What do you think of the Indian Street Fighter character named Dhalsim?

I used to think of him as nothing but a caricture, but lately Capcom has been improving his image/backstory to make him seem more like an actual indepth chracater. To add to that, he's always been one of the best and most popular characters to use when fighting.


Darun Mister is also a good Indian character.....

I looked him up on wikipedia. He character is listed as a pacifist. A bit of a stereotype. But his character seems pretty cool. I don't play video games. So all I can do is read up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhalsim

Dhalsim's a legend. I still maintain he was by far the best character in the original SF2, but since then has been made weaker to balance out with the other characters.

no offense but dalshim sucked balls. He was slow and totally lame lol. His only move that i liked was when he jumps and does the spinning thing.

nah way, he was slow (very slow) but his reach totally made up for it originally. If you knew how to use him then he was pretty much untouchable.

Actually, my favourite character was always Ken (and Ryu who was the same), but I found the original SF2 too easy with Dhalsim in the end.

Speaking of Dhalsim, check out this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCHKrmkE0pQ

Who is Darun Mister?

I remember when I was little and playing Street Fighter 2, I was terrified when facing Dhalsim because of how he'd reach so far with his streching legs and arms and using his Yoga fire and flame. Didn't know how to dodge them so I always thought of him as the best character next to Bison.

i remember one time i did a 32-hit with his yoga-flame super move

He's the Indian equivalent of Zangief......

Darun Mister is based on a real Indian wrestler, The Great Gama, who was the world heavyweight wrestling champion in 1910. The Great Gama is also a character in Shadow Hearts: Covenant.

Dhalsim was a bit overpowered in Street Fighter II with his long reach and Yoga fire and flame moves but it's good they balanced it in later games.

Another stereotype I had to deal with as a child!


We all know that Guy from the street fighter alpha was the best, tehe

i wish they would kill him off, no one ever picks dhalsim in the newer SF games. either kill him off or add some better moves.

I bet people calling you "Pandit Ji" was something else you had to deal with too back in the day.

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More like camel jockey, hadji, or Dhalsim.

What did your peers call you?

I once got called a camel jockey and sand n*gger on AIM, but this was during my teen years.

All the swami's I have seen teaching yoga never looked like Dhalsim.

You can work hard enough to get a body like that and become the next Pandit Ji. I'm telling you.

I don't know what you guys call it in marathi, but pandit ji is like "brahmin, learned person, priest, etc."

My grandpa was a sanskrit pundit so i think its mostly associated with learned person or a priest!

You "think"? You know Hindi way better than I do.

Well, Dhalsim is no longer exist in the new Street Fighter. But he had his day, and oh boy, it was such fine days!

Hey, I am very fluent in hindi and telugu! I grew up bilingual and trilingual from kindergarten onwards