Dara Singh, famous wrestler and actor, is remembered on his 10th Death Anniversary

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• Jul 12, 2022 | Kabir Chakraborty

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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">Digital Desk: On November 19, 1928, Deedar
Singh Randhawa, a former wrestler and actor, was given the name Dara Singh.
Throughout his career and lifetime, Dara Singh wore a variety of headwear.
Singh was not just an actor and wrestler but also a director, producer, and
lawmaker.

mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">Dara Singh
began playing pehelwani, a sport he had been urged to play since he was a
little child, before even entering the Hindi film industry. In Singapore, he
began his wrestling career in 1949. He entered the acting business in 1952.
Dara Singh performed in close to 150–200 movies and TV series during the course
of his career.

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Singh worked as a stunt performer for a couple of years before becoming the
first athlete to be nominated for the Rajya Sabha. He frequently worked with
Mumtaz, and the two of them collaborated on 16 films.

mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">Dara Singh's most well-known roles include:

mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi">Sangdil: The movie, which was released in 1952,
was Dara Singh's debut in Hindi cinema. On Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre,
the movie was based.

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The 1974 movie, which Chandrakant directed, expanded Dara Singh's resume. With
Dara Singh portraying Bhagwan Shiv, this mythical movie was a big success.
Padma Khanna and Jayshree Gadkar were also in the movie.

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normal">Ajooba: Amitabh Bachchan, Dimple Kapadia, and Rishi Kapoor played the
main characters in the 1991 film Ajooba. Maharaja Karan Singh was portrayed by
Dara Singh.

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normal">The movie, which was released in 1963, was one of many that Dara Singh
and Mumtaz collaborated on. Amar was perfectly portrayed by Dara Singh, and
this was much praised. A lower-caste man who falls in love with an upper-caste
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