Darshan (born 16 February 1977), Darshan Thoogudeepa, known as Challenging Star, Sandalwood Dasa, Box Office Sultan, is an actor, producer and distributor in the Indian film industry, working predominantly in the Kannada film industry. Son of actor Thoogudeepa Srinivas, Darshan started his acting career in the mid-1990s.
There are days when the film industry, which disappeared on the first day and became a megastar, kicked the chair to sit on the second day, but above all, he is rising as the number 1 actor of the Kannada film industry as a leader who gives more importance to the issues of Kannada language, land and waters.
He acted in a television serial before entering the film industry in 1990. He made his debut as a lead actor with the film Majestic released in 2001. Hemant Kumar Darshan born 16 February 1977 (age 46).
Born in Ponnampet, Kodagu, Karnataka. He was born on February 16, 1977 as the eldest son of renowned Kannada film talent Thoogudeepa Srinivas and Meena Thoogudeepa. Brother Dinakar Thoogudeepa and Married to Vijay Lakshmi in 2003, Vinish is Darshan Vijayalakshmi’s beloved son.
Darshan is very fond of agriculture. He has kept cow and horse in farm house. They take care of them. Recently, he planted a high yielding Kasanur nut variety plantation in about 50 acres of land. Lately spend a lot of time in this garden. Many fans come here to see Darshan’s nut plantation.
Movies Starring Darshan: Majestic, Dhruva, Ninagoskara, Kitty(2002), Kariya, Lalihadu, Ninandre Ishta, Lankesh Magazine, My Love Ramu, Dasa, Annavru(2003), Dharma, Darshan, Bhagavan, Kalasipalya, Sardar(2004), Aiya , Swami, Shastri (2005), Mandya, Suntaragali, Dutta, Thangigi (2006), Bhupati, Anatharu, Snehana Preethina, Ee Bandhan (2007), Gaja, Indra, Arjun, Navagraha (2008), Yodha, Abhay (2009), Shaurya, Porky(2010), Boss, Prince, Sarathi,(2011), Chingari, Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna (2012), Bull Bull, Brindavan(2013), Airavata(2015), Virat, Jaggudad(2016) Chakraborty, Tarak(2017) ), Kurukshetra, Yajamana, Odeya (2019), Robert (2021), Kranti (2023) are Darshan’s acting films and the year of release. ‘Katera’, released in 2023, is the proud movie hero of Kannadigas who created history and created this milestone by releasing more than 200 crores in Kannada language alone. Also, Namma Tugudeepa acted in guest roles in Arasu, Devaramaga, Ee Bandhan, Agraja, Garadi, Chowka.
Gandugali Madakarinayak, Devil and Sindhuri Laxman are slated to hit the screens in the coming days.
Manedeepa Darshan Thoogudeepa is the idol of millions of fans as his father was a villain actor.
