Nadan panthu kali

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{{short description|Team field sport played in Kerala}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox sport
| name = Nadan panthu kali
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| union = All-Kerala Native Ball Federation
| nickname = Vettu panthu, Kuttipanthu
| first = 1900s, [[Kottayam]]
| firstlabel =
| registered =
| clubs = 26 (as of 2015)
| contact = No
| team = 7 per side
| mgender = No
| type = Outdoor
| equipment = Stuffed leather ball
| venue = [[Pitch (sports field)|Pitch]]
| region = [[Kerala]], India
| olympic = No
}}

'''Nādan panthu kali''' ({{trans|Native [[ball game]]}}) is a [[team sport]] native to the state of [[Kerala]], India. It is played in rural areas with a stuffed leather ball between two teams of seven players each. The sport originated in [[Kottayam]] in early 1900s and is also played in villages in [[Pathanamthitta]] and [[Alappuzha]]. It is held usually during the festival of [[Onam]] and on [[summer vacation]].

==History==
Nādan panthu kali (native [[ball game]]) originated in [[Kottayam]] in early 1900s. Several tournaments were held in 1950s and 1960. It is played mostly in Kottayam, but also in villages in [[Pathanamthitta]] and [[Alappuzha]], usually during the festival of [[Onam]].<ref name=TNIE/> Over the years, the sport was played during [[summer vacation]] on school grounds, churches, and post-harvest [[paddy field]]s at rural areas, such as [[Puthuppally, Kottayam|Puthuppally]], [[Vakathanam]], [[Anchery]], [[Meenadam]], [[Pathamuttom]], [[Pampady]], [[Manarcaud]] and adjoining areas.<ref name="DC"/>

==Characteristics==
The game is similar to [[cricket]]. It has six innings, known as ''vara'', they are ''otta'', ''petta'', ''pidiyan'', ''thalam'', ''keezhu'', and ''indan''.<ref name="DC"/> It is played between two teams of seven players each, [[barefoot]] on a 35m × 75m court. Ball is made of salt-dried leather. In each inning, both the teams are allowed to do ''vettu'' where they initiate the scoring and other team prevents from the scoring. Scoring points follow the sequence like otta, petta, pidiyan, thalm, keezhu, indan and then it repeats. The team which score the most points from the innings wins.<ref name=TNIE>{{Cite news|last=Kuruvilla|first=Anu|title=Strike the ball in six different ways in this barefoot game|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2016/jul/16/Strike-the-ball-in-six-different-ways-in-this-barefoot-game-881393.html|access-date=4 January 2021|work=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref>

==In present-day==
Revival attempts began in 2012 with the formation of the All-Kerala Native Ball Federation. As of 2015, a total of 26 teams are registered with the federation, out of which 24 are from Kottayam and two from [[Idukki district]]. Tournament seasons are from January to May and on [[Onam]] holidays. Tournaments are held at Kottayam, Pathanamthitta, and Alappuzha.<ref name="DC">{{cite news|last=Bose|first=Abhish K.|title=Nadan panthu kali makes a strong comeback|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150901/nation-current-affairs/article/nadan-panthu-kali-makes-strong-comeback|access-date=4 January 2021|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|date=1 September 2015}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Sport in Kerala]]
[[Category:Culture of Kottayam district]]
[[Category:Indian games]]

{{India-sport-stub}}

Godha (film)

2021-08-06T12:05:39Z

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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Godha
| image = Godha 2017 poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Basil Joseph]]
| producer = Anoop<br>Mukesh R. Mehta<br> C. V. Sarathi
| writer = Rakesh Mantodi
| starring = [[Tovino Thomas]]<br>[[Wamiqa Gabbi]]
| music = [[Shaan Rahman]]
| cinematography = Vishnu Sarma
| editing = Abhinav Sunder Nayak
| studio = [[AVA Productions]]<br>E4 Entertainment
| distributor = E4 Entertainment
| released = {{Film date|2017|05|19|df=y}}
| runtime = 120 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| budget =
| gross = {{INR}}20 crore<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2017/aug/17/mammootty-tovino-thomas--to-star-in-godha-director-basil-josephs-next-1644363.html|title=Mammootty, Tovino Thomas to star in Godha director Basil Joseph's next|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=17 August 2017}}</ref>
}}

'''''Godha''''' ({{trans|Arena}}) is a 2017 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[Sports film|sports]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Basil Joseph]] and written by Rakesh Mantodi, and jointly produced by [[AVA Productions]] and E4 Entertainment. The film stars [[Tovino Thomas]], [[Wamiqa Gabbi]], [[Aju Varghese]] and [[Renji Panicker]]. The plot follows Aanjaneya Das, son of a [[gatta gusthi]] coach, who brings home Aditi Singh, a [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] wrestler. ''Godha'' was released on 19 May 2017.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tovino and Wamiqa Gabbi in 'Godha'|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/tovino-and-wamiqa-gabbi-in-godha-imagegallery-malayalam-ql3lzlajdbdeg.html |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206034232/http://www.sify.com/movies/tovino-and-wamiqa-gabbi-in-godha-imagegallery-malayalam-ql3lzlajdbdeg.html|archive-date=6 December 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Going the Tovino way? Renji Panicker's new look is mighty impressive |url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/renji-panicker-workout-make-over-for-tovino-godha-movie.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220091618/http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/renji-panicker-workout-make-over-for-tovino-godha-movie.html |archive-date=20 December 2016}}</ref>

==Plot==
In [[Punjab]], Aditi Singh ([[Wamiqa Gabbi]]) is a Punjab University wrestling champion. Her late father had encouraged her to take up wrestling from a young age but her older brother restricts her, sometimes through violent means.{{Citation needed|date=July 2019}}

In a small village in [[Kerala]], [[gatta gusthi]] wrestling used to be a passion for the old generations but the younger generation has moved on to cricket. They frequently clash over Manayathuvayal, a large field where wrestling competitions used to happen years earlier. Aanjaneya Das ([[Tovino Thomas]]) is one of the youth of the village that play cricket and is generally aimless in life. Captain ([[Renji Panicker]]), who used to be the wrestling champion of the village and his father, sends him to Punjab University against his wishes to enroll him in Master's. There he meets and befriends Aditi and he falls in love with her.

However, her brother fixes her marriage against her wishes and while he takes her home by force, Das interferes and assaults her brother who is a Punjab police officer. Upon Aditi's insistence, he returns to Kerala temporarily until things cool off. But a few days later, he gets a call from Aditi informing him that she ran away to escape from marriage and has landed in his village.

Das lodges her in his home without his parents' knowledge but news soon spreads to his family and later, the village. They reluctantly let her stay there while Das' friends try to woo her. During a temple festival, Aditi takes down two drunkards who misbehave with her. Impressed by her wrestling moves, Captain decides to train her at his gym while Das' friends leave cricket and take up wrestling to get closer to her which irritates Das.

During training, Captain pushes her to work hard and enroll in national wrestling championships while Aditi's mingling and friendship with Das' friends enrages him. One night, he scolds Aditi for her behavior while she reminds him that he has no right to control her actions. Hurt, he proposes her but they are overheard by Captain. Captain tells Das that she aims to become a wrestling champion and encourages him to find his own aim in order to become her equal. A flashback shows that Das was a junior wrestling champion under his father's tutelage but he quit due to his strict and tough training which soured their relationship ever since.

Das realizes that his aim and desire was always to be a wrestling champion and vows to be one, no matter what hardships he faces. He joins his dad's gym while Aditi trains to represent Kerala in National Games. During National Games, the officials inform them that Aditi is ineligible as she is from Punjab. Hurt, she sees her nemesis, Pinto, winning gold. After the match, they exchange heated words and Aditi challenges her to a wrestling competition in Manayathuvayal which she accepts.

The entire village prepares for the competition and the young generation takes initiative in preparing Manayathuvayal for the same. Aditi's brother tracks her to the village and reaches the venue as the competition starts. After fighting hard, Aditi wins the competition earning her brother's approval and inspiring Das while the entire village celebrates her victory. It is revealed that Das is now into wrestling competitions.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Tovino Thomas]] as Aanjaneya Das
* [[Wamiqa Gabbi]] as Adithi Singh
* [[Renji Panicker]] as Captain, Aanjaneya Das's Father
* [[Aju Varghese]] as Balan
* [[Hareesh Peradi]] as Ravi
* [[Mamukoya]] as Pokkarikka
* [[Sreejith Ravi]] as Vijayan
* [[Bijukuttan]] as Kolamachan
* [[Hareesh Perumanna]] as Dhim Dhi
* [[Dharmajan Bolgatty]] as Danger
* [[Pradeep Kottayam]] as Captain's brother and their cook
* [[Bala Saravanan]] as Pandi/Muthu Pandiyan
* [[Parvathi T]] as Aanjaneya Das's mother
* [[Shine Tom Chacko]] as Kidilan Firoz (Guest Appearance)
* [[Dinesh Prabhakar|Dinesh Nair]]
* Gauri as Appu, Aanjaneya Das's sister
* Vineeth Sharma as Aditi's brother
* Jithan V Soubhagom as Youthism Club Member
* Tansen Paul as Aditi's father
* Monisha Sabu as Aditi's friend
* Aarushi Vedikha<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thefangarage.com/articles/10986-tfginterview-from-cage-to-reel--in-conversation-with-aarushi-vedikha|title=Interview of Aarushi Vedikha by Renjith Ravindran for The Fan Garage|website=The Fan Garage}}</ref> as Pinto
{{colend}}

==Production==
[[Basil Joseph]] announced 'Godha' as his next movie, with [[Tovino Thomas]] and Punjabi actress [[Wamiqa Gabbi]] through his Facebook page on March 5, 2016 .<ref>{{cite news|title=Godha': Basil Joseph's next to have Tovino, Wamiqa Gabbi... |url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/godha-basil-joseph-next-with-tovino-and-wamiqa-gabbi.html |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030175627/http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/godha-basil-joseph-next-with-tovino-and-wamiqa-gabbi.html |archive-date=30 October 2016 }}</ref>

===Filming===
Principal photography of the film began in October 2016.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}} Wamiqa Gabbi sustained a lot of injuries in the making of the film.<ref>{{cite news|title=I was battered and bruised playing a wrestler in Godha: Wamiqa Gabbi |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/I-was-battered-and-bruised-playing-a-wrestler-in-Godha-Wamiqa-Gabbi/articleshow/55272593.cms |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111060004/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/I-was-battered-and-bruised-playing-a-wrestler-in-Godha-Wamiqa-Gabbi/articleshow/55272593.cms |archive-date=11 November 2016 }}</ref>
For the film, the actors underwent rigorous training in wrestling. The movie was shot in [[Chandigarh]], [[Patiala]], [[Ludhiana]], [[Ottapalam]] and [[Pazhani]].The shooting was completed by December 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=It's A Wrap For Team Godha! |url=http://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/news/2016/it-is-a-wrap-for-team-godha-249997.html |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225213808/http://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/news/2016/it-is-a-wrap-for-team-godha-249997.html |archive-date=25 February 2017 }}</ref>

==Reception==
===Critical response===
Film critic Veeyen lauded the movie and stated that "Basil Joseph’s tweaking of the sport movie recipe in ‘Godha’ works wonders and lifts it up straight on to a prized zone occupied by some of its triumphant predecessors. Strikingly directed and deftly written, ‘Godha’ steps up the rules of the game and wins the combat in a superb take-down."<ref>{{cite news|title= Godha Malayalam Movie Review by Veeyen |url=http://veeyen.com/film-reviews/godha-2017-malayalam-movie-review-veeyen/}}</ref>

Amrutha Menon P of ''Manorama Online'' praised Adithi's charisma, and described the film as "a simple sports story that will not disappoint you".<ref>[http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/2017/05/19/godha-malayalam-movie-review-tovino-wamiqa-basil.html Godha Movie Review] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519141527/http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/2017/05/19/godha-malayalam-movie-review-tovino-wamiqa-basil.html |date=19 May 2017}}</ref>

[[Baradwaj Rangan]] of Film Companion South wrote "Godha may not be as prickly as Dangal, and crises may get resolved a tad too conveniently, but it shares with that film an unwavering eye on what’s really the story, what’s important...this is a moving, forceful testament to the assimilations that make our country what it is."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/godha-movie-review/|title=Godha Movie Review|publisher=[[Film Companion]]|date=7 June 2017}}</ref>

===Box office===
The film grossed {{INR}}16 crore in 11 days from worldwide box office of which {{INR}}6.41 crore from UAE and GCC box office (first weekend).<ref>{{cite news|last=James |first=Anu |title=Worldwide box office: Godha set to become Tovino Thomas' biggest grossing movie |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/worldwide-box-office-godha-set-become-tovino-thomas-biggest-grossing-movie-728778 |work=[[International Business Times]] |date=31 May 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603062836/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/worldwide-box-office-godha-set-become-tovino-thomas-biggest-grossing-movie-728778 |archive-date=3 June 2017 }}</ref> The film collected $297,800 in its four weekends from UAE box office and $3,647 in its first weekend from UK box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fGODHA01&country=UE&wk=2017W22&id=_fGODHA01&p=.htm|title=Godha|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|date=20 June 2017}}</ref> The film grossed more than {{INR}}20 crore from worldwide box office.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2017/aug/17/mammootty-tovino-thomas--to-star-in-godha-director-basil-josephs-next-1644363.html|title=Mammootty, Tovino Thomas to star in Godha director Basil Joseph's next|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=17 August 2017}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Artist(s)
| all_lyrics = [[Manu Manjith]] except where noted
| all_music = Shaan Rahman

| title1 = Aaro Nenjil
| extra1 = Gowry Lekshmi

| title2 = Aaro Nenjil
| note2 = Desi Mix
| extra2 = Gowry Lekshmi

| title3 = Captain's Honor
| note3 = Humming
| extra3 = Radhika Sethumadhavan

| title4 = Innalekalil
| extra4 = Niranj Suresh

| title5 = Innalekalil
| note5 = Treadmill Mix
| extra5 = Niranj Suresh

| title6 = Kannanjunnoru
| extra6 = Shaan Rahman

| title7 = Kannethaa Dooratholam
| extra7 = Sachin Warrier

| title8 = Manayathu Vayalum Gusthiyum
| extra8 = [[Vineeth Sreenivasan]]

| title9 = Oh Rabba
| lyrics9 = [[Vinayak Sasikumar]]
| extra9 = Zia Ul Haq

| title10 = Welcome To Punjab
| extra10 = Shaan Rahman

| title11 = Ponnin Kanikkonna
| note11 = Wow Song
| extra11 = [[Sithara Krishnakumar]]
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2010s sports comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian sports comedy films]]
[[Category:2010s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:2017 films]]
[[Category:2017 comedy films]]
[[Category:Sport wrestling films]]

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