Mumbai: Wrestling?

iyou · Oct 14th, 2004, 06:07

We would like to go see one of those wrestling matches like the one shown in this link:

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default...-7-2004_pg7_24

Do any of the experts here know where in Mumbai this takes place? Am I the only one who thinks langots are hot?!

open_air · Oct 14th, 2004, 07:08

I don't know where you can watch it in Mumbai for real, but there is a movie called Uttara (the wrestlers) by Buddhadev Dasgupta (2000) that revolves around this wrestling. Not the easiest plot to watch though...

edwardseco · Oct 14th, 2004, 09:43

Many Maharashtran villages have a gym where men train in wrestling..

proxyindian · Aug 11th, 2007, 00:28

In the book Old Delhi: 10 Easy Walks by Gaynor Barton and Laurraine Malone, walk number 2 directs readers to the park east of the Jama Masjid. There's wrestling there every Sunday evening from 4 to 7. Does anyone know about this? Is it like the wrestling in the linked artical in the opening post, or is it like our Western style wrestling where the guys wear the shiny latex singlets. Because if it's Western style, we're not going. I don't much like sports but if there's a chance that it's like something I've never seen before, I want to see it.

Here's a link to a neat picture...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/novotnymichal/425357332/

Thanks,
Steve

Oct 14th, 2004, 06:07	#1
iyou Maha Guru Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon USA Posts: 502	Mumbai: Wrestling? We would like to go see one of those wrestling matches like the one shown in this link: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default...-7-2004_pg7_24 Do any of the experts here know where in Mumbai this takes place? Am I the only one who thinks langots are hot?! __________________ . . . --May a moody baby doom a yam. Last edited by machadinha : Aug 13th, 2007 at 05:46. Reason: adjusted title

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Oct 14th, 2004, 07:08	#2
open_air Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 62	I don't know where you can watch it in Mumbai for real, but there is a movie called Uttara (the wrestlers) by Buddhadev Dasgupta (2000) that revolves around this wrestling. Not the easiest plot to watch though...

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edwardseco Maha Guru Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Land that shakes and bakes. Posts: 3,911	Many Maharashtran villages have a gym where men train in wrestling..

Aug 11th, 2007, 00:28	#4
proxyindian Insomnia Cat Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Chicago, Illinois Posts: 285	In the book Old Delhi: 10 Easy Walks by Gaynor Barton and Laurraine Malone, walk number 2 directs readers to the park east of the Jama Masjid. There's wrestling there every Sunday evening from 4 to 7. Does anyone know about this? Is it like the wrestling in the linked artical in the opening post, or is it like our Western style wrestling where the guys wear the shiny latex singlets. Because if it's Western style, we're not going. I don't much like sports but if there's a chance that it's like something I've never seen before, I want to see it. Here's a link to a neat picture... http://www.flickr.com/photos/novotnymichal/425357332/ Thanks, Steve

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