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{{short description|Indian professional wrestler and actor}}
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|name = Dara Singh  
|name       = Dara Singh
|image = Dara Singh 1.jpg
|image       = Dara Singh 1.jpg
|alt = Dara Singh
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|caption = Dara Singh
|caption     = Singh at [[Pran (actor)|Pran]]'s birthday party in February 2010
|birth_name = Deedar Singh
|birth_name = Deedar Singh Randhawa
|birth_date = {{birth date|1928|11|19|df=yes}}<!-- Source of birth date is on Talk Page pls check -->
|birth_date = {{birth date|1928|11|19|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Dharmuchak (now [[Amritsar district]]), [[British India]]
|birth_place = [[Dharmuchak]], [[Amritsar District]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj|British India]] <br/>{{small|(now [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]])}}<ref name="toi20120712">{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Dara-Singh-passes-away/articleshow/14838702.cms |title=Dara Singh Passes Away |date=12 July 2012 |work=The Times of India |access-date=1 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916020853/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Dara-Singh-passes-away/articleshow/14838702.cms |archive-date=16 September 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|death_date = {{death date and age|2012|7|12|1928|11|19|df=yes}}
|party      = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|2012|7|12|1928|11|19|df=yes}}
|death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
|death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
|yearsactive = 1946–1983 (wrestler) <br> 1950–2012 (actor) <br> 2003-2009 (politics)
|height      = 1.88 m<ref name=height>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19660509&id=bt8jAAAAIBAJ&pg=3133,7086073&hl=en |title=Wrestler Finds Acting Easy, Is Idol Of India's Morie Fans, p.2 |publisher=[[The Milwaukee Journal]] |date=9 May 1966 |location=[[Bombay]] }}</ref>
|yearsactive = 1947–1983 (wrestler) <br/> 1950–2012 (actor) <br/> 2003–2009 (politician)
|nationality = Indian
|nationality = Indian
|religion =  
|children    = 6 including;<br/>[[Vindu Dara Singh]]
|other_names = Rustam-E-Punjab<br>Rustam-E-Hind <br> Ironman of Indian cinema
|family      = See [[List of Hindi film clans#Randhawa family|Randhawa family]]
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|spouse      = {{Marriage|Bachno Kaur|1942|1952}}<br/>{{marriage|Surjit Kaur|11 May 1961}}
|occupation = [[Wrestler]], Actor
|title      = Rustam-e-Hind
|website = {{URL|http://dara-singh.com}}
|occupation  = [[Professional wrestling|Professional wrestler]], [[actor]], [[politician]]
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| weight    = {{convert|127|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| billed    = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]]
| trainer    = Harnam Singh
| debut      = 1948
| retired    = 1983
}}{{Infobox officeholder
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| office = Member of Parliament, [[Rajya Sabha]]
| termstart = 27 August 2003
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'''Dara Singh Randhawa''' (born '''Deedar Singh Randhawa'''; 19 November 1928&nbsp;– 12 July 2012) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]], [[actor]] and [[politician]]. He started acting in 1952 and was the first sportsman to be nominated to the [[Rajya Sabha]] (upper house) of India.<ref>{{cite news |title=Remembering Dara Singh: 13 facts about India's most-loved wrestler |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/dara-singh-839075-2016-11-19 |access-date=20 August 2020 |work=India Today |date=19 November 2016 |language=en}}</ref> He worked as Hindi and Punjabi film producer, director and writer, and he acted in films and television. He is known for his undefeated worldwide streak in wrestling and later being a successful movie star. His role of [[Hanuman]] in the film ''[[Bajrangbali (film)|Bajrangbali]]'' (1976) and in [[Ramanand Sagar]]'s ''Ramayan'' made him popular.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Dara Singh: The original muscle man of Bollywood|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/entertainment/dara-singh-the-original-muscle-man-of-bollywood/dara-singh-had-500-undefeated-fights-to-his-credit/slideshow/14869179.cms|last=PTI|date=13 July 2012|work=The Economic Times|access-date=17 May 2020}}</ref> Singh was inducted into the Legacy Category of the [[WWE Hall of Fame (2018)|WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2018]].<ref name="HoF"/>
==Early life==
Singh was born in a Jat Sikh family as Deedar Singh Randhawa on 19 November 1928<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Dara Singh - the champion loses his final fight |agency=IANS |work=Hindustan Times|date=12 July 2012 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/OBITUARY-Dara-Singh-the-champion-loses-his-final-fight/Article1-887448.aspx |access-date=14 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713000223/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Bollywood/OBITUARY-Dara-Singh-the-champion-loses-his-final-fight/Article1-887448.aspx |archive-date=13 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kahol |first1=Vikas |title=People at ancestral village remember legendary wrestler and film actor Dara Singh |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/people-at-ancestral-village-remember-dara-singh-109168-2012-07-12 |access-date=18 September 2019 |work=India Today |date=13 July 2012 |language=en}}</ref> in the village of Dharmuchak in the [[Majha]] area of the [[Punjab region]] of India. At the time, it was still under [[British Raj]] colonial rule.<ref name="Lentz">{{cite book |author1=Lentz, Harris M. |title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2012 |date=2013 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |isbn=978-0786470631 |page=266 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V9hM_XbAOcQC&q=%22SINGH,+DARA+Indian+wrestler+and+actor+Dara+Singh+died+of+complications+from+cardiac+arrest+at+his+home+in+Mumbai,+India,+on+July+12,+2012.+He+was+83.+He+was+born+Deedar+Singh+Randhawa+in+Dharmuchak,+British+Punjab+(now+Amritsar),+India,+on+November+19,+1928.%22&pg=PA266 |access-date=31 March 2019}}</ref><ref name="toi20120713">{{cite news |first=Yudhvir |last=Rana |agency=TNN |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-13/india/32662860_1_dara-singh-akhadas-village |title=Little Dara holds ray of hope in wrestler's village |date=13 July 2012 |access-date=14 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021055724/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-13/india/32662860_1_dara-singh-akhadas-village |archive-date=21 October 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Career==
===Professional wrestling===
[[File:Dara Singh vs King Kong.jpg|upright|thumb|Singh wrestling [[Emile Czaja|King Kong]] at [[Japan Wrestling Association|JWA]] in 1955]]
He came to [[Singapore]] in 1947, where he worked in a [[drum]]-manufacturing mill and began his wrestling training under Harnam Singh in the [[Great World Amusement Park|Great World Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dara-singh.com/ |title="Meri Atmakatha" (Autobiography) |publisher=Dara Singh |date=1989 |access-date=11 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120093124/http://www.dara-singh.com/ |archive-date=20 November 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> As an adult he was {{convert|6|ft|2|in|m}} tall,<ref name=height/> weighed {{convert|127|kg|lb}} and had a chest measurement of {{convert|53|in|cm}}. Due to his physique, he was encouraged to take up [[pehlwani]], an Indian style of wrestling, in which he trained for several years. After switching to [[professional wrestling]], he competed around the world with opponents such as [[Bill Verna]], Firpo Zbyszko, [[John Da Silva]], [[Rikidōzan]], Danny Lynch and [[Ski Hi Lee]]. His flooring of [[Emile Czaja|King Kong]] is still remembered.<ref name=lifted>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/When-Rustam-e-Hind-lifted-King-Kong-off-his-feet-and-flung-him/articleshow/14859079.cms |title=When Rustam-e-Hind lifted King Kong off his feet and flung him |publisher=[[Times of India]] |date=13 July 2012 |access-date=29 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111055840/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/When-Rustam-e-Hind-lifted-King-Kong-off-his-feet-and-flung-him/articleshow/14859079.cms |archive-date=11 January 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In the year 1951, Dara Singh lost a match in Greeco Roman Style with Brahmdev Mishra of Gorakhpur in stadium located at Dahrmtalla maidan [[Dharmatala|Culcutta]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Wrestler's Body|url=https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft6n39p104&chunk.id=s1.9.5&toc.id=&brand=ucpress|access-date=2021-06-27|website=publishing.cdlib.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=City duel that 'broke' Dara - Fans recall champ's stint in akhara on the bank of the Hooghly|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/city-duel-that-broke-dara-fans-recall-champ-s-stint-in-akhara-on-the-bank-of-the-hooghly/cid/1282852|access-date=2021-06-27|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Gupta|first=Nitish|date=2019-12-11|title=गोरखपुर के इस लाल ने चंद मिनटों में पहलवान दारा सिंह को दी थी पटखनी..|url=https://www.livegorakhpur.com/this-lal-of-gorakhpur-gave-wrestler-dara-singh-a-few-minutes/|access-date=2021-06-27|website=Gorakhpur Live|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/993096342|title=Śaharanāmā Gorakhapura|date=2017|others=Veda Prakāśa Pāṇḍeya, वेद प्रकाश पाण्डेय|isbn=978-93-5229-698-9|edition=Prathama saṃskaraṇa|location=Nayī Dillī|oclc=993096342}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Facebook|url=https://www.facebook.com/monuharewali/photos/%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82-%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82-%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE-/2695374600733962/|access-date=2021-06-27|website=www.facebook.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bharat Kesari GAMA Pahalwan and Mishra family, Gorakhpur ,Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.facebook.com/bharatkesarigamapahalwan/photos/a.799112043453186/799855290045528/?type=3|access-date=2021-06-27|website=www.facebook.com|language=en}}</ref>
In 1954 Dara competed in the Rustam-e-Hind (Champion of India) tournament where he won the final by defeating [[Tiger Joginder Singh]] and received a silver cup from Maharaja [[Hari Singh]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cuttingthechai.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dara-singh-newspaper-clipping-04-120712.jpg |title=Free-Style Wrestling: Dara Singh Crowned Champion of Bharat |publisher=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=13 June 1954 |location=Bombay |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114233640/http://www.cuttingthechai.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/dara-singh-newspaper-clipping-04-120712.jpg |archive-date=14 November 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1959, he won the Commonwealth Championship by defeating [[George Gordienko]] at Calcutta. On 29 May 1968 in Bombay, his victory over [[Lou Thesz]] earned him the [[Professional wrestling championship#World championships|World championship]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/movies/dara-singh-83-bollywood-star-and-wrestler-dies.html?_r=0 |title=Dara Singh, Wrestler and Bollywood Action Hero, Dies at 83 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=14 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908155616/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/movies/dara-singh-83-bollywood-star-and-wrestler-dies.html?_r=0 |archive-date=8 September 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Hero>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-18809078 |title=Dara Singh: India's 'first all-action hero' |work=[[BBC News]] |date=12 July 2012 |location=Mumbai |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908120318/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-18809078 |archive-date=8 September 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> According to Thesz, Singh was "an authentic wrestler, was superbly conditioned" and had no problem losing to the latter.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Oliver |first1=Greg |title=Dara Singh was an Indian icon in wrestling, Bollywood |url=https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2012/07/13/dara-singh-was-an-indian-icon-in-wrestling-bollywood/ |website=Slam Wrestling |access-date=22 February 2021 |date=13 July 2012}}</ref> His last tournament, where he announced his retirement, was held in Delhi in June 1983.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Top 100 Pro Wrestlers of All Time |first=John F. |last=Molinaro |editor1-first=Jeff |editor1-last=Marek |editor2-first=Dave |editor2-last=Meltzer |publisher=Winding Stair Press |year=2002 |isbn=978-1-55366-305-8 |page=199}}</ref>
===Films and television===
Singh left his village for Singapore in 1948.<ref name="toi20120713" /> He started his career as an actor in 1952 with ''[[Sangdil (1952 film)|Sangdil]]''.<ref name=toi/> He was a stunt film actor for many years and played his first lead role in [[Babubhai Mistry]]'s film ''King Kong'' (1962).<ref name=Encyclo/> From around 1963 he partnered often with [[Mumtaz (actress)|Mumtaz]], with whom he performed in 16 Hindi films. The couple became the highest-paid B-grade actors, with Singh receiving nearly four [[lakh]] [[rupee]]s per film.<ref>{{cite news |agency=TNN |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-13/news-interviews/32649724_1_dara-singh-first-film-stunts |title=Mumtaz: Dara Singh's kindness got me my first role |date=13 July 2012 |access-date=14 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928094709/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-13/news-interviews/32649724_1_dara-singh-first-film-stunts |archive-date=28 September 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead }}</ref>


'''Dara Singh''' (19 November 1928&nbsp;– 12 July 2012) was an [[India]]n wrestler and actor. He started acting in 1952. He was the first sportsman to be nominated to the [[Rajya Sabha]]. He worked as Hindi and Punjabi movie producer, director and writer. He acted on movie and television. He was known for his roles in ''[[Jab We Met]]'' (2007), ''[[Kal Ho Naa Ho]]'' (2003) and ''[[Mera Naam Joker]]'' (1972).
He then went on to do television in the late 1980s, where he played the role of [[Hanuman]] in the television adaptation of the Hindu epic ''[[Ramayan (1987 TV series)|Ramayan]]''.<ref name=Macho>{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/dara-singh-bollywood-first-macho-man/1/207734.html |title=Dara Singh: Bollywood's first macho man |work=[[India Today]] |date=12 July 2012 |location=New Delhi |access-date=19 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717024701/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/dara-singh-bollywood-first-macho-man/1/207734.html |archive-date=17 July 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> He also had roles in numerous films, such as ''Veer Bheem Sen'' and ''Ramayan'', and in other television serials. He starred as [[Bhima]] in various [[Mahabharata]] movies, besides also playing Balram, he also starred as [[Shiva]] in various mythological movies.


Singh died on 12 July 2012 at his home in [[Mumbai]], India from [[cardiac arrest]], aged 83.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://zeenews.india.com/etertainment/celebrity/dara-singh-passes-away-after-prolonged-illness_115095.htm | title= Dara Singh taken home, doctors say less chance of recovery| date= 10 July 2012}}</ref>
His last Hindi movie was ''[[Jab We Met]]'' and the last Punjabi movie released before his illness was ''[[Dil Apna Punjabi]]''. He acted in [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Punjabi|National Award-winning]] film ''Main Maa Punjab Dee'' directed by Balwant Singh Dullat. He directed seven Punjabi films including ''Sawa Lakh Se Ek Ladaun'', ''Nanak Dukhiya Sub Sansar'', ''Dhyanu Bhagat'' and ''Rab Dian Rakhan''. He also directed two films in Hindi; ''Bhakti Mein Shakti'' and ''Rustom'' (1982), which were produced and directed under the banner "Dara Film" which he set up in 1970.<ref name=Encyclo/>
Dara Singh acted as a wrestler named Dara Singh in a Malayalam film Mutharam Kunnu (PO).
 
====Dara Studio====
Singh was the owner of Dara Studio<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.darastudio.com/|title=Dara Studio|access-date=11 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111118181402/http://www.darastudio.com/|archive-date=18 November 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> at Mohali, District [[Mohali]], Punjab. Dara Film Studio was founded in 1978. The studio was operational from 1980 as a film studio.
 
===Politics===
Singh joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in January 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dara Singh joins BJP|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/jan/31dara.htm|website=Rediff.com|access-date=3 May 2017|date=31 January 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908111835/http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/jan/31dara.htm|archive-date=8 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> He became the first sportsperson to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha&nbsp;– the [[upper house]] of the [[Parliament of India]]. He served in that role between 2003 and 2009. He was also president of the [[Jat Mahasabha]].<ref name="toi">{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-12/news-interviews/32647460_1_dara-singh-watan-se-door-kokilaben-ambani-hospital |title=Dara Singh taken home |date=12 July 2012 |agency=TNN |access-date=12 July 2012 |location=Mumbai |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021055740/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-12/news-interviews/32647460_1_dara-singh-watan-se-door-kokilaben-ambani-hospital |archive-date=21 October 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="toi2">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-04-20/india/28343096_1_dharmendra-nomination-papers-sunny-and-bobby|title=Hema garam, won't canvass for Dharam|date=18 June 2009|agency=TNN|access-date=15 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811043339/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-04-20/india/28343096_1_dharmendra-nomination-papers-sunny-and-bobby|archive-date=11 August 2011|work=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
=== Comics ===
Singh's son Vindu Dara Singh, launched first comic book ''The Epic Journey of the Great Dara Singh'' at Oxford Bookstore in New Delhi in February 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/book-launches/vindu-dara-singh-launches-comic-book/articleshow/67846928.cms|title=Vindu Dara Singh launches comic book - Times of India|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=14 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215093032/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/book-launches/vindu-dara-singh-launches-comic-book/articleshow/67846928.cms|archive-date=15 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
Singh married twice. He had three sons and three daughters, including Parduman Randhawa and [[Vindu Dara Singh]].<ref name="toi20120712" /> His brother [[Randhawa (wrestler)|Randhawa]] was also a wrestler and actor.
 
==Death==
Singh was admitted into [[Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital]] on 7 July 2012 following a massive [[heart attack]]. Two days later, it was confirmed that he had brain damage due to the lack of blood flow.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wrestler-actor Dara Singh dies |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/wrestleractor-dara-singh-dies/ |access-date=20 January 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=11 July 2012 |language=en}}</ref> He was discharged from hospital on 11 July 2012, citing that nothing can be done to prolong life, and died the next day at his home in Mumbai.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://zeenews.india.com/etertainment/celebrity/dara-singh-passes-away-after-prolonged-illness_115095.htm| title= Dara Singh taken home, doctors say less chance of recovery| date= 10 July 2012| access-date= 14 July 2012| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131021052144/http://zeenews.india.com/etertainment/celebrity/dara-singh-passes-away-after-prolonged-illness_115095.htm| archive-date= 21 October 2013| url-status= live}}</ref> He was [[cremated]] at [[Juhu]] [[crematorium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/hundreds-attend-dara-singhs-funeral-mumbai-114031818.html|title=Hundreds attend Dara Singh's funeral in Mumbai|date=12 July 2012|publisher=[[Yahoo]] India news|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715234847/http://in.news.yahoo.com/hundreds-attend-dara-singhs-funeral-mumbai-114031818.html|archive-date=15 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2012/07/legendary-indian-wrestler-dara-singh-passes-away-554255/|title=Legendary Indian Wrestler Dara Singh Passes Away, WWE Stars Comment|date=12 July 2012|website=Wrestling Inc.|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220170758/https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2012/07/legendary-indian-wrestler-dara-singh-passes-away-554255/|archive-date=20 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
== Awards and recognition ==
In 1996 Singh was inducted into the [[Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame]]. In 2016, Dara was included in the list India's top wrestlers of all time.<ref>{{Cite news|date=26 August 2016|title=India's top wrestlers of all time|work=India Today|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/indias-best-wrestler-336857-2016-08-26|access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref> On 7 April 2018 [[WWE]] inducted him in [[WWE Hall of Fame]] Legacy [[WWE Hall of Fame (2018)|class of 2018]].<ref name="HoF">{{cite news |title=WWE inducts Dara Singh in WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2018 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/wwe/story/wwe-inducts-dara-singh-in-wwe-hall-of-fame-class-of-2018-1207491-2018-04-08 |access-date=17 September 2020 |work=India Today |date=8 April 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
 
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" width=65 |Director
! scope="col" width=65 |Producer
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Nanak Dukhiya Sub Sansar]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
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|-
| 1973
|''[[Mera Desh Mera Dharam]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref name=Encyclo/>
|-
| 1974
| ''Bhagat Dhanna Jatt''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Sawa Lakh Se Ek Ladaun]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|
|-
| 1978
| ''Dhyanu Bhagat''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Bhakti Mein Shakti]]''
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|
|<ref name=Encyclo/><ref name="Bollywood Hungama">{{cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/bhakti-mein-shakti/cast/|title=Bhakti Mein Shakti Cast & Crew- Bollywood Hungama|publisher=Bollywood Hungama|access-date=13 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214002556/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/bhakti-mein-shakti/cast/|archive-date=14 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1982
| ''Rustom''
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|
|<ref name=Encyclo/>
|-
|-
| 1994
| ''Karan''
|{{no}}
|{{yes}}
|
|
|}
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Acting roles
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
!Ref.
|-
| 1952 || ''[[Sangdil (1952 film)|Sangdil]]''<ref name=toi/> || ||
|
|-
| 1954 || ''[[Pehli Jhalak]]''<ref name=Encyclo>{{cite book|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT653 |author1=Gulzar |first2=Govind |last2=Nihalani |first3=Saibal |last3=Chatterjee |publisher=Popular Prakashan |year=2003 |page=629 |isbn=8179910660 |access-date=19 July 2012}}</ref> || Wrestler Dara Singh ||
|
|-
|1960
|''[[Engal Selvi]]''
|
|[[Tamil cinema|Tamil film]]
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/the-time-when-king-kong-almost-hit-him/article3642895.ece|title=The time when KING KONG almost hit him|last=MANMADHAN|first=PREMA|work=The Hindu|access-date=25 April 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215013344/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/the-time-when-king-kong-almost-hit-him/article3642895.ece|archive-date=15 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 1962 || ''[[King Kong (1962 film)|King Kong]]''<ref name="Encyclo" /> || Jingu / King Kong ||
|
|-
| 1963 || ''[[Faulad]]''<ref name="Encyclo" /> || Faulad Singh ||
|
|-
| 1963 || ''[[Rustom-E-Baghdad]]''<ref name="toi" /> || Dara/Rustom-E-Baghdad ||
|
|-
| 1963 || ''[[Awara Abdulla]]''<ref name="Macho" /> || Abdulla ||
|
|-
| 1964 || ''[[Samson (1964 film)|Samson]]''<ref name="Encyclo" /> || Samson ||
|
|-
| 1964 || ''[[Aaya Toofan (1964 film)|Aaya Toofan]]'' || Deepu ||
|
|-
| 1964 || ''[[Jagga (film)|Jagga]]'' || Jagga Daku ||
|
|-
| 1964 || ''[[Aandhi Aur Toofan]]''<ref name="Macho" /> || ||
|
|-
| 1964 || ''[[Darasingh: Ironman]]''<ref name="Macho" /> || Dara Singh ||
|
|-
| 1965 || ''[[Rustom-E-Hind]]''<ref name="Encyclo" /> ||  ||
|
|-
| 1965 || ''[[Boxer (1965 film)|Boxer]]''<ref name="Macho" /> || ||
|
|-
| 1965 || ''[[Sher Dil]]''<ref name="toi" /> || ||
|
|-
| 1965 || ''[[Raaka]]''<ref name="toi" /> || ||
|
|-
| 1965 || ''[[Saat Samundar Paar]]'' || ||
|
|-
| 1965 || ''[[Sikandar-E-Azam]]''<ref name="toi" /><ref name="Encyclo" /> || Alexander ||
|
|-
| 1965 || ''[[Lootera]]''<ref name="Macho" /> || ||
|
|-
| 1966  || [[Dulla Bhatti]] ||Dulla Bhatti|| Punjabi Movie
|
|-
| 1966 || ''[[Naujawan (1966 film)|Naujawan]]''<ref name="Encyclo" /> || ||
|
|-
| 1966 || ''[[Veer Bajrang]]''<ref name="Encyclo" /> || ||
|
|-
| 1966 || ''Husn Ka Ghulam '' || ||
|
|-
| 1966 || ''[[Dada]]'' || ||
|
|-
| 1966 || ''[[Daku Mangal Singh]]''<ref name="Macho" /> || Daku Mangal Singh / Kumar || {{Clarify|date=September 2020|reason=What does the '/' mean? Is this a dual role? No "Kumar" mentioned in the film's article. Similar concern for film Lambhardarni. }}
|
|-
| 1966 || ''[[Jawan Mard]]'' || ||
|
|-
| 1967 || ''[[Chand Par Chadayee]]'' || ||
|
|-
| 1967 || ''[[Do Dushman]]'' || ||
|
|-
| 1967 || ''[[Watan Se Door]]''<ref name="toi" /> || ||
|
|-
| 1967 || ''[[Nasihat (1967 film)|Nasihat]]'' || ||
|
|-
| 1968 || ''[[Jung Aur Aman]]''<ref name="Macho" /> || ||
|
|-
| 1968 || ''[[Balram Shri Krishna]]'' || [[Balram]] ||
|
|-
| 1969 ||  ''[[Danka (film)|Danka]]''  ||  ||
|
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Thief of Baghdad (1969 film)|Thief of Baghdad]]''<ref name="Encyclo" /> || ||
|
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Faulad Ki Aulad]]'' || ||
|
|-
| 1969 || ''[[Toofan (1969 film)|Toofan]]'' || Badal ||
|
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Choron Ka Chor]]'' || Ashok ||
|
|-
| 1970 || [[Nanak Dukhiya Sub Sansar|Hudd kar di]] || Devendra Singh Dhanowa ||
|
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Ilzaam (1970 film)|Ilzaam]]'' || Raju/Kishan ||
|
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Mera Naam Joker]]''<ref name="toi" /><ref name="Encyclo" /> || Sher Singh ||
|
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Nanak Dukhiya Sab Sansar]]''<ref name="Macho" /> || Kartar Singh || Punjabi film
|
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Kabhi Dhoop Kabhi Chhaon]]''<ref name="Macho" /> || ||
|
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Ramu Ustad]]'' || Ramu ||
|
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Tulsi Vivah (film)|Tulsi Vivah]]'' || Bhagwan Shiv ||
|
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Anand (1971 film)|Anand]]''<ref name="Encyclo" /> || Pahalwan || Guest appearance
|
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Aankhon Aankhon Mein]]''<ref name="Macho" /> || Pahelwan ||
|
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Hari Darshan]]'' || Bhagwan Shiv ||
|
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Lalkaar]]'' || ||
|
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Mele Mitran De]]'' || || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] film
|
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Sultana Daku (1972 film)|Sultana Daku]]'' || ||
|
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Warrant (film)|Warrant]]''<ref name="Macho" /> || Pyaara Singh ||
|
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Hum Sab Chor Hain (1973 film)|Hum Sab Chor Hain]]'' || ||
|
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Mera Desh Mera Dharam]]'' || ||
|
|-
1974
| 1974 || ''[[Kuwara Baap]]''<ref name="Encyclo" /> || ||
|
|-
| 1974 || ''Amar Saheed Bhagat Singh || Kaher Singh || ||
|
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Bhagat Dhanna Jatt]]'' || Dhanna Jatt ||
|
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam]]'' || Daku Daulay Khan ||
|
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Har Har Mahadev]]''<ref name="Macho" /> || Bhagwan Shiv ||
|
|-
|1974 || ''Satguru Teri Oat'' ||
||Punjabi Movie||
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Kisan Aur Bhagwan]]'' || Dhanna ||
|
|-
| 1974 || ''[[Zehreela Insaan]]'' || ||
|
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Dharam Karam]]''<ref name="toi" /> || Ustaad ji ||
|
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Dharmatma]]'' || Pahelwan ||
|
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Bajrangbali (film)|Bajrangbali]]''<ref name="Encyclo" /><ref name="Macho" /> || Hanuman ||
|
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Lambhardarni]]'' || Lambardar/Dharma || Punjabi film
|
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Raakhi Aur Rifle]]'' || Ganga Singh ||
|
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Sawa Lakh Se Ek Ladaun]]'' || Kartar Singh || Punjabi film
|
|-
| 1976 || ''[[Apna Khoon Apna Dushman]]'' || ||
|
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Jai Bolo Chakradhari]]'' || ||
|
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Jai Mata Di]]'' ||Balbir|| Punjabi Movie
|
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Ram Bharose]]'' || Sardar Vikram Singh ||
|
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Bhakti Mein Shakti]]'' || Dyanu Bhakt ||
|
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Dhyanu Bhagat]]'' || Dhyanu Bhagat || Punjabi film
|
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Nalayak]]''<ref name="Encyclo" /> || Pahelwan ||
|
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Sone Ka Dil Lohe Ke Haath]]'' || Nihalchand ||
|
|-
| 1978 || ''[[Giddha]]'' || Bhalwaan Dulla ji ||
|
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Chambal Ki Raani]]'' || ||
|
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Jai Mata Di (1977 film)|Jai Mata Di]]'' || ||
|
|-
|1980 ||''[[Shiv Shakti (1980 film)]]'' || ||
|
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Guru Suleman Chela Pahelwan]]'' || ||
|
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Khel Muqaddar Ka]]'' || ||
|
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Main Intequam Loonga]]''<ref name="Encyclo" /> || Ajay Kumar ||
|
|-
| 1982 || ''Rustom'' || Rustom Mangal Singh ||
|
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Babul Da Vehra]]'' || || Punjabi film
|
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Unkhili Muttiar]]'' || Mechanic || Punjabi film
|
|-
| 1984 || ''[[Aan Aur Shaan]]'' || ||
|
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Mutharamkunnu P.O.]]''<ref>{{cite news|title=How Dara Singh floored Mukesh ...|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/how-dara-singh-floored-mukesh/article3635199.ece|access-date=8 February 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=13 July 2012}}</ref> || Himself || [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] film
|
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Mard (1985 film)|Mard]]''<ref name="toi" /><ref name="Encyclo" /> || Raja Azaad Singh ||
|
|-
| 1985 || ''[[Vikram Aur Betaal]]'' || Virvar || TV; episode 2
|
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Karma (1986 film)|Karma]]''<ref name="Encyclo" /><ref name="Macho" /> || Dharma ||
|
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Bulekha]]'' || ||
|
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Krishna-Krishna]]'' || [[Bhagwan Shri Balram]] ||
|
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Ramayan (1987 TV series)|Ramayan]]''<ref name="toi" /> || [[Hanuman]] || TV Series
|
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Sajna Sath Nibhana]]'' || Joseph ||
|
|-
| 1986 || ''[[Maaveeran]]''<ref name="thehindubusinessline">{{cite news|title=Bollywood's first He-man|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/article3630584.ece|access-date=8 February 2013|newspaper=The Hindu Businessline|date=12 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715015106/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/article3630584.ece|archive-date=15 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> ||  || Tamil film adaptation of Mard.<ref name="thehindubusinessline" />
|
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Maula Jatt]]'' || Maula Jatt & Dharma ||
|
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Paanch Fauladi]]'' || Ustadji (Fauladi #1) ||
|
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Mahaveera]]'' || Delar Singh ||
|
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Mahabharat (1988 TV series)|Mahabharat]]''<ref name="Macho" /> || [[Hanuman]] || TV Series
|
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Shehzaade]]'' || Jailor ||
|
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Elaan-E-Jung]]''<ref name="Macho" /> || Bheema ||
|
|-
| 1989 || ''[[Gharana]]'' || Vijay Singh Pahelwan ||
|
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Tera Mera Pyar]]''<ref name="Macho" /> || Preet's father ||
|
|-
| 1990 || ''Naaka Bandi''<ref name="Encyclo" /><ref name="Macho" /> || Dharam Singh ||
|
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Pratiggya]]'' || Daku Delavar Singh ||
|
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Sheran De Putt Sher]]'' || Subedaar ||
|
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Dharam Sankat]]'' || Dara (the dacoit) ||
|
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Ajooba]]''<ref name="Encyclo" /> || Maharaja Karan Singh ||
|
|-
| 1991 || ''[[Maut Ki Sazaa]]'' || Pyara Singh ||
|
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Prem Deewane]]'' || Loha Singh ||
|
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Bechain]]'' || Captain Dara ||
|
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Anmol]]'' || Dara Shamsher, Zafar's father ||
|
|-
| 1994 || ''Karan'' || ||
|
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Ram Shastra]]''<ref name="Encyclo" /> || Police Commissioner ||
|
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Lav Kush]]''<ref name="Encyclo" /> || Hanuman ||
|
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Main Maa Punjab Dee]]'' || || Punjabi film
|
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Guru Gobind Singh]]'' || ||
|
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Auto Driver]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Auto Driver (1998)|url=http://www.bharathcinemas.info/auto-driver-1998-telugu/|access-date=8 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123737/http://www.bharathcinemas.info/auto-driver-1998-telugu/|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> || || [[Telugu film]]
|
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Qahar]]'' || || Guest appearance
|
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Dillagi (1999 film)|Dillagi]]''<ref name="Encyclo" /><ref name="Macho" /> || Veer Singh ||
|
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Zulmi]]'' || Baba Thakur ||
|
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Door Nahin Nankana]]'' || Bhakhtawar Singh ||
|
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Hudd Kar Di]]'' || Devender Singh Dhanwa/Papaji || TV series
|
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge]]''<ref name="Encyclo" /><ref name="Macho" /> || Sapna's grandfather || Guest appearance
|
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Farz (2001 film)|Farz]]'' || Tayaji ||
|
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Shararat (2002 film)|Shararat]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/30/2012071220120712143833441ff05ae08/Dara-Singh-dies-at-83.html |title=Dara Singh dies at 83 |agency=Reuters |work=[[Mumbai Mirror]] |date=12 July 2012 |access-date=19 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715235822/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/30/2012071220120712143833441ff05ae08/Dara-Singh-dies-at-83.html |archive-date=15 July 2012 }}</ref> || Mr. Gujral ||
|
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Kal Ho Naa Ho]]''<ref name="Macho" /> || Pritam Chaddha ||
|
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Border Hindustan Ka]]'' || Jamail Singh ||
|
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Family Business (UK TV series)|Family Business]]'' || || TV series
|
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Kyaa Hoga Nimmo Kaa]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2012/jul/130712-Eijaz-Khan-talks-about-Dara-Singh.htm |title=Eijaz Khan talks about Dara Singh |date=13 July 2012 |location=Mumbai |publisher=[[Mid-Day]] |access-date=19 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819004623/http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2012/jul/130712-Eijaz-Khan-talks-about-Dara-Singh.htm |archive-date=19 August 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> || Amardeep Sehgal (Dadaji) || TV series
|
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Dil Apna Punjabi]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/09/05/dil_apna_punjabi_2006_review.shtml |title=Dil Apna Punjabi (My Heart Is Punjabi) Review |author=Jaspreet Pandohar |date=20 August 2006 |access-date=19 July 2012 |publisher=[[BBC]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114065129/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/09/05/dil_apna_punjabi_2006_review.shtml |archive-date=14 November 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> || Hardam Singh ||
|
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Jab We Met]]''<ref name="toi" /> || Geet's grandfather ||
|
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Ata Pata Lapata]]'' || Guest appearance  ||
|
|}
 
==Championships and accomplishments==
*'''World Wide Wrestling Association'''
**WWWA World Heavyweight Championship
*'''[[Maple Leaf Wrestling]]'''
**[[NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Championship]] (1 time)- with [[Yukon Eric]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/s/stan-neilson/|title=Stan Neilson - OWW|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627213856/http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/bios/s/stan-neilson/|archive-date=27 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
* '''Indian promotions'''
**Commonwealth Championship<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/obituary-dara-singh-bollywoods-original-muscle-man/article3630470.ece |title=Obituary: Dara Singh — Bollywood's original muscle man|newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=12 July 2012}}</ref>
**[[Professional wrestling championship#World championships|World Wrestling Championship]]<ref name=Hero/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mapleleafwrestling.blogspot.in/2010/01/mlg-varsity-singhs.html |title=MLG, Varsity, & The Singh's |publisher=[[Maple Leaf Wrestling]] |date=24 January 2010 |access-date=26 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719034151/http://mapleleafwrestling.blogspot.in/2010/01/mlg-varsity-singhs.html |archive-date=19 July 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
**Champion of Malaysia (1951)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/ten-things-you-didnt-know-about-dara-singh-606046 |title= Ten things you didn't know about Dara Singh |publisher= [[NDTV]] |date= 12 July 2012 |access-date= 26 March 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160409124351/http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/ten-things-you-didnt-know-about-dara-singh-606046 |archive-date= 9 April 2016 |url-status= live }}</ref>
**Rustam-e-Hind (1954)<ref name=toi/>
**Rustam-e-Punjab (1966)
*'''[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter]]'''
**[[Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)]]
*'''[[WWE]]'''
**[[WWE Hall of Fame]] ([[WWE Hall of Fame (2018)|Class of 2018]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/amp/shows/wwe-hall-of-fame/wwe-hall-of-fame-2018/article/legacy-inductions|title=Congratulations to the 2018 WWE Hall of Fame Legacy inductees|publisher=[[WWE]]|date=7 April 2018|access-date=7 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408073504/http://www.wwe.com/amp/shows/wwe-hall-of-fame/wwe-hall-of-fame-2018/article/legacy-inductions|archive-date=8 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
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==Other websites==
==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last=Vitali |first=Valentina |title=Hindi Action Cinema: Industries, Narratives, Bodies |year=2008 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-569244-0 |pages=144–180 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pkdlHwAACAAJ}}


{{commonscat-inline}}
==Autobiography==
* Dara Singh ''Meri Atmkatha'' (en. [[Autobiography|My Autobiography]] by Dara Singh) 1993 Praveen Prakashan
 
==External links==
*[http://www.dara-singh.com/ Official Website]
*[http://www.dara-singh.com/ Official Website]
*{{IMDb name|id=0802107}}
*{{IMDb name|id=0802107}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.wwe.com/superstars/dara-singh|title=Dara Singh' WWE profile}}
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{{WWE Hall of Fame Legacy Wing}}
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