Darshana Rajendran

Darshana Rajendran
Darshana Rajendran
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Lady Shri Ram College City, University of London
Occupations	Actress; Singer;
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]

Filmography

As actor

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

All films are in Malayalam language unless otherwise noted.

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref.
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
2018	Irumbu Thirai	Selvi	Tamil film
2019	Vijay Superum Pournamiyum	Pooja
2019	Virus	Anjali Vasudevan
2020	C U Soon	Anumol Sebastian	Amazon Prime film
2020	Theeviram	Alia	Tamil film
2021	Aanum Pennum	Rani	Segment : Rani	^[7]
2021	Irul	Archana Pillai	Netflix film	^[8]
2022	Hridayam	Darshana		^[9]
	Dear Friend	Jannath
	Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey	Jaya
2023	Thuramukham	Khadeeja		^[10]
2023	Purusha Pretham	Susanna	Released on SonyLIV	^[11]

As playback singer

Year	Film	Director	Language	Song	Ref.
2017	Mayaanadhi	Ashiq Abu	Malayalam	For "Bavra Mann" song
2021	Sarcas Circa 2020	Vinu Kolichal		For "Kattuneerin Chaalilayi" song	^[12]^[13]
2022	Hridayam	Vineeth Sreenivasan		For "Darshana" song
2022	Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey	Vipin Das		For "Ingottu Nokkanda" song

Webseries

Year	Webseries	Role	Language	Platform	Notes
2016	Ctrl Alt Del	Madhumitha	Tamil	YouTube
2022	Unpaused: Naya safar	Geetha	Hindi	Amazon Prime	under the Segment Gond Ke Laddu^[14]

References

Karan Johar bags remake rights of Pranav, Kalyani’s Hridayam [2]
Home » Entertainment » Malayalam Cinema » Darshana Rajendran On Success..[3]
Title poster of Nivin Pauly’s production venture Dear Students is out [4]
Hridayam review: Darshana Rajendran steals the show in this film which boasts of nostalgic storytelling, heartfelt performances, eye-catching frames, and soothing music [5]

^ "Darshana Rajendran: In the past decade, it has become easier for actors to get opportunities - Times of India". The Times of India.
^ "Darshana Rajendran in Vineeth Sreenivasan directorial 'Hridayam'". The News Minute. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "Roshan Mathew, Darshana Rajendran join Aashiq Abu project". Cinema Express.
^ [1]
^ "'മായാനദി' മുതൽ 'വൈറസ്' വരെ; ദർശന രാജേന്ദ്രൻ പറയുന്നു".
^ "Kerala Film Critics Awards: Darshana Rajendran, Kunchacko Boban are best actors; B 32 Muthal 44 Vare and Headmaster named best film". The Indian Express. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
^ "New poster of 'Aanum Pennum' features Darshana and Roshan Mathew". The News Minute. 3 March 2021.
^ "Irul trailer Fahadh Faasil, Soubin Shahir, Darshana Rajendran's murder mystery to release on Netflix". The Indian Express. 18 March 2021. Archived from the original on 18 March 2021.
^ "After Mohanlal's 'Spadikam', Pranav's 'Hridayam' gets a re-release". OnManorama. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
^ "Darshana Rajendran: 'Thuramukham' is bigger than all of the problems that the film has been facing, bigger than success or failure". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
^ "Purusha Pretham Movie Review: Gritty procedural with an even blend of the comic and morbid". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
^ "'അഭിനയം പോലെ ആലാപനവും മധുരം'; ദർശന രാജേന്ദ്രന്റെ പാട്ട് ഏറ്റെടുത്ത് ആരാധകർ". Malayala Manorama (in Malayalam). 22 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
^ Bibin Babu (14 February 2021). "'സർക്കാസ് സിർക 2020' ലെ 'കാട്ടുനീരിൻ ചാലിലായ്'; മധുരമൂറുന്ന പ്രണയഗാനം പങ്കുവെച്ച് കനി". Samayam Malayalam (in Malayalam). Retrieved 9 April 2021.
^ Shubhra Gupta (21 January 2022). "Unpaused Naya Safar review: Gitanjali Kulkarni, Nagraj Manjule's shorts stand out in this masked-up anthology". The Indian Express.

External links

Darshana Rajendran at IMDb

[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

[1] "Darshana Rajendran: In the past decade, it has become easier for actors to get opportunities - Times of India". The Times of India.

[2] "Darshana Rajendran in Vineeth Sreenivasan directorial 'Hridayam'". The News Minute. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[3] "Roshan Mathew, Darshana Rajendran join Aashiq Abu project". Cinema Express.

[4] [1]

[5] "'മായാനദി' മുതൽ 'വൈറസ്' വരെ; ദർശന രാജേന്ദ്രൻ പറയുന്നു".

[6] "Kerala Film Critics Awards: Darshana Rajendran, Kunchacko Boban are best actors; B 32 Muthal 44 Vare and Headmaster named best film". The Indian Express. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.

[7] "New poster of 'Aanum Pennum' features Darshana and Roshan Mathew". The News Minute. 3 March 2021.

[8] "Irul trailer Fahadh Faasil, Soubin Shahir, Darshana Rajendran's murder mystery to release on Netflix". The Indian Express. 18 March 2021. Archived from the original on 18 March 2021.

[9] "After Mohanlal's 'Spadikam', Pranav's 'Hridayam' gets a re-release". OnManorama. Retrieved 10 March 2023.

[10] "Darshana Rajendran: 'Thuramukham' is bigger than all of the problems that the film has been facing, bigger than success or failure". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 10 March 2023.

[11] "Purusha Pretham Movie Review: Gritty procedural with an even blend of the comic and morbid". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

[12] "'അഭിനയം പോലെ ആലാപനവും മധുരം'; ദർശന രാജേന്ദ്രന്റെ പാട്ട് ഏറ്റെടുത്ത് ആരാധകർ". Malayala Manorama (in Malayalam). 22 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

[13] Bibin Babu (14 February 2021). "'സർക്കാസ് സിർക 2020' ലെ 'കാട്ടുനീരിൻ ചാലിലായ്'; മധുരമൂറുന്ന പ്രണയഗാനം പങ്കുവെച്ച് കനി". Samayam Malayalam (in Malayalam). Retrieved 9 April 2021.

[14] Shubhra Gupta (21 January 2022). "Unpaused Naya Safar review: Gitanjali Kulkarni, Nagraj Manjule's shorts stand out in this masked-up anthology". The Indian Express.

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