What is "kabaddi"

n. A South Asian team sport in which players must hold one's breath while making raids into the opposing team's half of the field.

Kabaddi is a contact sport that originated in ancient India. Kabaddi is an umbrella term which encompasses various forms of the game including International rules Kabaddi; budheliya parth, Gaminee, Amar and Punjabi. Kabaddi also encompasses similar sports known by their regional names, such as hadudu in Bangladesh, bhavatik in Maldives, chedugudu in Andhra Pradesh, sadugudu in Tamil Nadu and jai bhavani in Maharashtra.

Kabaddi is the national game of Bangladesh and also the state game of the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Punjab.

Kabaddi is a 2009 Kannada sports drama film directed by Narendra Babu. Produced by G K Ravi, K Raju, G Kishor Kumar, Anup Gowda, N Asha and D V Rajendra Prasad under the banner of Khandaya haagu Vistara and has music by Hamsalekha. The film stars Praveen and Priyanka in the lead roles, It features real life Kabaddi plays as important roles, while veteran actor Kishore played the role of a passionate sports coach. The directorial debut film, is a love story based around the sport of Kabaddi. Though it didn't perform well at the box office, critics named it one of the top Kannada films of 2009.

At 2009 Karnataka State Film Awards, it won the award for Best First Film.

Kabaddi is a 2013 Nepali film directed by Ram Babu Gurung. It portrays the story of a love triangle among three central characters. The film was produced by Raunak Bikram Kandel, Nischal Basnet and Sunil Rauniyar and starred Nischal Basnet, Dayahang Rai, Rishma Gurung and Rajan Khatiwada. The film was released on April 25, 2013 and became one of the hit Nepali films of the year. Its sequel named Kabaddi Kabaddi was released on November 27, 2015 with generally positive reviews from the critics.