Darshana Rajendran

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Darshana Rajendran
NationalityIndian
Alma mater Lady Shri Ram College City, University of London
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active2014–present

Darshana Rajendran is an Indian actress who works predominantly in the Malayalam and Tamil film industries. Darshana debuted her acting career in the 2014 Malayalam film John Paul Vaathil Thurakkunnu.[ citation needed ] She then acted in Mayanadhi directed by Aashiq Abu.Her other films include Virus (2019), directed by Aashiq Abu, Vijay Superum Pournamiyum , (2019) directed by Jis Joy, Koode directed by Anjali Menon, Hridayam (2022) directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan and Thuramukham directed by Rajeev Ravi. Darshana also bagged character roles in Tamil films like Kavan (2017) and Irumbu Thirai (2018). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] In 2022 she acted the title role in the movie Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey. She is a recipient of the Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress. [6]

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Filmography

As actor

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleNotesRef.
2014John Paul Vaathil ThurakkunnuAnna
2015 Moone Moonu Varthai Keerthi Tamil/Telugu
Bilingual film
2017SamarppanamKrishna
Kavan Kalpana Tamil film
Mayaanadhi Darshana
2018 Koode Alina
Irumbu Thirai Selvi Tamil film
2019 Vijay Superum Pournamiyum Pooja
Virus Anjali Vasudevan
2020 C U Soon Anumol Sebastian Amazon Prime film
TheeviramAlia Tamil film
2021 Aanum Pennum RaniSegment : Rani [7]
Irul Archana Pillai Netflix film [8]
2022 Hridayam Darshana [9]
Dear Friend Jannath
Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey Jaya
2023 Thuramukham Khadeeja [10]
Purusha Pretham SusannaReleased on SonyLIV [11]
2023 Paradise AmrithaWon Kim Jiseok award at the BIFF [12]

As playback singer

YearFilmDirectorLanguageSongRef.
2017 Mayaanadhi Ashiq Abu Malayalam For "Bavra Mann" song
2021 Sarcas Circa 2020 Vinu KolichalFor "Kattuneerin Chaalilayi" song [13] [14]
2022 Hridayam Vineeth Sreenivasan For "Darshana" song
2022 Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey Vipin DasFor "Ingottu Nokkanda" song

Webseries

YearWebseriesRoleLanguagePlatformNotes
2016Ctrl Alt DelMadhumithaTamilYouTube
2022Unpaused: Naya safarGeethaHindiAmazon Primeunder the Segment Gond Ke Laddu [15]

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