Action Stars Vidyut Jammwal and Tony Jaa talk about how Lord Hanuman, Lord Ganesha and martial arts are linked!

The coronavirus pandemic has not deterred actor, Vidyut Jammwal from pursuing his love for the action genre and breaking down fitness for his fans through the mother of all forms of martial arts, Kalaripayattu. He was initiated into it when he was three and trained in it to become one of the top ten martial artists in the world. Much of the same, is true for international action icon, Tony Jaa( Tom-Yum-Goong, Ong Bak and Furious 7 fame), who was inspired by Jackie Chan's The Drunken Master at the age of six.

The two celebrated martial artists most recently got in the conversation for the first episode of Jammwal's X-Rayed By Vidyut, which is a forum designated to demystifying legends as we know them. In the episode, Jaa and Jammwal were seen bonding on their mutual love for martial arts, elephants and action movies. Both share a fondness for elephants and Jaa mentions he rears two elephants.

Jaa remarked that Muay Thai is inspired by Hanuman and Ganesha. To Jammwal's and the viewers' surprise, Jaa divulged that he would like to play Hanuman in Ramayana! He said, "Thai people also believe and respect Lord Ganesha. Before the Thai people (go to) work they (pay) respect (to the elephant god). They have a big ceremony for Lord Ganesha. So then... Muay Thai is from Ganesha! Muay Thai is from Hanuman. You know the dancing from The Ramayana? Ramayana is part of Thai culture. So the culture is very similar."

Jammwal said, "It's a great feeling to know that people realise that Indian culture has a lot of association with their own cultures.  Finding that out from the legendary action star, Tony Jaa was awesome! After speaking to him, I see why he is the best at what he does. I was thoroughly amused when he said that he would like to play the role of Hanuman in Ramayana. It would be amazing to watch him essay Hanuman with elements of Muay Thai."