![]() Capable of tossing villains around without breaking a sweat, stopping airplanes with his bare hands, and chasing criminals to the moon in his onscreen persona, and in real life, boasting of a long bout as an unbeaten wrestler in both the amateur and professional circuits, and once lifting up a portly Raj Kapoor in his trademark "aeroplane" spin move in public, his very name was synonymous with sheer strength and masculinity for generations of Indians.īut Dara Singh's journey from a farmhand to cultural icon - especially when he became the "popular face" of two of the strongest Indian mythological heroes (Hanuman and Bheem), as well as many other strong men or folkloric heroes, was no means smooth or even assured.
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