Darshan Kumar

Darshan Kumar is an Indian actor who appears primarily in Bollywood films. He made his debut with the film Mary Kom (2014), opposite Priyanka Chopra, as a male lead. He also appeared in the 2003 Salman Khan starrer movie Tere Naam as one of the friends of Radhe.

Kumar's family was based in a small village of Delhi. At the age of 24, he moved to Mumbai and worked with Sahej theatre group for five years, and later with Motley Productions where he met and learned from Naseeruddin Shah for the next ten years.

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 demon. Kumar's first movie was NH10, with Anushka Sharma but, it was Mary Kom, with Priyanka Chopra that was released first.