar. Numerous other Mallakhamb mentors additionally granted their insight to me. At public titles, I used to contend in three classifications – Fixed Pole, Hanging Pole and Rope Mallakhamb. I have additionally exhibited conventional blade and customary lights Mallakhamb,” Chinmay disclosed to The Indian Express. Chinmay had shot into public creative mind in Pune in 1996, when he had played out the gravity-opposing moves of Mallakhamb on a moving truck during a Ganesh Puja submersion. 

Pradnya, a state-level sportsperson of Mallakhamb, is writer of Mallakhamb Book of Knowledge. The educational program at Mallakhamb Federation of USA, the body through which the couple are spreading the game in the US, is gotten from Pradnya’s book and part into Basic, Intermediate and Advanced abilities in five classes, for example, mounts, gets off, balances, acro aptitudes and captures. 

Chinmay has performed at the United Nations, and kept Mallakhamb at the center of attention through activities, for example, driving shows at tourist spots, for example, the Statue of Liberty, Lincoln Center of Performing Arts, Boston Children Museum and the Times Square. The Patankars have additionally begun an activity, Recreational Games Day in New Jersey, to show youngsters Kabbadi, Kho and Kalaripayattu alongside Mallakhamb. Next, Chinmay will contend in the second Mallakhamb big showdown in July 2021 in Manhattan.

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HT Rewind 2024: Teja Sajja says HanuMan kicking off the year in style is the moment he’d been ‘waiting for’ | Exclusive

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HT Rewind 2024: Teja Sajja says HanuMan kicking off the year in style is the moment he’d been ‘waiting for’ | Exclusive

In conversation with Hindustan Times, Teja Sajja decodes the success of HanuMan and other Telugu films, talks about his upcoming projects, and more.
When Prasanth Varma’s superhero film HanuMan, starring Teja Sajja, was announced to be released alongside big films like Mahesh Babu’s Guntur Kaaram, Venkatesh’s Saindhav and Nagarjuna’s Naa Saami Ranga in January this year, no one expected the underdog to emerge on top. And yet, the film, made on a budget of under ₹50 crore, managed to collect over ₹300 crore at the box office worldwide in 25 days, becoming one of the highest-grossing Indian films for the year. (Also Read: Ranveer Singh met HanuMan actor Teja Sajja, complimented him even after his Prasanth Varma film Rakshas got shelved)

Ask Teja about the moment he realised his film had not just fought against the tide but also risen to the top; he tells Hindustan Times in an exclusive conversation, “Since I returned to acting (as a lead actor after being a child artiste since 1998), this is the moment I’ve been waiting for. When everything from the HanuMan teaser to the songs was grabbing attention, we knew we had hit a gold mine. But I don’t think we imagined it would cross the ₹300 crore threshold. We were so satisfied with the opening numbers; everything else was a bonus.”

‘Success has given me fear of disappointing people’

Teja acted in Zombie Reddy, Ishq and Adbhutham before HanuMan, but they are what you would call ‘critical successes’, adding to his repertoire as an actor who can perform. But things have changed for him now, says Teja, who is being picky about the roles he says yes to. “Success either makes you overconfident or gives you the fear of disappointing people; I have the latter,” he explains.

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Teja admits he wants to chart out his career in Hrithik Roshan’s footsteps, but not in the way you think. “I have such a fondness for Hrithik due to Koi Mil Gaya and Krrish. No matter how well he performed after that, these left a lasting impression on me; I’m sure 90s kids will agree,” he says, adding, “Similarly, I’ve realised that I have an audience in children now. I want to be conscious of that when I pick roles. I want to make films families can enjoy together.”

But despite people in places like Mumbai or Delhi recognising him, Teja says he’s clear that he wants to cater to the Telugu audience first. “I am conscious that I am making films for my playground – the Telugu states. This is the sensibility I have grown up with, and I don’t know if I can cater to everyone else. Will I promote my films in other languages? Sure. But I also can’t be part of films that aren’t authentic to what I know or understand,” he explains.

‘Rootedness has put us on the world map’

And authenticity seems to be the need of the hour. Be it Baahubali and RRR or the recently released Pushpa 2: The Rule, Kalki 2898 AD and Devara: Part 1, certain kind of stories seem to be finding success. “Rootedness and going local is proving to be such a boon for us, be it in Devara or Pushpa or HanuMan. Kalki 2898 AD was our version of a Hollywood film (the sci-fi concept) with actors from across languages in predominant roles; it put us on the world map,” reflects Teja.

However, the actor admits Tollywood went through a phase of Bollywood-inspired rom-coms and family dramas that worked in their favour for a while. “That wasn’t easy to replicate either, but it’s just that these local stories are what the audience seems most interested in now. It can’t just be chalked up to religion, too. It’s about the morals these films are hinged on, the fighting for righteousness, and how an underdog can find their strength. Introducing Mahabharata or Ramayana to a new audience in a cool way is just a perk,” he says.

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And it’s this rootedness that Teja says his next films, Mirai and Jai Hanuman (the sequel to HanuMan), will also have ample of. “Mirai is also a superhero film that caters to kids, but it’s not an origin story like HanuMan. It has a pan-Asian and Buddhist touch because the story is based on King Ashoka’s ideologies. I hope that I will get to deliver something new to the audience again. I will only feel like I’ve arrived if Mirai is equally, if not more, successful,” says Teja.

Rishab Shetty will headline Jai Hanuman, but Teja also looks forward to shooting that. “I can’t wait to be on that set; it’ll be exciting. Now that we know India is ready to watch our films, I want to step it up. I want to shift gears and shoot for at least two films in 2025,” he says. As for what he will do next, Teja says he wants to up the ante. “When I got a SIIMA award for Zombie Reddy as a debutant, I remember telling Prasanth this would be the last award I get. But now that I won a Radio City Cine Award for Best Actor, I hope more awards will follow,” he signs off cheekily.

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