Dara Singh PROFILE
Dara Singh was a well-known wrestler before he joined Hindi films. He was known as
Rustom-E-Hind which also became one of his movies later on. But with his first film
King Kong in 1962,
Dara Singh shot to fame and had a strong screen presence. He became one of the most sought after wrestlers of Bollywood in the years to come.
His debut film was highly appreciated and there came many movies where he played roles of similar type. Some of his movies like '
Rustom-E-Rome' (1963),
Rustom-E-Baghdad (1962) and '
Rustom-E-Hind' (1964) did much to his image but due to his limitations, he had to restrict himself to B-grade films. There were many other films of his like
Aaya Toofan,
Sher-E-Watan, 'Shankar Khan' and 'Balraj Shri Krishna' which were thronged by the North Indian wrestlers.
Dara Singh did many character roles also and the one role he is highly remembered for was from
Manmohan Desai directed
Mard. This film revolved around
Amitabh Bachchan and anyone who could convincingly play his father was
Dara Singh. He was able to live up to the expectations bestowed on him and came up with many laurels for this role of his. But
Dara Singh shot to more fame through his role of Hanuman in Ramanand Sagar's popular television serial '
Ramayan'.
Though quite old,
Dara Singh played the role to perfection and people started recognising him as the actual Hanuman. He then started doing more of serials and gained popularity.
Dara Singh turned producer at one time of his career and churned out Punjabi movies like '
Nanak Dukhiya Sab Sansar' which did well in that part of the country. He even gave special appearances in RK Films like
Mera Naam Joker and
Dharam Karam.
He has worked in other television shows such as 'Hadh Kar Di' which was aired on Zee TV. He has acted in over 100 films.
Vindu also featured in the third season of the popular reality show 'Bigg Boss'.
He was admitted in Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital on July 7, 2012 following a cardiac arrest. The doctors attending him had stated that chances of his recovery are remote because of significant damage to his brain.
He breathed his last, following a respiratory cardiac arrest on July 12. Christened as the 'Iron Man' of India, he left a great legacy in the world of wrestling and films.