Director

Dara Singh

Acting

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Directed credits

Emerging

Beginning to build directing work.

TMDB popularity

2.7

Moderate attention

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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 0All crew credits: 6

TMDB ID: 70403

IMDb ID: nm0802107

Known for: Acting

Born: November 19, 1928

Died: July 12, 2012

Age: 83

Place of birth: Amritsar, Punjab, British India

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1952 - 2017

Years active: 66

Average TMDB rating: 7.09

Wikidata: Q165816

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Director (5)Sound Designer (1)

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Biography

Dara Singh Randhawa was an Indian professional wrestler, actor, director and politician. He started acting in 1952 and was the first sportsman to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha (upper house) of India. He worked as Hindi and Punjabi film producer, director and writer, and he acted in films and television. His role of Hanuman in the film Bajrangbali (1976) and in Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan made him popular. Singh was inducted into the Legacy wing of the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2018.

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