BiographyDiganth is an Indian actor who has acted in many Kannada movies & few other language movies. He is model turned actor. He is fondly called Doodh Peda of Malnad.
Childhood, Family & Personal Life
Diganth was born as Diganth Manchale on Wednesday, 28th December 1983, in Sagara, Karnataka in a Havyaka Kannada speaking family to Krishnamurthy Manchale(father) a professor in the college, and Mallika(mother) is a housewife. Name Diganth means "Sky"
Diganth has an elder brother named Akash Manchale who lives in Singapore.
Diganth is a vegetarian by choice, he used to eat meat when he was into sports, later he gave up because of his Love for animals.
Diganth growing up wanted to become either an actor or a sports personality, he confesses he wasn't too much into studies.
Diganth has a cousin sister named Shubha, when Diganth had an eye injury in London her husband Dr Vijay operated on his eye.
Education:
- School: Seva Bharathi
- Pre University College: Tunga Mahavidyalaya, Thirthahalli
- Graduation: Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College, in Bengaluru
Movie Career
Debut Movie: Diganth began his career with Miss California(20016), directed by Kodlu Ramakrishna, with Janu Arasu, Bhavya, Jayanthi.
After the failure of his first movie "Miss California" Diganth did not get a chance for 3 years, he used the spare time to improve his modelling career, he appeared in TV commercials as well as print Ads. He walked Ramp shows like "Lakme Fashion Week", "Wills India Fashion week".
Bollywood Debut: Diganth made his Bollywood debut in "Wedding Pullav" in 2015. It was directed by Binod Pradhan, and the cast included Anushka Ranjan, Sonalli Sehgall.
He has also acted in a Tulu movie. |