Short Biography of Dara Singh Actor World Champion Wrestler July7,2012 23:32 IST rediff.com states.

Wrestler-turned-actor Dara Singh, who is known for his roles in King Kong and Fa ulad, suffered cardiac arrest and was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai in a "cri tical" condition, according to the doctors. "He is very, very critical. He was brought in an emergency condition to hospital at 5:15 pm. He had suffered cardiac arrest. He is in ICU and we are monitoring his condition hour-by-hour," Dr Ram Narain, Chief Operating Officer at Kokilaben Ambani Hospital in Mumbai's suburban Andheri, told PTI on Saturday night. Earlier, the 83-year-old actor's son, Vindu, had said that his father was seriou s. "He is serious. There is blood clot in his brain or he has suffered heart attack . We are not sure what has happened. We have been told that he is under observat ion for 24 hours," Vindu said. The veteran actor played the the character of Hanuman in Ramanand Sagar's televi sion series Ramayan and was last seen in Imtiaz Ali's Jab We Met in 2007. SUN RISE (Admitted to hospital for ill health) News: 08. 7. 2012 Short Biography of Dara Singh Actor World Champion Wrestler Name - Dara Singh Randhawa Birth Date - 19 November 1928 Place - Village Dharmoochak District Amritsar Punjab, India Height - 6' 2" (1.88 m) Father's Name - Shri Surat Singh Mother's Name - Sharimati Balwant Kaur Married On 11 May 1961 Spouse Name -Shrimati Surjit Kaur Randhawa No. of Childrens: Three Daughters and Two Sons, Children - Prudumn Singh Randhawa, Vindu Dara Singh, & Amrik Singh Profession - Agriculture, Wrestling, Cine Artist (Producer and Director) President All India Jat Samaj since 1997 Bombay Jat Samaj since 1987 Cine Artist Association since 2005 Books Published Meri Atmakatha (Punjabi), 1989

He was trained in a type of wrestling called Pehlwani an Indian style of wrestli ng, in the milked sand wrestling pits of India called "akhara". During the 1940's and 1950's, Dara Singh was a favorite in wrestling tournaments

in India. Dara became Rustam-E-Punjab in 1966 and Rustam-E-Hind in 1978.

Dara Singh played the character of Hanuman in Ramanand Sagar's television series 'Ramayan' He was a wrestler before he started acting in Hindi films in 1962 He made his debut with the film "King Kong" in 1962. He was nominated member of Rajya Sabha by Bhartiya Janata Party during August 20 03 August 2009 He wrestled on invitation of kings of Indian princely states and wrestled freque ntly in haats and melas (fairs and carnivals). He successfully competed against some of the greatest names in wrestling history and professional wrestlers in the United States. He went to Singapore in 1947. Became the Champion of Malaysia (Indian style wres tling) by defeating Tarlok Singh in Kuala Lumpur. Dara Singh returned to India in 1952 and became the Indian Champion in 1954. He defeated Oriental Champion King Kong, George Gordienko (Canada), John Desilva (New Zealand) He became the Commonwealth Champion in 1959. He defeated Lou Thesz (America) and became Champion of the World on 29 May 1968 and retired from the wrestling arena in 1983, Undefeated. Dara Singh includes over 500 professional fights to his credit, all undefeated In 1996, he was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. He has acted in over 100 films. His latest Hindi movie is Jab We Met and his lat est Punjabi movie is Dil Apna Punjabi. 118 Movies as an Actor 12 Movies as a producer Singh retired from active wrestling in 1983.[6] In 1996 he was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. Singh is also the owner of prestigious Dara Studio[7] at Mohali, distric roppar Punjab. Dara Film Studio was founded in 1978.also dara palce in mohali The Studi o is operational from 1980 as film studio. Dara Studio is a self-contained minicity with every facility within the compound. They are a fully equipped Studio w ith Camera, Camera Equipment, Nagra Lights and all type of Extra Equipment like Stands, Trolleys, Cables for filming Movies, Serials & Pop Albums throughout Nor th India.[8] He breathed last on 12 July 2012 after illness but at home.