Street Fighter marks Indian actor Vidyut Jammwal ’s grand Hollywood debut. The action star plays Dhalsim, a popular character from the games. Ahead of the film’s release, Vidyut speaks with Hindustan Times about taking kalaripayattu globally with Dhalsim and working alongside some of the biggest names in Hollywood on the film.
Apart from Vidyut, Street Fighter also stars names like Noah Centineo, Andrew Koji, Callina Liang, Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, 50 Cent, and Jason Momoa . Vidyut has trained in kalaripayattu since the age of 3. The film will release in theatres on October 16.
Vidyut’s casting as Dhalsim has been praised by fans due to the similarity between the actor and the character. He does yoga. Of course, he does that yoga flame and the supernatural things that I can’t. But it was very close to me. The actor calls Street Fighter ‘a movie that has been waiting to come out, that fans have been waiting for years’. But he adds that he had one more reason to do the film: to share the screen with some action legends. “For me, I was looking forward to working with legends I have always known. He remains one of India’s best-known practitioners of the martial art. The actor finds it humbling to be able to take it globally with a mainstream Hollywood film. Kung fu had its good fortune. Kalaripayattu will have its time too. Street Fighter is the third live-action feature-length film based on the Street Fighter video game series by Capcom .
Vidyut says, “He is a martial artist, a kalaripayattu practitioner. I was excited I would get to be with these people rather than just meeting them for a party,” says the actor. Ask him if this is kalaripayattu’s Bruce Lee moment, and he says, “ If I could do what Bruce Lee did for kung fu?
