He is one of the contestants of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa: Season 5. In 2007, Safary made his acting debut in Taare Zameen Par, playing the film's protagonist Ishaan Nandkishore Awasthi. Safary was discovered by script writer and creative director, Amol Gupte during late 2006 when he was looking for a male lead for his film, Taare Zameen Par.
After going through hundreds of auditions, Gupte found Safary at Shiamak Davar’s dancing school, "Summer Funk".Safary's performance as a struggling dyslexic child in the film was unanimously praised and he won several awards for his performance.
Many prominent film critics have praised Safary for his performance including, Taran Adarsh from indiaFM who wrote, "Taare Zameen Par belongs to Master Darsheel Safary. A performance that makes the best of performances pale in comparison.A performance that deserves brownie points. A performance that'll always come first on your mind the moment someone mentions Taare Zameen Par. A performance that's impeccable, flawless and astounding. A performance that moves you and makes you reflect on your growing years. A performance that merits a special award!
Never in the history of Bollywood has any child actor delivered such a stupendous performance. Most audiences expected him to win the best child actor but Darsheel is a true star.
He insisted on being nominated as the Best Actor as he believes his performance justifies it. Surprisingly even the critics have accepted his claim and the little master Darsheel has been inundated with awards
.Darsheel is also the face of kidswear brand Oyo.
