Thakur Anoop Singh (born 23 March 1989) is an Indian actor who primarily appears in
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
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films. He played
Dhritarashtra
Dhritarashtra ( sa, धृतराष्ट्र, ISO-15919: Dhr̥tarāṣṭra) was a Kuru king, and the father of the Kauravas in the Hindu epic ''Mahabharata''. He was the King of the Kuru Kingdom, with its capital at Hastinapura. He was ...
in the 2013 TV series
''Mahabharat''. In 2015 he won a
gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
in a
bodybuilding
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contest in
Bangkok
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, Thailand.
Personal life
His ancestral roots lie in
Udaipur
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,
Rajasthan
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,
[Bangalore Mirror Bureau (15 March 2019)]
"Thakur Anoop Singh talks about his association with Sunil Kumar Desai"
, ''Bangalore Mirror''. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
Bodybuilding career
National and international titles
Television
Filmography
References
External links
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1989 births
Living people
Rajasthani people
Indian male television actors
Male actors in Hindi cinema
Male actors in Tamil cinema
Male actors in Telugu cinema
Indian male film actors
Male actors from Mumbai
21st-century Indian male actors
Indian male martial artists
Bollywood playback singers