Darshana Rajendran | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Lady Shri Ram College City, University of London |
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Years active | 2014–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]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Film | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2014 | John Paul Vaathil Thurakkunnu | Anna | ||
2015 | Moone Moonu Varthai | Keerthi | Tamil/Telugu Bilingual film | |
2017 | Samarppanam | Krishna | ||
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 | |
Theeviram | Alia | Tamil film | ||
2021 | Aanum Pennum | Rani | Segment : 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 | Susanna | Released on SonyLIV | [11] | |
2023 | Paradise | Amritha | Won Kim Jiseok award at the BIFF | [12] |
Year | Film | Director | Language | Song | Ref. |
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2017 | Mayaanadhi | Ashiq Abu | Malayalam | For "Bavra Mann" song | |
2021 | Sarcas Circa 2020 | Vinu Kolichal | For "Kattuneerin Chaalilayi" song | [13] [14] | |
2022 | Hridayam | Vineeth Sreenivasan | For "Darshana" song | ||
2022 | Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey | Vipin Das | For "Ingottu Nokkanda" song |
Year | Webseries | Role | Language | Platform | Notes |
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2016 | Ctrl Alt Del | Madhumitha | Tamil | YouTube | |
2022 | Unpaused: Naya safar | Geetha | Hindi | Amazon Prime | under the Segment Gond Ke Laddu [15] |
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