- Macho Man" Randy Savage visited Bombay,India (Sunday, November 21 1994 ). He was there to trash out the fine print to a WWF tour to hit India early in 1995. He met Bollywood legend and former professional wrestler Dara Singh. His photograph was on the cover of 'The Times of India', the premier newspaper of Bombay. On Monday he will lectured students at a leading public school as the guest of the principal. There is a report on his visit to city entitled 'Savage floors all with niceties' in the paper. Bollywood Film producer Ashok Thakeria and his company tied up with the WWE and planned an entire publicity campaign for the forthcoming event. But it all went down the drain when Bollywood producers Tito and Tony (Juneja) decided to play a smart game with Ashok.The producer duo cashed in all the hype that Ashok generated,invited their own stars ( who lied to be part of the WWF/ WWE but when Ashok Thakeria threatened legal proceedings, turned back saying they were part of the N.W.A.) and had their matches in a span of 2 weeks.
- Became wrestling champion of India before winning the world championship crown.
- Dara was paired opposite Mumtaz in 16 Hindi films and 10 were box office hits.
- From his first marriage, he has a son - Parduman Singh Randhawa. From his second marriage, he has five children - two sons and three daughters, which includes TV and film actor Vindu Dara Singh.
- He became the Commonwealth Champion in 1959 and was 1968 World Champion in Wrestling defeating American Lou Thesz.
- He is survived by three sons and three daughters.
- Uncle to Bollywood actor Shaad Randhawa.
- Brother in law of Bollywood actress Malika ( Randhawa's wife).
- Brother in law of actor Ratan Aulakh ( wife's brother).
- Is the brother of fellow actor Sardar Singh Randhawa.
- Starred in the shelved movie Navrattan Films International's "Balle Balle America" (2000) Starring Dara Singh,Parmeet Sethi,Kashmira Shah,Daman S. Maan,Upasana Singh,Ratan Aulakh,Mehar Mittal. Produced by Susheel Kumar, Directed by Dara Singh.
- Niece name is Aalam. She is the daughter of Randhawa. Aalam married a boy named Amrik. Amrik is the son of former wrestler Harbhajan Singh. Randhawa second daughter's name is Shehnaz. She was involved with Kamal Sadanah in 1996.
- Starred in the shelved film Paro Films Intlernationals "Lohe Ka Dil "(1999) Starring Dara Singh, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Music B. Shankar, Directed by Manik Patel.
- Married his wife Surjit Kaur Randhawa May 11 1961,.
- Son in law is actor Daman Maan. Daman is married to the daughter Deepa (Deepa Ahe). Daman and Deepa's children are Damian and Disha. They are based in Mumbai.
- Born Deedar Singh Randhawa.
- Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018 in the Legacy category.
- Was producing and directing a film titled "Ladakh" in 1977. Starring Dara Singh and Sheikh Mukhtar. The film got shelved.
- Starred in the shelved film Neel Dhara Productions "Shreemad Bhagwat" (1970). Starring Prithviraj Kapoor,Dara Singh.
- Starred in the shelved film Joy Films "Abhimanyu Vivah"(1983). Starring Biswajeet,Dara Singh,Shashi Puri, Debashree Roy, Amjad Khan, Music by Kalyanji Anandji,Directed by Chandrakant.
- Starred in the shelved movie Namrata Films "Samson" (Samson and Delilah)(1976). Starring Dara Singh, Padma Khanna, Jayshree T. Music by Hansraj Bahl, Produced by Gopal Ralhan, Directed by Kamran Khan.
- Starred in the shelved movie "Darayai Lootera"(1976) Starring Dara Singh, Sonia Sahni, Jayshree T, Music by Masood Iqbal, Produced by Raaz Yazdani, Directed by Yusuf .
- Starred in the shelved movie Dara Productions "Paapi Purush" (1976) Starring Ashok Kumar, Dara Singh, Yogita Bali, Mehmood, Music by Kalyanji Anandji, Produced and Directed by Dara Singh.
- Starred in the shelved movie Tushar Entertainments "Bhedi Bungla"(1992) Starring Javed Khan,Dara Singh, Hemant Birje,Raza Murad,Music by Usha Khanna, Directed by Sunil Vyas.
- Starred in the shelved movie Shreeram Krishna Movies "Ek Banjara Shaher Mein"(1990) Starring Dara Singh, Avinash Mamrath,Vasantsena, Gulshan Grover,Bandini Mishra, Music by Usha Khanna, Directed by Anil Gandotra.
- Starred in the shelved movie Richa Movies "Zindagi Ki Baahon Mein"(1989) Starring Dara Singh, Vijayendra Ghatge,Meera Madhuri, Kuldip Malik, Music by Ravinder Jain, Directed by Shanawaz.
- Starred in the shelved movie Lion Film Corporation's " Aag Aur Chattan"(1978) Starring Dara Singh,Komilla Virk,Joginder, Music by Meena Mukherjee,Directed by Mehmood.
- Starred in the shelved movie "Naya Ustad"(1978) Starring Dara Singh,Bindu,Padma Khanna, Music M.Mukherjee, Directed by Radhakant.
- Son in law name is Sunny Gill (Son of Kashmira Singh Gill ). Sunny is a former amateur wrestler. He is based in British Columbia,Canada. He is married to Dara Singh's daughter Loveleen. Sunny Gill was to make his debut as a leading man in the film "Sarzameen"(1996). Music by Rajesh Roshan, Directed by Vinod Dewan. The project got shelved. Coincidently, Dara was working in a film titled "Surzameen" (1988) which got shelved. Starring Vinod Khanna Anil Kapoor (Later Sanjay Khan stepped into the role),Meenakshi Sheshadri, Sonam,Anupam Kher,Amrish Puri,Dara Singh,Written by Dr.Masoom Raza, Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, Directed by Sanjay Khan.
- Daughter Kamal Randhawa is married to an American named Paul.
- Starred in the shelved movie Kala Sangam's "Chiragh E Mohabbat"(1986) Starring Dara Singh, Javed Khan, Meera, Naaz, Subbiraj, Music by Meena Mangeshkar,Directed by Kaycee.
- Starred in the shelved movie Kalashree's "Tandav"(1978) Starring Dara Singh, Tamanna, Prem Nath,Gopi Krishna, Music by Ravindra Jain, Directed by Dharmesh Dutt.
- Starred in the shelved movie Beekay Deejay Films "Fauladi Insaan"(1976) Starring Dara Singh,Katy Mirza,Sajjan, Jeevan,Jayshree T, Music by Sapan Jagmohan, Directed by Kamran.
- Son Parduman was making the shelved movie Parduman Enterprises "Baaz"(1974) Starring Vinod Khanna, Saira Banu, Danny Denzongpa, Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, Produced by Parduman Singh (Dara Singh's son),Directed by Ashok Roy.
- Did 122 Hindi films and 22 Punjabi films.
- Has an older son from his first marriage named Parduman Radhawa. Pardhuman acted in the 1968 classic Aankhen. Parduman married a teacher from Delhi named Narinder Randhawa. This was in the late 60's.
- Dara Singh has another son named Amrik Randhawa. Amrik acted in Dillagi (1999). Amrik also produced 2 Punjabi movies. Rab Dian Rakha and Ankhila Soorma. Amrik was formerly married to Amrita Randhawa. He has 2 daughters,Amreen and Armaana Randhawa.
- He trained his younger brother Randhawa for professional wrestling.
- Son Parduman used the screen name Shailendra in his film Bandish.
- Son Amrik Singh's nickname is "Anu".
- Eldest son Parduman's son's name is Ajay Singh (Randhawa). He is married to Harpreet Randhawa. They have a son named Parwan. Parduman has another son named Vijay Singh (Randhawa). He has a son named Navraj Randhawa. Parduman also has a daughter named Preeti Randhawa (Gill). She is based in Surrey,British Columbia,Canada. She is a teacher and has 2 boys. One son's name is Sahvan Gill. He is a young upcoming promising hockey player. A second son named Ishaan.
- Nephew name is Baljeet Singh Pehlawaan.
- Son Amrik Randhawa is married to Amrita Randhawa. They have 2 daughters named Amreen and Armaana . Amrik got divorced in 2011.
- Son Amrik acted in Sunny Deol's Dillagi .
- Starred in the shelved movie Ramakrishna Movies "Ek Banjara Shahar Mein" aka "Jungle Ka Khiladi" aka "Naagvanshi"(1993). Starring Dara Singh,Avinash Mamrath,Shreya Kishan,Upasana Khosla,Paintal,Mahesh Anand Bandini Mishra,Tej Sapru, Feroz Irani,Chand Usmani, Janki Dass,Gulshan Grover,Prince Joshi.Masic by Usha Khanna, Produced and Directed by Anil Gandotra.
- Starred in the shelved movie Sabharwal Productions "Hamara Kanoon"(1998) Starring Dara Singh, Ayub Khan, Tara Deshpande,Mohnish Bahl,Mohan Joshi,Ranjeet,Deep Dhillon,Vishwajeet Pradhan,Raza Murad,Mallika,Shahbaaz Khan,Shehzad Khan,Anjana Mumtaz,Jaspal Sandhu,Gurbachan, Music by Gyan Singh, Directed by Ratan Aulakh. Reels:10.
- Was director Manmohan Desai's first and only choice for the role of Amitabh Bachchan's father in MARD(1985). When inquired by the production team about the reason behind Desai's demand, Desai put it straight that "the father of the Mard has to be a Super Mard".
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