New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI/NewsVoir): 93.5 RED FM, India's leading private radio and entertainment network announced the return of "South Side Story" - An Ultimate South Indian Experience Festival. The event will be hosted on September 4, 2022, in New Delhi.

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 30 (ANI/PNN): Wowidays, India's most trusted and fastest-growing holiday tours, MICE and events brand, has roped in Padma Shri Meenakshi Raghavan (Meenakshi Amma), a practitioner and teacher of Kalaripayattu, Kerala's traditional martial art, as its brand ambassador.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 17 (ANI): Ranbir Kapoor will be seen performing a few Kalaripayattu-inspired fight sequences in Shamshera which is helmed by Karan Malhotra.

Kalaripayattu originated in Kerala about 3000 years ago. If myths are to be believed, it was created by Lord Parashurama, for 108 Kalaris, who were to destroy the demons who were causing havoc on earth. Kerala's popular martial art has travelled to North to capture the hearts of Jammu and Kashmir. Strong J-K team hopes to capture medals in KIYG 2021.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 28 (ANI): Actor Vidyut Jammwal, who is trained in the oldest martial art form Kalaripayattu, has a surprise in store for his fans. He will be seen hosting the reality show 'India's Ultimate Warrior' based on martial arts and combat skills.

Mumbai Feb 28 PTI Actor Vidyut Jammwal is set to debut as a host with Discoverys reality show exploring martial arts and combat skills titled Indias Ultimate WarriorAccording to a note shared by the makers the series will premiere on March 4 on discovery streamer and March 14 on Discovery ChannelJammwal known for headlining action films like the Commando series and Khuda Haafiz will be seen commanding the fight camp and helping the contenders battle it out through the course of their journey on the showThe actor along with four mentors -- experts in the range of combat forms -- will find the ultimate warrior who has the right blend of physical and mental attributes like focus control determination balance and disciplineJammwal who is trained in the oldest martial art form Kalaripayattu said its about time that reality shows become realThe job bestowed upon me was to find the ultimate warrior a warrior in any field someone who experiences everything with their mind body and spirit at any given moment and this was the crux of the show where we put the fighters in the toughest situations to bring out their best The person who got the best out of themselves is Indias Ultimate Warrior the 41-year-old actor said in a statement PTI JUR RDS RDS

New Delhi Jan 25 PTI Star para athlete Devendra Jhajharia was on Tuesday named for the prestigious Padma Bhushan the third highest civilian honour in the country while Olympic gold winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was among the eight sportspersons named for Padma Shri award Forty-year old Jhajharia has two gold medals in the javelin competition of Paralympic Games 2004 Athens and more recently in Rio 2016 He won a silver in the F46 event at the Tokyo Paralympics last year Chopra the 24-year-old javelin thrower made history in the Tokyo Olympics by becoming the first Indian to win a gold in a track and field event in Games history He also became only the second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold after shooter Abhinav Bindra The other Padma Shri awardees include 20-year-old para shooter Avani Lekhara para badminton player Pramod Bhagat and para javelin thrower Sumit Antil Also getting the honour was 93-year-old Kalaripayattu indigenous martial art form legend Sankaranarayana Menon Chundayil former international martial arts champion Faisal Ali Dar 67-year-old former Indian football team captain Brahmanand Sankhwalkar and 29-year-old womens hockey player Vandana Kataria The Padma Awards are conferred by the President of India at a ceremonial function in Rashtrapati Bhawan around March-April every year PTI BS AT AT

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 18 (ANI): Actor Vidyut Jammwal, whose latest hostage drama 'Sanak - Hope Under Siege' was recently released, shared that action sequences in Hollywood are inspired from 3,000 years old Indian martial art Kalaripayattu.