Darshan Thoogudeep Biography, an actor who has a large fan following in Kannada Movie industry. Here, I am going to share with you the list of his movies, personal life, achievements and many more.
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Who is Darshan Thoogudeep?
Darshan Thoogudeep is a natural Kollywood actor. His real name goes like this, Hemanth Kumar. He is given the name of Challenging star and born on 16th in the month of February and in the year 1977 and his zodiac sign is Aquarius.

Recently He just turned 43 years old . He was born in Ponnampet, Kodagu, Karnataka, India. Darshan Thoogudeep likes to dance in his free time.
Name | Darshan Thoogudeep |
Date of birth | 16-02-1977 |
Age | 43 years |
Height | 6 feet 3 inches-in feet inches 191cm- in centimetres 1.91m- in meters |
Weight | 85kg- in kilograms 187lbs-in pounds |
Birth Place | Ponnampet, Kodagu, Karnataka India |
Mother Tongue | Kannada |
Profession | Actor, Producer and distributor |
School | Not known |
College | Ninasam, theatre training institute, Shimoga |
Education Qualification | Acting |
Religion | Hindu |
Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
Nationality | Indian |
Hobbies | Dancing |
Eye Color | Brown |
Hair Color | Black |
Darshan Thoogudeep Before Getting Into the Industry
Darshan Thoogudeep was born in Ponnampet, Kodagu, Karnataka, India. But now, he is settled in Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
He completed his schooling till 12th class in a high school in Karnataka state. Darshan Thoogudeep has gone to a training institute Ninasam, Shimoga. He was interested in doing films. He finished his education in Mysore.

For a long time, he did a projectionist job after graduation. Later, he worked as an assistant cameraman under B.C. Gowrishankar. Consequently, he started fetching movie opportunities.
He did a supporting role in Mahabharata and then in films like Devara Maga(2000), Ellara Mane Dosenoo(2000), Makkalu(2000) and Mr Harishchandra(2001). But he didn’t gain any recognition.
Later, he was offered to play a role of the main lead character in the movie Majestic directed by P.N. Satya which was released in 2001. It was his debut movie in Kannada.
He has also done a Tamil film. Now, he has a huge fan following across Karnataka state.
Favourite Colour | Grey and Brown |
Favourite Actor | Not known |
Favourite thing | Not known |
Favourite Actress | Not known |
Favourite Food | Not known |
Favourite destination | Switzerland |
Favourite director | Not known |
Darshan Thoogudeep’s Complete Movie List
Just scroll down to see the list of the films Darshan Thoogudeep has done!
He has done around 27 films as of now. Two of his films were a super hit and he has received many awards for them, Saarathi and Krantiveera Sangoli Rayanna

- Majestic
- Kariya
- Daasa
- Bhagavan
- Kalasipalya
- Ayya
- Shastri
- Swamy
- Mandya
- Suntaragaali
- Bhoopathi
- Gaja
- Indra
- Navagraha
- Yodha
- Porki
- Saarathi
- Chingari
- Krantiveera Sangoli Rayanna
- Bulbul
- Mr.Airavata
- Jaggu Dada
- Chakravarthy
- Tara
- Kurukshetra
- Yajamana
- Odeya
Darshan Thoogudeep Achievements and Awards
Filmfare Awards South
Saarathi- best actor
Krantiveera Sangoli Rayanna-best actor
Bangalore Times Film Awards
Krantiveera Sangoli Rayanna-best actor
TV9 Awards

Saarathi- best actor
Suvarna Film Awards
Krantiveera Sangoli Rayanna-best actor
Saarathi-Favourite hero
Karnataka State Film Awards
Krantiveera Sangoli Rayanna-best actor
Zee Kannada Innovative Film Awards
Onida Style Icon -2010
Darshan Thoogudeep’s Upcoming Movies
Currently, Darshan Thoogudeep has four movies lined up for release.
Ø Inspector Viktam, directed by Narasimha, will be released this year on 27th of May, 2020.
Ø Robert, directed by Tarun Sudhir should be released on 24th of April, 2020. But the movie date will be postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
Ø Raja Veera Madakari Nayaka,
Ø is directed by S.V. Rajendra Singh Babu releasing on 15th of July, 2020.
Ø Aaspota, directed by Amr Ramesh will release on 5th August, 2020.
Darshan Thoogudeep’s Personal life
Darshan Thoogudeep’s Family details are here below:-

Father | Thoogudeepa Srinivas |
Mother | Meena |
Brother | Dinakar Thoogudeep |
Wife | Vijaya Lakshmi |
Children | Son-Vineesh |
Sister | Divya |
Siblings | Dinakar Thoogudeep Divya |
Grandfather | N/A |
Grandmother | N/A |
Darshan Thoogudeep was born to Thoogudeep Srinivas and Dinakar Thoogudeep. Darshan’s father is also one of the topmost actors of Kollywood industry. Sadly, his father passed away very soon. while his brother is a director, screenwriter and producer.
ü Relationship Status: marriedDarshan Thoogudeep married Meena in the year 2000.
ü Religion: Hindu
Income of Darshan Thoogudeep
Ø Salary: 4-6 crores per film
Ø Net worth: $12 million
Social Media Profiles
Darshan Thoogudeep has a good number of followers on social media accounts and his following is increasing at a slow pace day by day.
Twitter-
Facebook-
Instagram-
https://instagram.com/darshanthoogudeepashrinivas?igshid=1quushpftuwpo
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