Darshan Kumar

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Darshan Kumaar
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Kumar at the 61st Filmfare Awards function
Born
Darshan Gandas

NationalityIndian
Other namesDarshan Kumaar
Darshan Gandas
OccupationActor
Years active2003present

Darshan Gandas, known by his stage name Darshan Kumar, is an Indian actor who appears primarily in Hindi films. He made his debut with the film Mary Kom (2014), opposite Priyanka Chopra, as a male lead. [1] [2] He is best known for the 2022 film, The Kashmir Files , in which he starred as a young student from a Kashmiri Pandit family.

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Biography

Kumar comes from a Hindu Jat family [3] at Kishangarh Village Mehrauli in South Delhi. [4] At the age of 24, he moved to Mumbai and worked with Sahej theatre group for five years. [5] [6]

Career

Kumar was asked to audition for the film Mary Kom by the casting director of the film.

Also, he worked in TV series Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev , playing Shukracharya, the guru of the demons. [7] [8] Kumar's first movie was NH10 , with Anushka Sharma but, it was Mary Kom, with Priyanka Chopra that was released first. [9] [10]

Filmography

Television

YearShowsRoleRef.
2008–2010 Chotti Bahu Purab
2009 Na Aana Is Des Laado constable Chandiram
2010–2012 Baba Aiso Varr Dhoondo Mridang Lall
2011–2014 Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev Shukracharya [11]
2012 Havan

Films

YearFilmsRoleNotes
2001 Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai Friend
2003 Tere Naam Kanak Sharma
2014 Mary Kom Onler Kom [12]
2015 NH10 SatbirNominated—Producers Guild Film Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role

Won—IIFA Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role [13]

2016 Sarbjit Awais Sheikh
2017 Mirza Juuliet Mirza
A Gentleman Yakub Sabri
2018 Baaghi 2 Shekhar Salgaonkar
2019 PM Narendra Modi Corrupt News Reporter
2021 Toofaan Dharmesh Patil Amazon Prime Video film
Special appearance [14]
2022 The Kashmir Files Krishna PanditNominated - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
Dhokha: Round D Corner ACP Harishchandra Malik
2024 Kaagaz 2 Uday Narayan Singh
2025 RMCS (film) [15]

Web series

YearTitleRoleRef.
2019ParchhayeeLeo [16]
2019- 2021 The Family Man Major Sameer [17]
2020 Avrodh the Siege Within Major Raunaq Gautam
Aashram SI Ujagar Singh

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