Who does not know the famous actor of South Movies, Darshan, in today's time, he is always in the discussion due to something or the other. Darshan is celebrating his 44th birthday today. Darshan Thoogudeepa has always managed to win the hearts of his fans with his acting Darshan was born to actors Thogudeepa Srinivas and Meena on February 16, 1977. Tugudip is a 1966 Kannada film in which Srinivas acted and gained fame, after which speculations on his name got stuck. His father often played the role of a villain in Kannada cinema.

Against his father's will, Darshan enrolled in Ninasam, a theatre training institute in Shimoga, before his father's death in 1995. For your information, Darshan has a sister, Divya and a younger brother, Dinkar, a film director, screenwriter and producer, who runs the production house, Tugudip Productions. As a child, Darshan received his primary and secondary education in Mysuru, which was 5 lakh in the floods of North Karnataka.

Darshan married his relative Vijayalakshmi, who was then a student in chemical engineering at the Dharamshala temple in 2003. They have a son Vinesh. Darshan runs his mini-zoo in the far east of Mysuru near Malavalli. Other passions of philosophy are cars and bikes. Darshan had joined the controversy in September 2011, when his wife complained accusing the police of domestic violence. He was later arrested and spent 14 days in judicial custody at Parappana Agrahara.  However, the marital discord later got out of court. He issued a public apology to his fans for the controversy. Though it was expected to tarnish his image, his immediate release Sarathi did well at the box office. An avid animal lover, Darshan owns a private studio at his farmhouse in the Far East of Mysuru city.

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