Darshan Chawla (Cataclysmic Gerosha)

Darshan Chawla is the main protagonist of the background story to the 2022 version of Corando's "Don't Lose Hope". He is the eventual husband of Mahima Zecharia-Chawla, the father of Adriv Chawla, and best friend to Ketan Arudash.

Character bio
Darshan grew up near Porbandar most of his life, and became friends with one Ketan Arudash, as they both studied together at Shri K. H. Madhvani College. Wishing to go into business for himself making carbonated beverages, Darshan's family encouraged him to get a business degree. He found himself winning a scholarship to study abroad in Texas, much to Ketan's jealousy. Meanwhile, the underground church they attended had the Zecharia family in it. Darshan quickly fell in love with Mahima, with their relationship fully blessed by Mahima's mother, Amita.

Ketan wanted Darshan to be successful, even telling Darshan to put off his plans to marry Mahima in order to get a foreign degree. He reasoned that if Darshan did this, he could secure a path for all of them to leave India.

However, both Darshan and Ketan's plans in 2017 were quickly derailed when Daruka Naidu discovered their underground church. A riot broke out across the city, and Darshan was forced to flee for his safety along with Ketan into the woods - ironically not far from the very Hindu temple from which Daruka had recruited his band of rioters.

The two make their way a short while later to the airport, where Ketan urges Darshan to buy plane tickets and begin his journey in America. However, right as Darshan resolves to stay in India, and search for Mahima, in spite Ketan urging that to be suicide, Filforth's meteors destroy the airport. The duo are forced to flee the airport for dear life.

Once a freed Mahima is able to get a hold of a phone and access a still-functioning cell service tower, she alerts Darshan to her location. Darshan and Ketan risk near-certain death amidst the meteor storm in their quest to rescue her. Miraculously, all three of them survive the remaining cataclysm. Darshan relocates to the north, and acquires a homestead. He and Mahima marry a short time later, and Ketan decides to help them out with upkeep of their homestead. Darshan pursues his dreams of running a homestead and starting a carbonated beverage business without his American degree. Ketan also gets a part-time business office position. Darshan and Mahima are flattered later when Stefflin Records; invites them to Texas, to assist the band Corando with re-telling the tale of the destruction of Porbandar from Darshan's point of view, all for the sake of making a music video to Corando's song "Don't Lose Hope." Also in 2018, Darshan and Mahima have their firstborn, a son they name Adriv. Darshan teaches Adriv what he knows about making various sodas, and also assists Adriv with underground mission work in Nepal - in spite of how dangerous that proves to be.

Personality
In contrast to Ketan's very pragmatic way of viewing relationships, Darshan is a very stubborn idealist. While not totally unreasonable, Darshan is much more willing to take risks. When he finally sets his mind to something, he can be very determined about how he goes about it. He is dedicated to results. Even so, he tends to compose himself in social settings even better than Ketan and Mahima do, keeping his cool in stressful situations that would emotional break the latter two. While excited about the chance to study abroad, he is not happy about the prospect of having to leave his loved ones behind just to do so. His faith is dramatically rewarded; yet he realizes he is in the fortunate minority in that respect.

In The Sims 4, his character model has the "Soulmate" aspiration, with the "Alluring" trait automatically assigned. He is also assigned the "Bookworm," "Maker," and "Romantic" traits.

Trivia

 * Darshan was initially designed to look like a younger Sendil Ramamurthy, as a shout out to Sendil's role as Mohinder Suresh on Heroes.
 * Any resemblance to the original cartoon look for Disney's (character) Aladdin is purely coincidental.