Talk:Dara Singh

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A great entertainer. An accurate assessment on Facebook.

Dara Singh was neither Rustam-e-Punjab nor Rustam-e-Hind. He started as a liftman in Hong Kong. Someone suggested he take up street fights to supplement his income. In 1950s street wrestling was popular in Hong Kong. He did not make much money there and returned to India. He had promoted himself in Hong Kong as Rustom e Hind. Back home he did well to publicize himself. Long before the USA television made fake WWF wrestling matches famous, Dara Singh had embarked on this path. He would invite film stars to his choreographed fights and publish the photos. This publicity led to more fights and also landed him film roles. He made a small fortune working in C grade hit movies. His wrestling career ended when Khushwant Sigh exposed his fake fights in Illustrated Weekly of India. All his claims of fighting in foreign countries and winning were found false advertising or were found wrestling shows and not real fights. Rustam-e-Punjab, Rustam-e-Hind and Rustom-e-Zaman were the titles he bestowed upon himself. His biography at Wikipedia seems to be a work of his publicity manager. Google and check for yourself Commonwealth Wrestling Championship and World Wrestling Champion do not list him even as a competitor let alone as a champion. My comments are not meant to disrespect Dara Singh but to put things in right perspective. Amir Khan is a good actor and a high class entertainer. But if someone starts writing his biography and adds that in addition to being an actor he was an undefeated tennis champion who won Wimbledon and French Open titles, it would be a fraud. Dara Singh provided thrill and entertainment to thousands of Indians and that’s how he should be remembered. Lazy journalists have fallen victim to Wikipedia hoax. Rest in peace Dara Singh you were a good entertainer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2000:A017:91F0:C52C:49E5:FE29:EB37 (talk) 16:07, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

Dara Singh ( Born and Death )
Iconic and Legendary actor Dara singh born November 19, 1928 and death July 12 2012. Source 59.177.1.162 (talk) 03:01, 14 August 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. - Sitush (talk) 04:32, 14 August 2013 (UTC)

Broken table
Can someone fix "1967	Nasihat", it is appearing out of the table. I am really unable to do that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by VandVictory (talk • contribs) 14:51, 5 February 2014 (UTC)


 * ✅ - Sitush (talk) 10:35, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

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