FILM DIRECTOR

Dara Singh

1928 - 2012

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Dara Singh Randhawa (born Deedar Singh Randhawa; 19 November 1928 – 12 July 2012) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dara Singh has received more than 3,531,908 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Dara Singh is the 846th most popular film director (up from 945th in 2019), the 504th most popular biography from India (up from 516th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Indian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dara Singhs by language

Over the past year Dara Singh has had the most page views in the with 479,280 views, followed by Hindi (68,659), and Persian (4,022). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (153.27%), Hindi (52.13%), and Bengali (51.86%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Dara Singh ranks 846 out of 2,041. Before him are Rustam Ibragimbekov, Rosa von Praunheim, Alexander Rou, Luis Puenzo, Sergio Martino, and András Kovács. After him are Sergei Loznitsa, Irwin Winkler, Raymond Bernard, Cristian Mungiu, Ronald Neame, and Steven Knight.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Dara Singh ranks 342. Before him are Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, André Schwarz-Bart, Morihiro Saito, Hushang Ebtehaj, Arthur Foulkes, and Nora Nova. After him are Art Farmer, Flóra Kádár, Leon Fleisher, António Ribeiro, Giacomo Biffi, and Sergey Kapitsa. Among people deceased in 2012, Dara Singh ranks 234. Before him are Emmanuel Scheffer, Émile Allais, William Windom, R. G. Armstrong, Marie Colvin, and André Simon. After him are John Christopher, Yash Chopra, Sergey Kapitsa, Hector Bianciotti, James Farentino, and Moshe Sanbar.

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In India

Among people born in India, Dara Singh ranks 504 out of 1,861. Before him are Keshub Chandra Sen (1838), Sunny Deol (1956), Surendranath Banerjee (1848), Ilaiyaraaja (1943), Saalumarada Thimmakka (1911), and Gangubai Hangal (1913). After him are Azim Premji (1945), Saadat Hasan Manto (1912), H. D. Deve Gowda (1933), K. Sivan (1957), Meira Kumar (1945), and Durgabai Deshmukh (1909).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Dara Singh ranks 7. Before him are Satyajit Ray (1921), Mahesh Bhatt (1948), M. Night Shyamalan (1970), Michael Radford (1946), Dadasaheb Phalke (1870), and Lindsay Anderson (1923). After him are Guru Dutt (1925), Ardeshir Irani (1886), Shyam Benegal (1934), Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1914), Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1941), and Tarsem Singh (1961).

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Filmography

Jab We Met
Director
A depressed wealthy businessman and a spunky and care-free young woman embark on an unexpected journey that changes their lives.
Oct 26o 20077.3 / 10
Kal Ho Naa Ho
Director
An uptight MBA student falls for the charismatic new neighbor who charms her troubled family – but he has a secret that forces him to push her away.
Nov 27o 20037.5 / 10
Anand
Director
Dr. Bhaskar Bannerjee struggles with his patients' suffering and the darkness and poverty he confronts daily. He treats cancer patient Anand who upon learning of his impending death determines to use the time he has left to the absolute fullest.
Mar 12o 19717 / 10