Khali Calls on Shah Rukh Khan at 'Mannat'

The Great Khali alias Dalip Singh, called on actor Shah Rukh Khan at his residence "Mannat" on Sunday. The 400-pound power wrestler was at SRK's residence for over two hours this morning.

Sources said it was a private visit. It was earlier reported that King Khan has offered Rs 3 crore to Khali to cheer for his IPL team the Kolkata Knight Riders.

Shahrukh's children Aryan and Suhana are said to be great fans of Khali. They expressed their wish to meet the giant wrestler to their father. And so, SRK invited him to have dinner with his kids at his residence.

The Great Khali has entered Bollywood by signing the film 'Rama'- The Saviour for a whopping Rs 1.5 crore. He is going to play the role of a villain in this film starring Sahil Khan and Tanushree Dutta. He had earlier acted in Hollywood film 'The Longest Yard' in 2005 and another film featuring him "Get Smart" is also ready for release.

Singh, who stands tall at over 7 foot has an extensive background in New Japan Pro Wrestling, Japanese grappling, martial arts - akido and judo -Greco Roman wrestling, western wrestling and the Indian martial art of kalari.

He signed a contract with the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in 2006 and debuted on April 7, 2006 by beating The Undertaker. He is the third in a family of eight children and was once an officer in the Punjab police.

He worked for many years as a labourer in a small hamlet and later in the town of Shimla, after which he was picked by the neighbouring Punjab Police chief and recruited as a constable.

Khali won the bodybuilding title of Mr India in 1997 and 1998, this one-time WWE Champion has caught the eyes of none other than our own Bollywood Baadshah Shahrukh Khan.

Rajpal Yadav to fight ‘The great Khali’

Dalip Singh aka Khali could not get a warmer welcome in Bollywood. He already has two films in his hold. Also May 16 proved to be indeed doubly lucky for him coz of two reasons- one being the announcement of his film ‘Kushti’ and secondly for receiving an IFDB (International Federation Diploma in Body Building) award. To be directed by Rajeev Kumar and made under the banner of Venus Films, ‘Kushti’ also stars Rajpal Yadav, Asrani, Nargis and Manoj Joshi.

Shedding some light on the storyline Rajpal informs, “The story set in a village revolves around a postman played by me who is trying to get his gal (Nargis). Unfortunately, for him, her father is a wrestler and wants his daughter to marry one too, which happens to be Khali. Now in order to marry Nargis I have to fight Khali and defeat him.”

Rajeev Kumar is all praises for Khali and says, “Khali is an extremely down to earth and professional guy. He gave his 100% to the film. Initially, I was quite apprehensive as to how will things shape up considering his huge body and attitude but he got into the skin of the character very easily that things eventually started falling in place.”

The wrestler talking about his experiences said, “I had been flooded by many offers before but due to constant warnings about the corruption in bollywood I withheld myself from signing films.” He goes on to add, “However, after meeting Rajeev Kumar and Rajpal Yadav, all my fears vanished and I had a wonderful time working with them. Kushti is a musical film and I hope my Indian audiences watch and at the same time like it.”

Kushti is in its post-production period and is expected to release this year.

The Great Khali at the audio release of Venus Films’ Khusti

Khali to make his big entry in Bollywood

‘The Great Khali’ aka Dalip Singh brought India into limelight in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) arena. Now, this ‘beeeeg boy’ is set to enter Bollywood with ‘Ramaa — The Saviour’, a children’s adventure film.

The film, to be produced by actor Sahil Khan (of Style fame), will have Khali playing super human, while Sahil will play Lord Rama opposite Tanushree Datta. To be mentioned here, that this 35-year old has already appeared in a Hollywood film, ‘The Longest Yard’. He will also be seen in a prominent role in another project ‘Get Smart’ starring Steve Carell, Bill Murray, with yet another wrestler, the Rock.

Anyways, Khali is determined that he will work only for positive roles, as he has a huge fan following among kids in India and does not want to leave any negative impact on the young minds!