Dara Singh: End of An Era of Machoism

Dara Singh: End of An Era of Machoism

With the death of the legendary actor Dara Singh an era of machismo-ism has a rendezvous with a saddening fate. In fact it won't be wrong to say that Dara Singh was the real He-Man of Bollywood, who had been a source of inspiration for nearly four generations of actors aspiring to emerge as the successor of this legendary wrestler turned actor.

After leaving wrestling arena Dara Singh stepped in the cine aisle, and thoroughly succeeded in leaving his miraculous impact on the masses.

So to offer our heartiest tributes to this legendary actor, let's have a look at some of the memorable performances of Dara Singh.

Rustom

Post his retirement from the wrestling Dara Singh stepped into the acting arena, in the era when the celluloid was governed by the league of superstars like Rajinder Kumar and Raj Kapoor. But in spite of the presence of these bright gems of cine galaxy, Dara Singh succeeded in making presence feel by his simple and courteous acting skills.

His memorable cine flicks in classics era involve Lootera, Rustom-e-Hind and Sher-e-Watan, but the movie that fetched him a huge amount of accolades is his directorial venture Rustom released in 1982.

Mard

Very much in accordance with Dara Singh's macho image the memorable character of Raja Azad Singh in the cine flick Mard, where Big-B played the role of his son is still afresh in the memories of die hard Dara Singh fans.

Ramayan

One of the larger than life performance of Dara Singh which will never wither away from the memory of masses is, his larger then life character of Hanuman in small screen saga Ramayan.

In fact it won't be wrong to say that even today if any one thinks about the character of Hanuman, then it's Dara Singh's face that flashes into the memory.

Kal Ho Na Ho

It's not that Dara Singh's acting potential was only captive with in the confines of macho image of his youth. Even while playing the character of an elderly uncle or grandpa, Dara Singh made his space in the hearts of millions of his fans all across the globe.

One such performance is as, Chadha Uncle in Karan Johar's cine flick Kal Ho Na Ho. By his performance coated with a good amount of cuteness Dara Singh proved that he is one such versatile actor who can get under the skin of any and every kind of role.

Jab We Met

Another heart touching performance which has truly immortalised Dara Singh in the memories of masses is as lovable grandpa in Shahid and Kareena starrer cine flick Jab We Met.

While playing the character of the eldest member of a Punjabi family, Dara Singh straight away made it to the hearts of the masses for whom the perception of a grandfather literally got changed after seeing Dara Singh's compassionate aura as a cute grandfather.