Silicon Valley. (PTI): An Indian wrestler and a sub-inspector in the Punjab police makes his debut as an actor in a soon to be released Hollywood film ‘The Longest Yard.’<\/p>\n
Dalip Singh plays a prison inmate in the film co-starring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock and Burt Reynolds to be released in North America on Friday.<\/p>\n
Unique in his giant-sized 7’2 “stance, wrestler Dalip Singh commands attention amongst all people in every part of the world, says a promo of the film.<\/p>\n
Born into a poor family in Dhirana village in Himachal Pradesh, this one-time roadside daily wager was brought into the sporting limelight by former Punjab Police Director General M S Bhullar.<\/p>\n
The change in employment allowed Dalip to further his body building training and he subsequently won titles of Mr. India in 1997 and 1998.<\/p>\n
His success and hard work led him to train as a wrestler in the US in 1999, where he developed the skills necessary to compete on a global stage.<\/p>\n
One of the tallest men in wrestling history, Dalip, also known as Giant Singh–has won numerous wrestling titles in Japan, where he is currently a very popular figure.<\/p>\n
‘The Longest Yard’ is the story of pro quarterback Paul Crewe (Sandler) and former college champion and coach Nate Scarboro (Reynolds), who are doing time in the same prison.<\/p>\n
Asked to put together a team of inmates to take on the guards, Crewe enlists the help of Scarboro to coach the inmates to victory in a football game “fixed “to turn out quite another way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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