Sandalwood's Challenging Star Darshan Thoogudeepa is known for his fan following and box office pull like none other in the Kannada film industry. He also has an active fan base online and his fan clubs have been extremely instrumental in ensuring they always drive home the support. Darshan had spoken to us around five years ago about his interaction with his fan clubs and more. Even with the advent of social media and troll pages, Darshan has taken person interest in ensuring that his fan group online - D Company - works closely with him and does not go overboard ever. "I am one of the boys of D Company myself. I am really grateful to the love that they bestow on me, both on social media and of it. We might not meet daily, but they respect my decisions on not talking about anything excessively or sharing too much information. All they do is leave a message wanting to talk about anything and I get back to them," says Darshan.
The same philosophy is what he has before his film releases too. Darshan has the same request as he shares, "Come and watch the film without any expectations. This is when you can enjoy it better," he explains. And he is also pretty point blank about his reach to the audience. "I don't know if anyone else accepts this or says it, but my market is just three days. My box office pull can attract crowd for just three days, after that it is purely based on the content. Whoever the star, his face value is worth just three days - Friday, Saturday and Sunday."
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