Darshan filmography

Darshan Thoogudeep (born 16 February, 1977), mononymously addressed as Darshan, is an Indian film actor, film producer and distributor who works predominantly in the Kannada film industry.^[1] He is the son of veteran Kannada actor Thoogudeepa Srinivas(1943-1995). 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 (2003), Namma Preethiya Ramu (2003), Kalasipalya (2005), Gaja (2008), Saarathi (2011), Chingari (2012) Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna (2012), Bulbul (2013) and Ambareesha (2014).^[2]

Filmography

• Below is the detailed filmography of Darshan.^[3]

As an actor

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Sl No.	Film	Year	Role(s)	Director(s)	Notes	Ref
-	Mahabharatha	1997	Unknown	S. Narayan	Uncredited role	[4]
-	Devara Maga	2000	Villain	D. Rajendra Babu	Uncredited role	[5]
-	Vallarasu	2000	Pandy	N. Maharajan	Tamil film
-	Ellara Mane Dosenu	2001	Unknown	H. S. Prakash	Uncredited role	[6]
-	Mr. Harischandra	2001	Unknown	R. C. Ranga	Uncredited role	[7]
-	Bhootayyana Makkalu	2002	Unknown	G. K. Mudduraj	Supporting role	[8]
1	Majestic	2002	Daasa	P. N. Sathya	First lead role	[9]
2	Dhruva	2002	Dhruva	M. S. Ramesh		[10]
3	Ninagoskara	2002	Manoj	Yogish Hunsur		[11]
4	Dil	2002	Himself	P. N. Sathya	Special appearance	[12]
5	Kitty	2002	Kitty	G. K. Mudduraj		[13]
6	Kariya	2003	Kariya	Prem	Blockbuster hit film	[14]
7	Laali Haadu	2003	Puttaswamy / Anand	H. Vasu		[15]
8	Neenandre Ishta	2003	Arun	B. Mallesh		[16]
9	Nan Hendthi Maduve	2003	Unknown	M. S. Rajashekar	Guest appearance	[17]
10	Kushalave Kshemave	2003	Himself	S. Mahendar	Guest appearance	[18]
11	Lankesh Patrike	2003	Indra	Indrajit Lankesh		[19]
12	Namma Preethiya Ramu	2003	Ramu	Sanjay - Vijay	Remake of Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum	[20]
13	Daasa	2003	Mohan Das	P. N. Sathya		[21]
14	Annavru	2003	Surya	Om Prakash Rao	Remake of Thalapathi	[22]
15	Dharma	2004	Dharma	K. V. Chandranath		[23]
16	Darshan	2004	Darshan	Ramesh Kitty		[24]
17	Monalisa	2004	Himself	Indrajith Lankesh	Special appearance in the song "Chori Chori"	[25]
18	Bhagawan	2004	Bhagi	H. Vasu		[26]
19	Kalasipalya	2004	Kencha	Om Prakash Rao		[27]
20	Sardara	2004	Maada	P. N. Sathya		[28]
21	Ayya	2005	Ayya	Om Prakash Rao		[29]
22	Shastri	2005	Rama Shastri	P. N. Sathya		[30]
23	Swamy	2005	ACP Swamy	M. S. Ramesh		[31]
24	Mandya	2006	Ganesh / Eshwar	Om Prakash Rao	Remake of Samba	[32]
25	Suntaragaali	2006	Jaggi	Sadhu Kokila		[33]
26	Dattha	2006	Dattha	Chi Guru Dutt		[34]
27	Jothe Jotheyali	2006	Himself	Dinakar Thoogudeep	Guest Appearance Also producer	[35]
28	Thangigagi	2006	Veerabhadra	P. N. Sathya	Remake of Thirupaachi	[36]
29	Arasu	2007	Himself	Mahesh Babu	Guest appearance	[37]
30	Bhoopathi	2007	Bhoopathi	S. Govinda		[38]
31	Snehana Preethina	2007	Surya	Shahuraj Shinde	Remake of Ishq	[39]
32	Anatharu	2007	Sathya	Sadhu Kokila	Remake of Pithamagan	[40]
33	Ee Bandhana	2007	Kiran	Vijayalakshmi Singh	Guest appearance Remake of Baghban	[41]
34	Gaja	2008	Gaja	K. Madesh	Remake of Bhadra	[42]
35	Indra	2008	Rayanna / Indhra	H. Vasu	Remake of Arasu	[43]
36	Arjun	2008	Arjun	Shahuraj Shinde		[44]
37	Navagraha	2008	Jaggu	Dinakar Thoogudeep	Extended cameo appearance Also producer	[45]
38	Yodha	2009	Captain Ram	Om Prakash Rao	Remake of Bose	[46]
39	Abhay	2009	Abhay	Mahesh Babu		[47]
40	Porki	2010	Datthu / Surya	M. D. Sridhar	Remake of Pokiri	[48]
41	Shourya	2010	Soorya	Sadhu Kokila	Remake of Souryam	[49]
42	Boss	2011	Ram / Raj	R. Raghuraj		[50]
43	Prince	2011	Vishnu	Om Prakash Rao	Remake of Shock	[51]
44	Saarathi	2011	Raja / Krishna	Dinakar. S	Suvarna Best Hero award TV9 Best Actor award Adapted from The Lion King Blockbuster Hit ( 260 days )	[52]
45	Chingari	2012	Dhanush	A. Harsha	Adapted from Taken	[53]
46	Snehitaru	2012	Surya Prakash	Rama Narayanan	Guest appearance	[54]
47	Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna	2012	Sangolli Rayanna	Naganna	Filmfare Award for Best Actor Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor Suvarna Film Award for Best Actor Blockbuster Hit ( 375+ days )	[55]
48	Bulbul	2013	Vijay	M. D. Sridhar	Remake of Darling	[56]
49	Brindavana	2013	Krishna	K. Madesh	Remake of Brindavanam	[57]
50	Agraja	2014	Charan Das	H. M. Srinandan	Extended cameo appearance Based on the Telugu movie Broker	[58]
51	Ambareesha	2014	Ambarish (Ambi)	K. Mahesh Sukhadhare		[59]
52	Mr. Airavata	2015	Airavatha	A. P. Arjun		[60]
53	Mumtaz	2015	Himself	V. Raghava Murali	Special appearance	[61]
54	Viraat	2016	Viraat Prasad	H. Vasu		[62]
55	Jaggu Dada	2016	Jaggu	Raghavendra Hegde	Filming
56	Chakravarthi	TBA			Pre-production
57	Milana Prakash untitled film	TBA		Prakash	Announced
58	Sarvantaryami	TBA		Dinakar Thoogudeep	Announced
59	B. Suresh Production Film	TBA			Announced
60	Sultan	TBA		Shabu Choudhary	Announced Produced by Bullet Prakash Remake of Poojai	[63]

As a film producer

Darshan started a production house named Thoogudeepa productions, which has produced following movies.

Sl No.	Year	Title	Director
1	2006	Jothe Jotheyali	Dinakar Thoogudeepa [64]
2	2008	Navagraha	Dinakar Thoogudeepa
3	2013	Bulbul	M. D. Shridhar
4	2015	Maduveya Mamatheya Kareyole	Kaviraj
5	2018	Sarvantrayami	Dinakar Thoogudeep

As a Distributor

The latest addition to the Darshan empire is a distribution company called Thoogudeepa Distributors. Darshan's family already has a production company; Toogudeepa Productions and also a shooting unit. The first film that has besn distributed through the new distribution company is Bulbul, which has released on 10 May.^[65]

Sl No.	Year	Title	Director
1	2013	Bulbul	M. D. Shridhar
2	2013	Brindavana	K. Madesh
3	2014	Ugramm	Prashanth Neel
4	2014	Oggarane	Prakash Rai
5	2014	Jayalalita	Pon Kumaran
6	2014	Paramashiva	Mahesh Babu
7	2014	Jai Bajrangbali	Ravivarma Gubbi
8	2015	Raate	A.P Arjun
9	2015	Buguri	M.D Shridhar
10	2016	Maduveya Mamatheya Kareyole	Kaviraj
11	2016	Devara Naadalli	B.suresha

See also

• Darshan
• Thoogudeepa Srinivas

References

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5. "Devara Maga – ದೇವರಮಗ (2000/೨೦೦೦)". Kannada Movies info.
6. "Ellara Mane Dosenu – ಎಲ್ಲರ ಮನೆ ದೋಸೇನೂ (2001/೨೦೦೧)". Kannada Movies info.
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8. "Boothayyana Makkalu – ಬೂತಯ್ಯನ ಮಕ್ಕಳು (2002/೨೦೦೨)". Kannada Movies info.
9. "Majestic – ಮೆಜೆಸ್ಟಿಕ್ (2002/೨೦೦೨)". Kannada Movies info.
10. "Dhruva – ಧ್ರುವ (2002/೨೦೦೨)". Kannada Movies info.
11. "Ninagoskara – ನಿನಗೋಸ್ಕರ (2002/೨೦೦೨)". Kannada Movies info.
12. "Dil – ದಿಲ್ (2002/೨೦೦೨)". Kannada Movies info.
13. "Kitty – ಕಿಟ್ಟಿ (2002/೨೦೦೨)". Kannada Movies info.
14. "Kariya – ಕರಿಯ (2003/೨೦೦೩)". Kannada Movies info.
15. "Laali Haadu – ಲಾಲಿ ಹಾಡು (2003/೨೦೦೩)". Kannada Movies info.
16. "Neenandre Ishta – ನೀನಂದ್ರೆ ಇಷ್ಟ (2003/೨೦೦೩)". Kannada Movies info.
17. "Nanhendthi Maduve – ನನ್ಹೆಂಡ್ತಿ ಮದುವೆ (2003/೨೦೦೩)". Kannada Movies info.
18. "Nanhendthi Maduve – ನನ್ಹೆಂಡ್ತಿ ಮದುವೆ (2003/೨೦೦೩)". Kannada Movies info.
19. "Lankesh Pathrike – ಲಂಕೇಶ್ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆ (2003/೨೦೦೩)". Kannada Movies info.
20. "Namma Preethiya Ramu – ನಮ್ಮ ಪ್ರೀತಿಯ ರಾಮು (2003/೨೦೦೩)". Kannada Movies info.
21. "Daasa – ದಾಸ (2003/೨೦೦೩)". Kannada Movies info.
22. "Annavru – ಅಣ್ಣಾವ್ರು (2003/೨೦೦೩)". Kannada Movies info.
23. "Dharma – ಧರ್ಮ (2004/೨೦೦೪)". Kannada Movies info.
24. "Darshan – ದರ್ಶನ್ (2004/೨೦೦೪)". Kannada Movies info.
25. "Monalisa – ಮೊನಾಲಿಸ (2004/೨೦೦೪)". Kannada Movies info.
26. "Monalisa – ಮೊನಾಲಿಸ (2004/೨೦೦೪)". Kannada Movies info.
27. "Kalasipalya – ಕಲಾಸಿಪಾಳ್ಯ (2004/೨೦೦೪)". Kannada Movies info.
28. "Sardara – ಸರ್ದಾರ (2004/೨೦೦೪)". Kannada Movies info.
29. "Ayya – ಅಯ್ಯ (2005/೨೦೦೫)". Kannada Movies info.
30. "Shastry – ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿ (2005/೨೦೦೫)". Kannada Movies info.
31. "Swamy – ಸ್ವಾಮಿ (2005/೨೦೦೫)". Kannada Movies info.
32. "Mandya – ಮಂಡ್ಯ (2006/೨೦೦೬)". Kannada Movies info.
33. "Suntaragali – ಸುಂಟರಗಾಳಿ (2006/೨೦೦೬)". Kannada Movies info.
34. "Dattha – ದತ್ತ (2006/೨೦೦೬)". Kannada Movies info.
35. "Jothe Jotheyali – ಜೊತೆ ಜೊತೆಯಲಿ (2006/೨೦೦೬)". Kannada Movies info.
36. "Thangigagi – ತಂಗಿಗಾಗಿ (2006/೨೦೦೬)". Kannada Movies info.
37. "Arasu – ಅರಸು (2007/೨೦೦೭)". Kannada Movies info.
38. "Bhoopathi – ಭೂಪತಿ (2007/೨೦೦೭)". Kannada Movies info.
39. "Snehana Preethina – ಸ್ನೇಹನಾ ಪ್ರೀತಿನಾ (2007/೨೦೦೭)". Kannada Movies info.
40. "Anatharu – ಅನಾಥರು (2007/೨೦೦೭)". Kannada Movies info.
41. "Ee Bandhana – ಈ ಬಂಧನ (2007/೨೦೦೭)". Kannada Movies info.
42. "Gaja – ಗಜ (2008/೨೦೦೮)". Kannada Movies info.
43. "Indra – ಇಂದ್ರ (2008/೨೦೦೮)". Kannada Movies info.
44. "Arjun – ಅರ್ಜುನ್ (2008/೨೦೦೮)". Kannada Movies info.
45. "Navagraha – ನವಗ್ರಹ (2008/೨೦೦೮)". Kannada Movies info.
46. "Yodha – ಯೋಧ (2009/೨೦೦೯)". Kannada Movies info.
47. "Abhay – ಅಭಯ್ (2009/೨೦೦೯)". Kannada Movies info.
48. "Porki – ಪೊರ್ಕಿ (2010/೨೦೧೦)". Kannada Movies info.
49. "Shourya – ಶೌರ್ಯ (2010/೨೦೧೦)". Kannada Movies info.
50. "Boss – ಬಾಸ್ (2011/೨೦೧೧)". Kannada Movies info.
51. "Prince – ಪ್ರಿನ್ಸ್ (2011/೨೦೧೧)". Kannada Movies info.
52. "Sarathi – ಸಾರಥಿ (2011/೨೦೧೧)". Kannada Movies info.
53. "Chingari – ಚಿಂಗಾರಿ (2012/೨೦೧೨)". Kannada Movies info.
54. "Snehitharu – ಸ್ನೇಹಿತರು (2012/೨೦೧೨)". Kannada Movies info.
55. "Kranthiveera Sangolli Rayanna – ಕ್ರಾಂತಿವೀರ ಸಂಗೊಳ್ಳಿ ರಾಯಣ್ಣ (2012/೨೦೧೨)". Kannada Movies info.
56. "Bul Bul – ಬುಲ್ ಬುಲ್ (2013/೨೦೧೩)". Kannada Movies info.
57. "Bul Bul – ಬುಲ್ ಬುಲ್ (2013/೨೦೧೩)". Kannada Movies info.
58. "Bul Bul – ಬುಲ್ ಬುಲ್ (2013/೨೦೧೩)". Kannada Movies info.
59. "Ambarisha – ಅಂಬರೀಶ (2014/೨೦೧೪)". Kannada Movies info.
60. "Mr. Airavatha – ಮಿಸ್ಟರ್ ಐರಾವತ (2015/೨೦೧೫)". Kannada Movies info.
61. "Mumtaz – ಮುಮ್ತಾಜ್ (2015/೨೦೧೫)". Kannada Movies info.
62. "Virat – ವಿರಾಟ್ (2016/೨೦೧೬)". Kannada Movies info.
63. "A new film for box office Sultan, Darshan". The Times of India.
64. Jothe Jotheyalli Review – Kannada Movie Review by RGV. Nowrunning.com (2006-09-22). Retrieved on 2011-12-06.
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External links

• Darshan Thoogudeep at the Internet Movie Database
• Awards for Darshan Thoogudeep at the Internet Movie Database
• Biography for Darshan Thoogudeep at the Internet Movie Database