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manly voice with Punjabi tone which hits straight to the ear drums and within
fraction of seconds your mind will project the image of Grand old superman Dara
Singh. Whenever somebody will ever try to create the picture of god Hanuman, most
of the times he will end at the image of Dara Singh. The Indian superman,
rustom-e-hind and onscreen hanuman Dara Singh is no more. He left the legacy of
humanity with us.
He was last seen on silver screen in 2007 in the
movie Jab We Met, playing the role Kareena Kapoors Grandfather. He played
various roles in his career as an actor. Bollywood film crazy will always remember
dialogue “Mard ko Dard Nahi Hota”from the movie “Mard”. This is not just a
dialogue which gets huge applause whenever enchanted but the philosophy of Dara
Singh’s life. Dara Singh is a wrestler turned actor who had won 500 professional
fights and ended wrestling career unbeaten. His real name was Deedar Singh
Randhawa. In 1947 he was crowned as the champion of Malaysia. In 1983 he fought
his final fight in New Delhi where he announced his retirement. He brought
immense glory and proud to the nation because of his achievements. He was also
considered as the first action hero of the B-town. He started his bollywood
career in 1952 with the movie “Sangdil”. Because of his huge physique he was a
natural action hero and faintly romantic. He successfully paired with dazzling
diva of that era, Mumtaz and delivered 16 box office hits. He acted in 121
hindi movies and 21 punjabi movies. He also worked in 6 television series. In 1980,s the infancy era of television, he
epitomized the character of the hanuman in television Ramayana. Afterwards, in remake
of Ramayana producers failed to find an artist to play role of Hanuman better
then Dara Singh. Ramayana is an epic series in the history of television and
role played by Dara as hanuman is immortal.
He was
inspirational and enigmatic in his own way. Living healthy not only physically
but socially is very important for celebrity. Dara Singh is one of the celebrities
who started in pink of his health and prestige and passed away leaving a legacy
of wealth of health. As the commercial played by him says “Sunday Ho Ya Monday
Roj Khao Andey” (Let it be Sunday or Monday eat eggs everyday). Well, having
eggs in diet is healthy but having the philosophy of Dara in mind is healthy
too. In Indian mythology Hanuman and Bhima are the two characters who are synonymous
with manliness and power, and in Indian filmology Dara Singh.
Written By:
Mohammed Azam Khan
