- Darshan (actor)
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ದರ್ಶನ್ ತೂಗುದೀಪ
Darshan Thoogudeepa
Born Darshan Thoogudeepa
February 16, 1977
Mysuru, Karnataka, IndiaOther names Challenging star
D
Knock-out star
Action king
Dashing Star
Sandalwood starOccupation Actor, Film Producer Years active 2002 - Present Influenced by many influences Spouse Vijaya Lakshmi Darshan (2004 - present) Children Vineesh Parents Thoogudeep Meena,
Thoogudeep SrinivasDarshan Thoogudeep (ದರ್ಶನ್ ತೂಗುದೀಪ)Previously known as challenging star (ದರ್ಶನ್) and know populary known as "Hero in Screen and Villain in Real Life" is an actor and a film producer in the Kannada Film Industry. The son of a famous Kannada artist Thoogudeepa Srinivas and Meena Thoogudeepa, he struggled a lot before becoming popular on screen, involving himself in a number of off-screen projects to reach his current status. He is often called the Challenging star by his fans.
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Career
Darshan entered Cinema of Karnataka by doing a lead role in Majestic. He has acted in 40 movies till date. His biggest hits include Kalasipalya, Kariya, Datta, Gaja, and many more. His latest Gaja stayed 175 days at the box office recently. Kariya was one of the most popular movies of all time—it ran for more than 700 days in its second release. Gaja was the biggest Kannada box office hit of 2008.[1] Darshan and Rakshita are considered as hit pair among the Kannada-movie goers. With consistent Box office performance at the boxoffice Darshan is considered one of the most dependable heroes in the Industry. Darshan was blessed and supported by rebel star Ambarish during his initial days in the film industry.His 41st movie is directed by Naganna as the historical drama Sangolli Rayanna is the most expected movie of the year 2012
As a film producer
Darshan started his own production house named Thoogudeepa productions.
- Home Production films
- 1)Jothe Jotheyali(2006)=175 Days [2]
- 2) Navagraha (2008)=100 Days [3]
- 3) Sarathi (2011)Running Successfully towards 50days (2011 BOX OFFICE SUPER HIT)
The following are details of his production company: *Meena Thoogudeep Srinivas (Producer)
- Vijayalakshmi Darshan Thoogudeep (Executive in-Charge)
- Dinakar Thoogudeep (Director)
- Ravivarma (Darshan's Favorite Fight Master)
- V.Harikrishna (Music Director) [4][5]
Personal life
Darshan has a brother named Dinakar Thoogudeep who is a director. Darshan married in 2004. He has son named Vineesh.
He has a passion for animals, and is the only actor in the world, who has his own zoo that is owned privately in the far east of Mysore, Karnataka. His home itself is like a zoo with many birds and animals. Darshan’s other passion is cars: In July 2008 he bought a brand new Hummer H3 Car, imported from Dubai which costed INR 1.5 Crore [6] ,it joins a Toyota Fortuner in his collection, and an Audi A6 [7]
Filmography
No Year Movie(in Kannada) Director Co-stars Music Director 1 2001 Majestic P.N. Saatya Rekha, Jai Jagadeesh Sadhu Kokila 100days 2 2002 Dhruva Ramesh M S Shirin, Sadhu Kokila Gurukiran 150days 3 2002 Kitti Mudduraj Navya, Sarojamma Sadhu Kokila 150days 4 2002 Ninagoskara Ruchita Prasad Guru Kiran 150days 5 2003 Neenandre Ishta Maalavika V.Sadhu Kokila 125days 6 2003 Kariya Prem Abhi Guru kiran 900days 7 2003 Laali Haadu H Vasu Abhirami, Saadhu Kokila, Umashri Sadhu Kokila 50days 8 2003 Lankesh Patrike Indrajit Lankesh Vasundhara Das Babji-Sandeep 150days 9 2003 Namma Preethiya Ramu Sanjay-Vijay Navya,Doddanna Ilayaraja 150days 10 2004 Darshan R.Giri Sindu Menon Sadhu Kokila 150days 11 2004 Dharma K.V. Chandranath Sindhu Menon, Monisha Hamsalekha 150days 12 2004 Kalasipalya Om Praksh Rao Rakshita, Sadhu Kokila 250days 13 2004 sardara P.Sathya Gurlin Chopra Venkat-Narayan 150days 14 2004 Bhagwan H Vasu Sai Kumar Rajesh Ramanath 175days 15 2005 Daasa P.N.Satya Avinash, Amrutha Sadhu Kokila 100days 16 2005 Annavru OM Prakash Rao Suhasini, Ambareesh Rajesh Ramanath 75days 17 2005 Shashtri P.N. Satya Maanya Sadhu Kokila 100days 18 2005 Ayya Om Prakash Rao Rakshita V. Ravichandran 100days 19 2005 Swamy MS Ramesh Gayathri Jayaram Guru Kiran 150days 20 2006 Thangigagi P.N.Satya Poonam Baffna Sadhu Kokila 50days 21 2006 Mandya Om Praksh rao Rakshita, Radhika Gurukiran 100days 22 2006 Suntaragaali Sadhu Kokila Rakshita Sadhu Kokila 50days 23 2006 Datta Gurudath Ramya, Komal R.P.Patnaik 150days 24 2006 Jothe Jotheyali Dinakar Tugudeep Prem, Ramya V. HariKrishna 175days 25 2006 Bhupathy S. Govind Shirin V. HariKrishna 50days 26 2007 Snehana Preethina Shahuraj Shindhe Aditya, Lakshmi Rai, Sindhu tolani V. HariKrishna 150days 27 2007 Anaatharu Saadhu Kokila Upendra Sadhu kokila 50days 28 2007 Ee Bandhana Vijayalakshmi Singh Jennifer Kotwal, Vishnu, Jaya Pradha, Anant Nag, Tara, Tarun, Sharmila Mandre ManoMurthy 150days 29 2008 Gaja K. Maadesha Navya Nair, Komal, Devraj V. HariKrishna 175days 30 2008 Indra H. Vasu Namitha, Bullet Prakash , Vinaya Prasad, Anant Nag V. HariKrishna 50days 31 2008 Arjun Shahuraj Shindhe Meera Chopra, Anant Nag,Urvashi V. HariKrishna 150days 32 2008 Navagraha Dinakar Tugudeep Sharmila Mandre, Varsha V. HariKrishna 100days 33 2009 Yodha Om Prakash Rao Nikita Thukral Hamsaleka 150days 34 2009 ABHAY Mahesh Babu Aarti Thakur V. HariKrishna 150days 35 2010 Porki M.D.Sridhar Praneetha, Sangeetha Shetty V. HariKrishna 150 days 36 2010 Shourya Sadhu Kokila Madalasa Sharma Sadhu Kokila 150days 37 2011 BOSS Raghuraj Navya Nair, Rekha V. HariKrishna 50days 38 2011 Prince Om Prakash Rao Jennifer Kotwal, Nikita Thukral V. HariKrishna 150days 39 2011 Saarathi Dinakar Thoogudeepa Deepa Sanniddi V. HariKrishna 30*(Block buster movie of the year) 40 2011 Chingari Harsha Daisy Shah V. HariKrishna 41 2011 Kraanthiveera Sangolli Rayanna Naganna Nikita Thukral, Jayaprada Yashovardhan(Raju Upendra Kumar) 42 2012 Bul Bul M.D.Sridhar Trisha V. Harikrishna 43 2012 Viraat H. Vaasu V. Harikrishna 44 2012 Bhairava Mahesh Sukhadhare V. Harikrishna 45 2012 Bheema N. Omprakash Rao V. Harikrishna 46 2013 Lovely King Dinakar Tugudeep V. Harikrishna References
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- ^ "Kannada star on the fast track". MID-DAY. June 24, 2008. http://www.mid-day.com/news/2008/jun/240608bang5.htm. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
- ^ "Rs 7 lakh fine for Kannada star". MID-DAY. August 14, 2008. http://www.mid-day.com/news/2008/aug/140808Darshan.htm. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
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