Talk:Sabu (actor)

message: Sabu Dastagir → Sabu – Name that the person was credited as, a la Sting, and Cher ....(Complain)(Let us to it pell-mell) 05:29, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Support - Should be done to conform with rest of Wiki. Also, the name is not clarified. ....(Complain)(Let us to it pell-mell) 05:29, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Oppose - As seen on the disambiguation page, other entries have stake to this name, perhaps the most notable being Terry Brunk (to which most of the errant links to the disambiguation page are intended). That article already has "Sabu (wrestler)" as a redirect, why not "Sabu (actor)" here? Tromboneguy0186 07:14, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Oppose per above. Make Sabu a disambig after merging and eliminating Sabu (disambiguation). Keep Sabu Dastagir and/or list Sabu (actor) on the new page. Voice of Treason 23:23, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I moved the disambiguation page to the standard name, and I changed the link in Voice of Treason's post so that I can delete the other page. -- Kjkolb 05:46, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

text: Oppose that this page be renamed as Sabu, there are other claimants to the name. How about having this page renamed as Sabu (actor) with Sabu Dastagir redirecting to that. The disabmbiguation page for Sabu can then split out for the wrestler, the actor, the band (run by the son of the actor) and any others. But this page should certainly be renamed. As noted earlier on this Talk page, it's even doubtful that the actor's name was ever actually Dastagir  SteveCrook 00:37, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

text: What about moving it to Sabu (actor) and maikng Sabu a disabmbiguation page? -- SteveCrook 19:51, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move

message: :Support - Should be done to conform with rest of Wiki. Also, the name is not clarified. ....(Complain)(Let us to it pell-mell) 05:29, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oppose - As seen on the disambiguation page, other entries have stake to this name, perhaps the most notable being Terry Brunk (to which most of the errant links to the disambiguation page are intended). That article already has "Sabu (wrestler)" as a redirect, why not "Sabu (actor)" here? Tromboneguy0186 07:14, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Oppose per above. Make Sabu a disambig after merging and eliminating Sabu (disambiguation). Keep Sabu Dastagir and/or list Sabu (actor) on the new page. Voice of Treason 23:23, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I moved the disambiguation page to the standard name, and I changed the link in Voice of Treason's post so that I can delete the other page. -- Kjkolb 05:46, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

text: Oppose that this page be renamed as Sabu, there are other claimants to the name. How about having this page renamed as Sabu (actor) with Sabu Dastagir redirecting to that. The disabmbiguation page for Sabu can then split out for the wrestler, the actor, the band (run by the son of the actor) and any others. But this page should certainly be renamed. As noted earlier on this Talk page, it's even doubtful that the actor's name was ever actually Dastagir  SteveCrook 00:37, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: No move. -- Kim van der Linde at venus 16:09, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: What about moving it to Sabu (actor) and maikng Sabu a disabmbiguation page? -- SteveCrook 19:51, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Result

message: I have a question about Sabu's Military Service?  I assume he served in the Army Air Corps, not the Air Force. Can anyone verify this?~~Dan Wright~~
: That's what it says in the article. And in everything I've read about him -- SteveCrook 21:45, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Military service

message: Athough I believe it's true that the book cited does claim this, I see  no reason why Sabu should claim Pakistan as his mother country. He didn't come from the region that became Pakistan and he wasn't Moslem. Are any more explanations or details given in the book? -- SteveCrook 22:03, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the claim is pure rubbish. The book in question is clearly a Pro-Pakistani tirde, and the details given are slim. If you want, I could type in the section where Sabu Dastagir (aka Sabu Francis) is discussed, if it does not violate WikiPedia copyright policy. I think the part about the book should be deleted as it is a printed work of no great credibility. Unsigned comment by 122.161.155.202 18:10, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  "Sabu Fancis"?? It sounds even more dubious. I'd be quite  happy if that section was just deleted -- SteveCrook 20:24, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

text: Why do you say that there is "no doubt" that he was a muslim? I'd have thought that there was a lot of doubt. That's why I originally raised the point. Do you have any citations or references? -- SteveCrook (talk) 21:38, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Dubious

message: Please visit the web site www.singleparentsfoundation.org for an invitation to this fabulous event.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.101.180.157 (talk) 17:51, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tribute to Sabu Invitation to all who love his work 

message: The box on the right of the Sabu article has a link to Marilyn Cooper as Sabu's wife. The article, however, appears to be about another Marilyn Cooper, with a different date of birth and no reference to a marriage. The link also is found in the article on Sabu's son Paul Sabu.Karlpov (talk) 16:43, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: You could have unlinked them. That's how Wikipedia works. But now I've done it -- SteveCrook (talk) 18:16, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Un-link this Marilyn Cooper 

message: According to Dror Izhar, page 12 of Quit India: The Image of the Indian Patriot on Commercial
British Film and Television, 1956-1985, Sabu Dastagir was Muslim. "Said Jaffrey, born in 1929, and Sabu Dastagir (1925–1963), both Muslim Indians who apparently never met, had very different destinies. Dastagir was employed as a groom in the court of a Prince in an “independent” princedom. When he was twelve, Dastagir was discovered by the American documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty, who directed a feature film in 1936 entitled Elephant Boy with Zoltan Korda. Korda and his brother Alexander, a Jewish-Austro-Hungarian-British film producer and director in his own right, turned Sabu into a star. As a child, he was exploited by them and gained recognition and fame in exotic films such as The Drum (1938) and thus, in my view, Dastagir was a victim of the British occupation of India. When he reached adulthood, he fought in World War II and won a medal of honor as a pilot. He then moved to Hollywood, where he starred in several insignificant films, and finally died of a heart attack at the age of thirty-eight."--182.177.8.98 (talk) 22:14, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a well balanced view. Sabu was such a victim that he became rich, famous and had a happy family life. I wish I could be a victim like that  :)  -- SteveCrook (talk) 01:25, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: "Well balanced view" indeed! Making a stable boy into a well paid star is shocking victimization. Wasn't the British Empire appalling!203.184.41.226 (talk) 22:52, 9 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Religion 

message: American artist John Prine has a well known song tribute to Sabu titled "Sabu Visits the Twin Cities Alone". This live version includes an introduction by Prine in which he describes the live and career of Sabu https://open.spotify.com/track/3BHZLrALymxoFezdgec4Q8?si=2b2a2d45e6c24ff6  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zackbiernat (talk • contribs) 17:12, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  John Prine song