Paid Members BigJag Posted July 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 12, 2012 Legendary Indian Wrestler(Palwhan) Dara Singh Passed away early this morning. He was 83 and died from complications related to a recent heart attack. The dropkick was his signature move. He was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Hall Of Fame in 1996. I remember watching a Bollywood film starring him where he wrestled someone else who was dressed in a Gorilla suit. I remember it being a very technical match. He also played Hanuman in the Hindu epic Ramayan series. Ramayan used to be on BBC 2 on Saturday afternoons. In the 1960s he successfully transferred to Bollywood and was a leading man in hundreds of films. His last film was in 2007.  http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Dara_Singh   Was known as a humble man, had a huge smile, and a heart of gold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathrey Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Rest in peace. Â My dad never understood mine or my siblings fascination with wrestling, but when we where kids, any time he would catch us watching it we would get a lecture about Dara Singh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melina_mma Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 RIP Â I remember watching a Bollywood film starring him where he wrestled someone else who was dressed in a Gorilla suit. I remember it being a very technical match. Â Quote of the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted July 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 12, 2012 Dunno what the rolleyes thing's about, I think that's actually quite a good quote. Had me chuckling a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted July 12, 2012 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 12, 2012 RIPÂ I remember watching a Bollywood film starring him where he wrestled someone else who was dressed in a Gorilla suit. I remember it being a very technical match. Â Quote of the day! Â If I track it down, I'll try and post the vid. It was quite surreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted July 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 12, 2012 Ignore, just answered my own question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted July 12, 2012 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 12, 2012 Ramayan used to be on BBC 2 on Saturday afternoons. What was he on? I thought World of Sport was an ITV thing. Â Ramayan was a drama series based on the hindu epic of the same name. It tells the stories of the Hindu gods. It wasn't a wrestling show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted July 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 12, 2012 Ramayan was no Mahabharat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BREMENMURRAY Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Obituary of Dara Singh in the Daily Telegraph.Reasonably extensive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperstarNeilC Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Â Singh, who was born in Punjab on 19 November 1928, trained in the Indian 'Pehlwani' wrestling style and fought in more than 500 professional bouts all over the world and never lost a single contest. He was intensely proud of being Commonwealth champion, of beating world famous wrestlers such as Stanislaus Zbyszko and of defeating Lou Thesz of America to win the World Wrestling Championship in 1968. Â Â He found fame throughout India as Bollywood's 'first action hero', with a film and television career that spanned over half a century. Â Â He suffered a heart attack and died at his Mumbai home this morning and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said of the actor, who had also served in India's parliament from 2003-2009: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted July 14, 2012 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 14, 2012 Is the obituary in today's Telegraph? Â SuperstarNeil. Where is your piece from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BREMENMURRAY Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Read it online dated 13 July 2012.SuperstarNeil has given a summary of the obituary from the Telegraph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted July 14, 2012 Author Paid Members Share Posted July 14, 2012 Thankyou  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/search/?queryTe...ngh&Search=  Good read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperstarNeilC Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 hi BigJag, yes - from the telegraph  but there's loads more articles on google news here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted July 14, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted July 14, 2012 Looking at that poster, does Malaysia have any sort of grappling game over there now? Who are the stars? Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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