Meet the Dangal kings: A ground report from the mud pits of north India
Jan 29, 2016 02:30 PM IST
Wrestling is the inspiration for two big Hindi films this year. A ringside view of the carnival of akhada culture.
Ask for directions to the dangal and the buzurg sprawled on a cot tells us to follow the thump of the drumbeat. Walking in the bylanes, past women washing clothes and stray dogs jousting in the sun, you hear a shrill announcement on a loudspeaker: Today’s jhandi kushti (title bout) is between ‘Himachal Kesri’ Gaurav Una and ‘Patiala ka Sher’ Binder Samana.
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