Khukuries in the Movies

You're right, Beo. I've seen several Hindi films that featured khukuris but I can't remember the names of them.
 
Actually I did see a couple of Hindi movies with khukuris in them. I cannot remember the names of either one, but one of the movies was a newer one where the guy holding the khukuri was shown as a gangster going up against a guy holding a tulwar. In most Hindi movies though, I've seen the khukuri used only for stabbing and not slashing at which it would really excel.

Arvind
 
I saw one Nepali film that was essentially one of the standard martial arts stories and the lead was a khukuri weilding gal who took care of all her enemies in a variety of ways. In fact, Gelbu sent me the video which I loaned out and have not seen again.
 
Resurrecting this thread--in the 70s film Shakti (with the fabulous Amitabh Bacchan)--in the beginning of the film, Vijay's father the policeman goes into a 'bad part' of Bombay and there's a shot of someone sharpening a khukuri. A couple of minutes later the man tries to use his khukuri on the policewallah, but he (and the rest of the armed thugs) are defeated by the martial arts prowess of the silghtly over-weight policeman (& lots of break-away doors & tables ;)).

I'll keep my eye out for others (a couple of interesting weapons in Asoka, including a katar, but I didn't notice any kukris).

cheers, B.
 
Saw a few good-sized chunks of 'The Mummy' (Should have been called 'The Dummy') on TV last night while surfing the channels. Lots of senseless and gratuitous violence, much of it perpetrated by gentlemen in fezzes and headcloths, not a few of whom seemed to be armed with khukrish weaponry.
I hate movies where people get slammed with large edged weapons and just groan and fall down. Or worse, don't react at all. People who make and act in such films obviously have never been struck by large sharp objects.
Ken
 
This thread has came from death, like the Nosferati... I have seem again the Coppolla's version (Bram Stocker's Dracula) and a nice khukuri is the final weapon to kill the living dead... does anybody remember?
 
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