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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 3,569,813 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Dara Singh is the 948th most popular film director (down from 739th in 2019), the 520th most popular biography from India (down from 381st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Indian Film Director.

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  • 26

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Dara Singh ranks 948 out of 1,581. Before him are Stanislav Rostotsky, Luise Fleck, Gleb Panfilov, Urban Gad, Jon Turteltaub, and Nanni Loy. After him are Harry Beaumont, Pierre Tchernia, Ben Sharpsteen, Stephen Sommers, Caleb Deschanel, and Stephen Gyllenhaal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Dara Singh ranks 356. Before him are Sivaji Ganesan, Lucho Gatica, Flóra Kádár, Gerhard Stoltenberg, Károly Sándor, and Ann Blyth. After him are Pierre Tchernia, Rance Howard, Miroslav Filip, Garry Winogrand, Harold Becker, and Kenny Drew. Among people deceased in 2012, Dara Singh ranks 252. Before him are Paul Pietsch, Andy Griffith, Barbara Ann Scott, Elza Ibrahimova, Carmen Basilio, and Eric Sykes. After him are Ian Abercrombie, Nelson Prudêncio, Anna Schwartz, Otto Stich, Sancho Gracia, and Bob Welch.

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In India

Among people born in India, Dara Singh ranks 520 out of 1,493. Before him are Jayakanthan (1934), Neerja Bhanot (1963), Mayawati (1956), Kedarnath Singh (1934), Jamini Roy (1887), and Gangubai Hangal (1913). After him are Balamani Amma (1909), Syama Prasad Mukherjee (1901), Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938), Qurratulain Hyder (1927), Sunny Deol (1956), and Sachin Tendulkar (1973).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Dara Singh ranks 6. Before him are Satyajit Ray (1921), M. Night Shyamalan (1970), Michael Radford (1946), Dadasaheb Phalke (1870), and Lindsay Anderson (1923). After him are Ismail Merchant (1936), Ardeshir Irani (1886), Guru Dutt (1925), Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1941), Tarsem Singh (1961), and Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1914).

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Filmography

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