With giant rippling biceps and enormous girth, they pose an imposing spectacle individually but when wrestlers of this group hang out together, say at an eatery or a park, they usually attract awestruck looks from passersby.
Calling themselves "Freak Fighters Wrestling", the group is now attempting to garner an audience for the sport and also make it a more lucrative career choice in the country, which has few takers for even mainstream wrestling.
While the concept may sound glamorous, with scripted fights and aggression, the life of the wrestlers in the group is exposed to various dangers.
"The fights may be scripted, but the stunts can't be fake. The risk of fatal injuries is always there. It's a risk these people take every day", says Kumar.
Freak Wrestlers are not just limited to men. Apart from 15 active wrestlers and 10 trainees in the male category there are two female wrestlers active in the ring along with 2 under-training.
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