Wrestler, Mumbai movie star, film producer, studio owner, Rajya Sabha member and pan-Indian icon Dara Singh was a super-achiever in many domains. But inside the ring, on the screen and in real life, he embodied one overarching trait: benign invincibility.He was a true conqueror of hearts, a gentle giant who spread old-world positivity all around.
Dara Singh wasn’t a proper noun. He was an adjective. He personified the best that a man could be. A true-blue pro, he brought unalloyed simplicity, honesty and serious intent to bear upon whatever he set his sight on.
Dara Singh took pride in letting the world know that, before he entered the ring and the history books as a freestyle wrestler, he was a peasant from Amritsar district’s Dharmuchak village.
His approach to the craft of screen acting was uncomplicated. He had limited ability, delivered his lines with a thick rustic Punjabi accent, and never broke out of the B-grade action film circuit in his prime. But he always went full tilt.
He was a big man with a generous spirit that rubbed off on everything and everybody he touched. It is rare indeed for a showbiz personality – Dara Singh was one, both as a sportsman and a movie actor – to transcend the boundaries of his chosen calling and mutate into a byword for a specific human attribute. Dara Singh had both inner and outer strength cloaked in humility and humanit
Dara Singh & Mumtaz
DARA SINGH JI WITH VEERINDER (VINDU) ...
Dara Singh with sons Amrik and Vindhu
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Kapoor's grandfather; Dara Singh wrestling
Madan Mohan with legendary wrestlers Dara Singh and Saudagar Singh
Rustam-e-Baghdad (1963)
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