Darshan (actor)

Darshan Thoogudeepa , mononymously addressed as Darshan, is an Indian film actor, producer and distributor who works predominantly in the Kannada film industry. He is the son of veteran Kannada actor Thoogudeepa Srinivas. Darshan initially worked in trivial roles in few films and television shows, later made his debut in a lead role in 2001 film, Majestic, and has since then starred in many commercial and critical hit films such as Kariya , Namma Preethiya Ramu , Kalasipalya , Gaja , Saarathi , Chingari Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna , Bulbul and Ambareesha .

Darshan was born as Hemanth Kumar to actor Thoogudeepa Srinivas and Meena onFebruary 1977 in Ponnampet, Kodagu district, in the Indian state of Karnataka. Thoogudeepa is a 1966 Kannada film in which Srinivas, acted and shot to fame, prior to which he was credited in films as Mysore Srinivas. His father often played the roles of menacing villains in Kannada Cinema. Despite so, Darshan never had it easy since his father was reluctant towards the entry of Darshan into films. Against his wishes, Darshan got himself enrolled in Ninasam, a theatre training institute, in Shimoga, prior to his fathers passing in 1995.

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