Darshan Kumar

Darshan Kumar Gandas is an Indian actor who appears primarily in Hindi films. He made his debut with the film Tere Naam in which he played one of Salman Khan's friends and starred in 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.

Darshan Kumaar
Kumar at the 61st Filmfare Awards function
Born	Darshan Gandas Kishangarh, Delhi, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Darshan Kumaar Darshan Gandas
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003–present

Biography

Kumar is a Hindu Jaat^[3] and comes from the Kishangarh Village of South West 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

Year	Shows	Role	Ref.
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

Year	Films	Role	Notes
2001	Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai	Friend
2003	Tere Naam	Kanak Sharma
2014	Mary Kom	Onler Kom	[12]
2015	NH10	Satbir	Nominated—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 Pandit	Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Dhokha: Round D Corner	ACP Harishchandra Malik
2024	Kaagaz 2	Uday Narayan Singh
2025	RMCS[15]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2019	Parchhayee	Leo	[16]
2019- 2021	The Family Man	Major Sameer	[17]
2020	Avrodh the Siege Within	Major Raunaq Gautam
	Aashram	SI Ujagar Singh