Sardar Singh Randhawa, popularly known as Randhawa (193321 October 2013), was an

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and actor. He was the younger brother of wrestler and actor

Dara Singh 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 ...

Early life

Randhawa was born in 1933 at Dharmuchakk, a village in

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district,

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to Surat Singh and Balwant Kaur.

Career

Wrestling

He started his career in wrestling when he arrived at

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in 1952. He had a good build and strong body like his brother. During his career he wrestled with wrestlers like

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and

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etc. At the time when Dara Singh became the world champion, Randhawa was the reigning Indian champion.

Films

He got his first break in '' Awara Abdulla'' (1963). After that, he did many short roles in films, but mostly negative characters. He acted in Telugu Kurukshetram movie 1977 as Bheema.

Filmography

This is a selected list:-

Personal life

Randhawa was married to Mumtaz's sister Malika and has a son

Shaad Randhawa Shaad Randhawa (born 21 November 1978) is an Indian actor. In 2006, Shaad made his film debut with Mohit Suri's ''Woh Lamhe''. He is the son of Indian wrestler and actor Randhawa (wrestler), Randhawa and Malika Askari, Malika (sister of actres ...

, who is also an actor and a daughter named Shehnaz.

Death

He died on 21 October 2013 at hospital.Dara Singh's brother Randhawa passes away
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References

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* Male actors in Hindi cinema Indian male professional wrestlers 20th-century Indian male actors 1933 births 2013 deaths Indian wrestlers People from Amritsar {{DEFAULTSORT:Randhawa