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Diganth Manchale

Diganth Manchale (born 28 December 1983), known professionally as Diganth, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Kannada films. Diganth made his lead acting debut in Miss California (2006) and is best known for his performance in Gaalipata (2008). He is a recipient of two SIIMA Awards along with nominations for four Filmfare Awards South.

Diganth received the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Kannada nomination for his portrayal in Manasaare (2009), Pancharangi (2010) and Katheyondu Shuruvagide (2018). He further established himself as a leading actor in Kannada cinema with successful films such as Lifeu Ishtene (2011), Parijatha (2012), Minchagi Nee Baralu (2015), Chowka (2017), Happy New Year (2017), Gaalipata 2 (2022), Thimayya & Thimayya (2022), Bachelor Party (2024) and Marigold (2024).

Diganth Manchale was born in Sagara, Karnataka into a family of Havyaka Brahmins. He completed schooling in Seva Bharathi and pre-university in Tunga Mahavidyalaya, Thirthahalli. His father, Krishnamurthy, is a professor, and his mother is Mallika. Diganth has an elder brother, Akash Manchale. He completed his Graduate in B. Com from Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College, a part of Jain University in Bengaluru, and was a model before joining the Kannada film industry in 2006.

Diganth made his lead debut in the film Miss California, but he gained fame for his supporting roles in Mungaru Male and Gaalipata.

His career after 2010 includes successful projects such as Manasaare, Pancharangi, Lifeu Ishtene and Parijatha. All of these films brought him much popularity and stardom. He went on to play the lead in director Indrajith Lankesh's Dev Son of Mudde Gowda in 2012 which received mixed reactions.

He made his Bollywood debut in Wedding Pullav that was released on 16 October 2015.

In 2017, Diganth was part of Chowka, which was a blockbuster. In that same year, he acted in Happy New Year for which he was nominated for SIMA best supporting role.

Under Pushkar films he acted in Katheyondu Shuruvagide, a romantic movie for which he was nominated for the SIIMA award for best actor. He also played a supporting role in Puneeth Rajkumar starrer Yuvarathnaa.

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