Darshan Kumar

Kumar was born on 1 September 1985 in the Kishangarh Village in Delhi, India. He moved to Mumbai at the age of 24 and worked with the Sahej Theatre Group for five years,^[4] before joining Motley Productions, where he trained under actor Naseeruddin Shah for the next ten years.^[5]

Kumar made his film debut with a supporting role in the film Tere Naam in 2003 alongside Salman Khan;^[6] however, he made his debut in a leading role in NH10, portraying the antagonist opposite Anushka Sharma,^[7][8] In 2014, he achieved his breakthrough with the sports film Mary Kom, in which he portrayed the supportive husband of Priyanka Chopra’s character.^[9][10]

Kumar appeared in the successful devotional television series Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev, playing Shukracharya, the guru of the demons.^[11] He also played supporting roles in Chotti Bahu, Na Aana Is Des Laado, and Baba Aiso Varr Dhoondo.^[12]

In 2022, Kumar received further recognition when he starred in the critically acclaimed film, The Kashmir Files, directed by Vivek Agnihotri, in which he played a young student from a Kashmiri Pandit family.^[13]