Randhawa (wrestler)

Randhawa
Born	Sardar Singh Randhawa 1933 Amritsar, Punjab, British India
Died	21 October 2013(2013-10-21) (aged 79–80)[1] Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Wrestler, Actor
Years active	1952–1988 (wrestler) 1963–1998 (actor)
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Spouse	Malika
Children	2 including; Shaad Randhawa
Family	See Randhawa family

Sardar Singh Randhawa, popularly known as Randhawa (1933 – 21 October 2013), was an Indian professional wrestler and actor. He was the younger brother of wrestler and actor Dara Singh.

Randhawa was born in 1933 at Dharmuchakk, a village in Amritsar district, Punjab to Surat Singh and Balwant Kaur.^{[citation needed]}

He started his career in wrestling when he arrived at Singapore in 1952. He had a good build and strong body like his brother. During his career he wrestled with wrestlers like Ski Hi Lee, John da Silva and George Gordienko etc.^[2] At the time when Dara Singh became the world champion, Randhawa was the reigning Indian champion.

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.

This is a selected list:-

Randhawa was married to Mumtaz's sister Malika and has a son Shaad Randhawa, who is also an actor and a daughter named Shehnaz.

He died on 21 October 2013 at hospital.^[3]

• Randhawa at IMDb