Who is Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, biography, age, family, first and second wife and net worth

Who is Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, biography, age, family, first and second wife and net worth

Have a look at the first and second wife and net worth of Darshan Thoogudeepa

Following his graduation from Ninasam, Darshan Thoogudeepa worked as a projectionist before joining seasoned cinematographer B. C. Gowrishankar’s crew as an assistant cameraman. His television soap opera debut was in S. Narayan’s production.

Darshan Thogudeepa, a star from Kannada, was detained by the Bengaluru Police on suspicion of being involved in a homicide. The Deccan Herald claimed that the actor knew three other people who killed Renuka Swamy, a resident of Chitradurga.

Who is Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, biography, age, family, parents, first and second wife and net worth

According to sources, Darshan Thogudeepa gave the order to kill Swamy after the latter sent lewd texts to her co-star Pavithra Gowda. The actor was picked up from his Mysore farmhouse and is presently being transported to Bengaluru.

47-year-old Darshan Thoogudeepa was born on February 16, 1977 in Ponnampet, Kodagu district, Karnataka, India to actor Thoogudeepa Srinivas and Meena. He is 6ft 3in tall. His birth name was Hemanth Kumar.

Before his father passed away in 1995, Darshan enrolled himself against his will in Shimoga’s Ninasam, a theatre training institution.

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Darshan is the brother of filmmaker Dinakar, who owns Thoogudeepa Productions. He has a sister named Divya. Darshan completed his elementary and secondary schooling in Mysuru.

In 2003, Darshan got married to Vijayalakshmi at Dharmasthala Temple while she was a Chemical Engineering student. Vineesh is their son. In September 2011, Darshan became a part of a scandal after his spouse reported him to the police on charges of domestic abuse. After that, he was taken into jail and held at Parappana Agrahara for 14 days.

While some rumors claim that Pavithra Gowda is his second wife, she and Darshan aren’t yet married and are dating each other. The couple is in a relationship for over a decade now and are still going strong.

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Darshan Thoogudeepa career

In 1997, Narayan offered Darshan Thogudeepa a supporting part in his movie Mahabharatha. Following that, Darshan made appearances in films like Devara Maga (2000), Ellara Mane Dosenoo (2000), Bhoothayyana Makkalu (2000), and Mr Harishchandra (2001), primarily in small, supporting parts that were frequently bit parts. He also had a few small roles in other TV soap operas at this time.

The next two albums by Darshan were Prince (2011) and Boss (2011). After that, he starred in the historical drama Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna, for which he won both the Filmfare Award for best actor and his first Karnataka State Film Award. He released two albums in 2013 namely Bulbul and Brindavana.


Darshan released Kranti in January 2023. In the film, he played a businessman who is invited back to his school for a centenary celebration. There, he discovers that a corrupt businessman controls the system and accepts the challenge of stopping the closure of 100 schools and taking down the evil businessman.

On January 26, 2023, his film Kranti was released.

Darshan Thoogudeepa’s net worth

Darshan Thoogudeepa has a net worth of $12 million.

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