Majestic was the film that rewrote the box office history in Karnataka. The debut film as hero for Darshan was also the most defining film of his career. The box office sultan was born with the film.

At a private resort in Nelamangala on Thursday evening, the 16th anniversary of the film was celebrated. People who worked for the film were felicitated with a garland, shawl, Mysore peta and fruits.

The special attraction was a Maruti 800 car that was being used by producer MG Ramamurthy during the shooting of Majestic 16 years ago. Darshan even remembered the car's number 3843. Remembering the car Darshan took it out for a ride. He had desired the car back then. It became a reality with Ramamurthy handing it over to him. 

Apart from his first film, Ramamurthy also produced Darshan's Dharma. Now the third film together was also announced. It will be Darshan's 53rd film. 

Those present at the felicitation were the film's director PN Sathya, co-director Maadesh, Sureh Goswamy, PRO Vijay Kumar, cinematographer MR Seenu and Anaji Nagaraj, manager Ramu, still photographer Ramesh and others. The lively presence of Darshan and Ramamurthy filled everyone with love and affection.

Over 200 people who worked in the film including senior actors Jai Jagadish, Harish Rai, producer Bhojaraj Rai attended the lunche on hosted. Everyone had Majestic and its memories to talk about.

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.

ಕನ್ನಡ ಚಿತ್ರರಂಗದ ಬಾಕ್ಸ್ ಆಫೀಸು ಗಳಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಧೂಳೆಬ್ಬಿಸಿದ ‘ಮಜೆಸ್ಟಿಕ್’ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಿನೆಮಾ ಛಾಲೆಂಜಿಂಗ್ ಸ್ಟಾರ್ ದರ್ಶನ್ ಅವರ ವೃತ್ತಿ ಬದುಕಿನ ಒಂದು ಹೊಸ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ ಬರೆದ ಚಿತ್ರ ಸಹ ಹೌದು.

ಗುರುವಾರ ನೆಲಮಂಗಲ ಬಳಿಯ ಒಂದು ಖಾಸಗಿ ರೆಸಾರ್ಟ್ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ‘ಮಜೆಸ್ಟಿಕ್’ ಸಿನಿಮಾದ 16ನೇ ವರ್ಷದ ನೆನಪು ಹಾಗೂ ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ದುಡಿದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಗೌರವಿಸುವ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ ಸಹ ಹಮ್ಮಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಹಾರ, ಶಾಲು, ಮೈಸೂರು ಟೋಪಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಬುಟ್ಟಿ ಗೌರವರ್ಪಣೆಯ ಭಾಗವಾಗಿತ್ತು.

ನಾಯಕ ದರ್ಶನ್ ಅವರು ಅಂದು ನಿರ್ಮಾಪಕ ಎಂ ಜಿ ರಾಮಮೂರ್ತಿ ಅವರು ಬಳಸುತ್ತಾ ಇದ್ದ ಮಾರುತಿ 800 ಕಾರನ್ನು ಅವರಿಂದ ಪಡೆದದ್ದು ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಅಂದಿನ ದಿನಗಳನ್ನು ಮೆಲುಕು ಹಾಕುತ್ತಾ ಮಾರುತಿ 800 ಕಾರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ದರ್ಶನ್ ಒಂದು ಸುತ್ತು ಹೋಗಿ ಬಂದರು. ಆ ಮಾರುತಿ 800 ಕಾರಿನ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ 3483 ದರ್ಶನ್ ಅವರ ನೆನಪಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಇತ್ತು. ಅಂದು ಆಸೆ ಪಟ್ಟ ಕಾರು ಇಂದು ದರ್ಶನ್ ಅವರ ಮನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಅಮೂಲ್ಯ ನೆನಪಾಗಿ ಉಳಿಯಲಿದೆ.

‘ಮಜೆಸ್ಟಿಕ್’, ‘ಧರ್ಮ’ ಸಿನಿಮಾಗಳನ್ನು ಎಂ ಜಿ ರಾಮಮೂರ್ತಿ ಅವರು ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಮಾಡಿರುವುದು ತಿಳಿದಿದೆ. ಈಗ ಅವರದು ದರ್ಶನ್ ಅವರ ಜೊತೆ ಮೂರನೇ ಚಿತ್ರ ಹಾಗೂ ಅದು ದರ್ಶನ್ ಅವರ 53 ನೇ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಎಂದು ಸಹ ಘೋಷಣೆ ಆಯಿತು.

ಮಜೆಸ್ಟಿಕ್ ಸಿನಿಮಾದ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರಾದ ಪಿ ಎನ್ ಸತ್ಯ, ಸಹ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರಾಗಿದ್ದ ಮಾದೇಶ್ ಹಾಗೂ ಸುರೇಶ್ ಗೋಸ್ವಾಮಿ, ಪ್ರಚಾರಕರ್ತ ವಿಜಯಕುಮಾರ್, ಛಾಯಾಗ್ರಾಹಕರಾದ ಎಂ ಆರ್ ಸೀನು ಹಾಗೂ ಅಣಜಿ ನಾಗರಾಜ್ , ಮ್ಯಾನೇಜರ್ ರಾಮು ಸ್ಥಿರ ಛಾಯಾಗ್ರಹಕ ರಮೇಶ್ ಹಾಗೂ ಇನ್ನಿತರರನ್ನು ಅಂದು ಸನ್ಮಾನಿಸಲಾಯಿತು. ಎಂ ಜಿ ರಾಮಮೂರ್ತಿ ಹಾಗೂ ದರ್ಶನ್ ಅವರ ಲವಲವಿಕೆಯ ಉಪಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಅಂದು ನೆರದವರಿಗೆ ಆತ್ಮೀಯತೆ ತುಂಬಿದ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ ಆಗಿ ಕಂಡುಬಂದಿತು.

ಹಿರಿಯ ನಟರುಗಳಾದ ಜೈ ಜಗದೀಶ್, ಹರೀಶ್ ರಾಯ್, ನಿರ್ಮಾಪಕ ಭೋಜರಾಜ ರೈ ಹಾಗೂ 200ಕ್ಕು ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಮಂದಿ ಅಂದಿನ ಔತಣ ಕೂಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಲ್ಗೊಂಡು ಹರ್ಷದ ದಿವಸಗಳನ್ನು ಮೆಲುಕು ಹಾಕಿ ನೆಮ್ಮದಿ ಪಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡರು.