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	Uncredited role; 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]
-	Dil	2002	Himself	P. N. Sathya	Special appearance	[12]
4	Kitty	2002	Kitty	G. K. Mudduraj		[13]
5	Kariya	2003	Kariya	Prem		[14]
6	Laali Haadu	2003	Puttaswamy / Anand	H. Vasu		[15]
7	Neenandre Ishta	2003	Arun	B. Mallesh		[16]
-	Nan Hendthi Maduve	2003	Unknown	M. S. Rajashekar	Guest appearance	[17]
8	Kushalave Kshemave	2003	Himself	S. Mahendar		[18]
9	Lankesh Patrike	2003	Indra	Indrajit Lankesh		[19]
10	Namma Preethiya Ramu	2003	Ramu	Sanjay - Vijay		[20]
11	Daasa	2003	Mohan Das	P. N. Sathya		[21]
12	Annavru	2003	Surya	Om Prakash Rao		[22]
13	Dharma	2004	Dharma	K. V. Chandranath		[23]
14	Darshan	2004	Darshan	Ramesh Kitty		[24]
-	Monalisa	2004	Himself	Indrajith Lankesh	Special appearance in the song Chori Chori	[25]
15	Bhagawan	2004	Bhagi	H. Vasu		[26]
16	Kalasipalya	2004	Kencha	Om Prakash Rao		[27]
17	Sardara	2004	Maada	P. N. Sathya		[28]
18	Ayya	2005	Ayya	Om Prakash Rao		[29]
19	Shastri	2005	Rama Shastri	P. N. Sathya		[30]
20	Swamy	2005	ACP Swamy	M. S. Ramesh		[31]
21	Mandya	2006	Ganesh / Eshwar	Om Prakash Rao		[32]
22	Suntaragaali	2006	Jaggi	Sadhu Kokila		[33]
23	Dattha	2006	Dattha	Chi Guru Dutt		[34]
-	Jothe Jotheyali	2006	Himself	Dinakar Thoogudeep	Guest appearance Also producer	[35]
24	Thangigagi	2006	Veerabhadra	P. N. Sathya		[36]
-	Arasu	2007	Himself	Mahesh Babu	Guest appearance	[37]
25	Bhoopathi	2007	Bhoopathi	S. Govinda	25th movie as hero	[38]
26	Snehana Preethina	2007	Surya	Shahuraj Shinde		[39]
27	Anatharu	2007	Sathya	Sadhu Kokila		[40]
-	Ee Bandhana	2007	Kiran	Vijayalakshmi Singh	Guest appearance	[41]
28	Gaja	2008	Gaja	K. Madesh		[42]
29	Indra	2008	Rayanna / Indhra	H. Vasu		[43]
30	Arjun	2008	Arjun	Shahuraj Shinde		[44]
31	Navagraha	2008	Jaggu	Dinakar Thoogudeep	Also producer	[45]
32	Yodha	2009	Captain Ram	Om Prakash Rao		[46]
33	Abhay	2009	Abhay	Mahesh Babu		[47]
34	Porki	2010	Datthu / Surya	M. D. Sridhar		[48]
35	Shourya	2010	Soorya	Sadhu Kokila		[49]
36	Boss	2011	Ram / Raj	R. Raghuraj		[50]
37	Prince	2011	Vishnu	Om Prakash Rao		[51]
38	Saarathi	2011	Raja / Krishna	Dinakar. S	Suvarna Best Hero award TV9 Film Award for Best Actor	[52]
39	Chingari	2012	Dhanush	A. Harsha		[53]
-40	Snehitaru	2012	Surya Prakash	Rama Narayan	Guest appearance	[54]
41	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	[55]
42	Bulbul	2013	Vijay	M. D. Sridhar		[56]
43	Brindavana	2013	Krishna	K. Madesh		[57]
-	Agraja	2014	Charan Das	H. M. Srinandan	Extended cameo	[58]
44	Ambareesha	2014	Ambarish (Ambi)	K. Mahesh Sukhadhare		[59]
45	Mr. Airavata	2015	Airavatha	A. P. Arjun		[60]
-	Mumtaz	2015	Himself	V. Raghava Murali	Special appearance	[61]
46	Viraat	2016	Viraat Prasad	H. Vasu		[62]
47	Jaggu Dada	2016	Jaggu	Raghavendra Hegde
-	Nagarahavu	2016	Himself	Kodi Ramakrishna	Cameo appearance
-	Chowka	TBA	Himself	Tarun Sudhir	Guest appearance	Filming[63]
-	Sultan	TBA		Shabu Choudhary	Shelved - Was to be produced by Bullet Prakash	[64]
48	Chakravarthy	TBA		Chintan	Filming

As producer

Darshan started a production house named Thoogudeepa Productions, and has produced following films.

• Jothe Jotheyali (2006)
• Navagraha (2009)
• Bulbul (2013)
• Maduveya Mamatheya Kareyole

As distributor

Darshan and his brother, Dinakar, began distributing film under the banner Thoogudeepa Distributors in April 2013.^[65]

• Bulbul (2013)
• Brindavana (2013)
• Ugramm (2014)
• Oggarane (2014)
• Jai Lalitha (2014)
• Paramashiva (2014)
• Jai Bajrangbali (2014)
• Rhaatee (2015)
• Buguri (2015)
• Maduveya Mamatheya Kareyole (2016)
• Devara Naadalli (2016)

References

External links

• Darshan filmography at the Internet Movie Database