Darshan's first film as hero, Majestic completes 15 years on Wednesday. The film was released on February 8, 2002. Darshan had acted in small roles in 7 films before that. But with Majestic he became a Sandalwood star. The film was directed by PN Sathya and produced by MG Ramamurthy.

The film also marked the beginning of the long cinematic journey of Darshan and his friend Anaji Nagaraj who was the cinematographer. Sadhu Kokila composed music for five songs written by Nagendra Prasad.

Majestic was a big hit and Darshan got many offers as lead actor after that. Rekha played the female lead in this film. Darshan's character was named Dasa in the film. Later Darshan played lead in a film named Dasa as well. Majestic remains a iconic film for the actor, not only for being his first as lead actor but for remaining one of his best films ever. Darshan was seen in two getups in the film. 

Darshan played an orphan who is taken care of by a cop. After he grows up he become a rowdy and still stays loyal to the cop. He tries to take revenge on the heroine after she speaks ill about him. He disguises himself and gains her confidence. He promises to get away from rowdyism after a promise. But it is not easy. 

Darshan's first film as hero, Majestic completes 18 years on Tuesday. The film was released on February 8, 2002. Darshan had acted in small roles in 7 films before that. But with Majestic he became a Sandalwood star. The film was directed by PN Sathya and produced by M G Ramamurthy.

The film also marked the beginning of the long cinematic journey of Darshan and his friend Anaji Nagaraj who was the cinematographer. Sadhu Kokila composed music for five songs written by Nagendra Prasad.

Majestic was a big hit and Darshan got many offers as lead actor after that. Rekha played the female lead in this film. Darshan's character was named Dasa in the film. Later Darshan played lead in a film named Dasa as well. Majestic remains a iconic film for the actor, not only for being his first as lead actor but for remaining one of his best films ever. Darshan was seen in two getup's in the film.

Darshan played an orphan who is taken care of by a cop. After he grows up he become a rowdy and still stays loyal to the cop. He tries to take revenge on the heroine after she speaks ill about him. He disguises himself and gains her confidence. He promises to get away from rowdyism after a promise. But it is not easy.

Darshan has once again ruled out handling reality shows or hosting a show on television. Rumours started a couple of days ago after an alleged claim by a TV channel that he has agreed to host a show for them. Darshan has clarified that he is not into reality shows and would not do it.

This is not the first time that Darshan has clarified that he will not be part of any television shows. Every year for the last few years Darshan's name has been dragged into the issue and there is tremendous pressure on him to accept to host a TV show. But Darshan has stayed away from it. Even though he has accepted to be a guest on a couple of shows, he has made it clear he will not host a TV show.

Darshan's first producer MG Ramamurthy, who produced Majestic, has welcomed Darshan's move. Speaking to Chitraloka, he said, "I know him from a very long time. He is not the kind of person who is after money. It is secondary to him. TV channels are ready to pay him whatever he asks. But he has not agreed. If you remember film producers like us had protested against reality shows being hosted by film stars and it affects the film industry. There has been no response from other stars. But Darshan has made it clear that he will not participate. This shows his concern for film industry and film producers. Even without asking he has taken this decision and we welcome it."

DK Ramakrishna got elected as new president of Kannada Film producers association election held today. He defeated veteran director Rajendra Singh Babu by 43 votes. Ramakrishna got 135 votes and Rajendra singh babu got 93 votes.

For the Vice President post MG Ramamurthy (117 votes) defeated Shilpa Srinivas (85 votes) and S Dinesh Gandhi (31 votes).There was neck to neck fight for Secretary post. K Manju with 117 votes defeated BR Keshava (116 votes) with just 1 vote.

Ramesh Yadav has got elected unopposed as Joint Secretary and RS Gowda as Treasurer got unopposed.

Ba Ma Girish, A Ganesh, NM Suresh, Umesh Banakar, Kari Subbu, JG Krishna, Pramila Josai, Nandhihal, Narasimhalu, A Narasimha, Anchehalli Shivakumar, Sunder Raj got elected as Executive Committee members.

M G Ramamurthy who has produced films like 'Encounter Dayanayak' and 'Majestic' has silently registered a title called 'Jodettu' and is planning to produce a film under the same name.

'Jodettu' was a statement made by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy in reference to Darshan and Yash during the campaign of Mandya Lok Sabha elections. Darshan and Yash campaigned for independent candidate Sumalatha and the Chief Minister referred to the actors as 'Jodettu'. It became very popular and many producers tried to en cash it by trying to register the title in the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce. However, M G Ramamurthy has become successful in registering the title and is planning to produce the film with Darshan in lead role.

Ramamurthy confirms of registering the title and planning to produce a film with the same name. Though the title is ready, Darshan is yet to give green signal for acting in the film.

Darshan starrer D Company which is being produced by M G Ramamurthy is likely to be the 51st film of the Challenging Star. Right now Darshan is acting in Chakravarthy which is his 48th film, after which he will move on to his 49th film being produced by Dushyanth and directed by 'Milana' Prakash. As announced earlier, the 50th film of Darshan will be 'Sarvantaryami'. After that Darshan will be taking up 'D Company'. It may take a couple of years to complete the pending projects and start 'D Company'. Regarding MGR movie Darshan told the news to media persons during Jaggu Dada success pressmeet.

It was M G Ramamurthy who produced Darshan's debut film as a hero 'Majestic'. However, off late M G Ramamurthy is away from production due to various reasons and now he is the secretary of KFCC.

Now Ramamurthy is all set to produce 'D Company' for Darshan. Bhojaraja Rai is the co-producer of the film. More details about the film are awaited.

February 16 may be Darshan's birthday which his fans are eagerly awaiting. But one week before that is the biggest day of Darshan's career. February 8 marks the 16th anniversary of the release of Majestic, the film that launched the career of Darshan in a big way. It was the first film in which Darshan played the lead role. Movie was produced by MG Ramamurthy and directed by PN Sathya.

In 16 years, Darshan has now reached his 50th film Kurukshetra which is releasing shortly. Majestic was produced by MG Ramamurthy and directed by PN Sathya. The film was launched in the end of 2001 and the Ambareesh couple had come to wish Darshan. Muniratna held the clap for the first shot of the film and now he is the producer of Darshan's 50th film. 

Majestic was launched on August 20, 2001. From the muharat to the release, it took 172 days of filming, post production, promotion and release. Today after 16 years later, the epic date is 835 weeks past or 

1,40,280 hours old. Every week and every hour since then has seen Darshan emerge bigger and more popular. 

When the film released on February 8, 2002, it heralded the arrival of a new star in Sandalwood. The film had five songs all written by Dr V Nagendra Prasad. Music was scored by Sadhu Kokila. Along with the film the songs were also a big hit. Darshan's lead debut also had Rekha, Jai Jagadish, Vanitha Vasu and others in the cast. Harish Roy got highlighted as villian from this movie. Darshan hit a century in his very first film. The film was a box office success and also ran for a 100 days establishing him as a bankable star in Sandalwood. 

The impact was such that Darshan's three more films in the lead role, Dhruva, Ninagoskara and Kitty released the same year. The next year, 2003, saw nine films of Darshan release. There was no looking back after that. The brand of Darshan was firmly established in his very first film itself. Fans took the tall new actor who was good for action as well as romantic roles.

2011ರ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಚಲನಚಿತ್ರ ನಿರ್ಮಾಪಕರ ಸಂಘಕ್ಕೆ ನಡೆದ ಚುನಾವಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರವೀಣ್ ಕುಮಾರ್ (ರಾಮಕೃಷ್ಣ ಡಿ.ಕೆ.) ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರಾಗಿ ಆಯ್ಕೆಯಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಉಪಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರಾಗಿ ಎಂ.ಜಿ.ರಾಮಮೂರ್ತಿ ಆಯ್ಕೆಯಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಭಾನುವಾರ ನಡೆದ ಚುನಾವಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಮಕೃಷ್ಣ ಅವರು 135 ಮತಗಳನ್ನು ಪಡೆದು ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರಾಗಿ ಗೆದ್ದರೆ, ಎಂ.ಜಿ.ರಾಮಮೂರ್ತಿ117 ಮತ ಪಡದು ಉಪಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ ಸ್ಥಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಆಯ್ಕೆಯಾದರು. ಚುನಾವಣೆಗೆ ಒಂದು ದಿನ ಮೊದಲು ನಿರ್ಮಾಪಕ ಮುನಿರತ್ನ ಕಣದಿಂದ ಹಿಂದೆ ಸರಿದಿದ್ದರು. ಹೀಗಿದ್ದರೂ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಚುನಾವಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ 5 ವೋಟು ಬಿದ್ದಿವೆ.

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