In the vast multiverse of cult cinema, few films defy genre classification as gleefully as Stephen Chow’s 2004 masterpiece, Kung Fu Hustle . It is a live-action cartoon, a bloody triad drama, and a love letter to classic Shaw Brothers films rolled into one. But in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, this film has taken on a second life, often discussed alongside the legendary exploits of (the archetype of the spiritual warrior) and the high-octane logic of "India's Bruce Lee."