Darshana Rajendran

Darshana Rajendran
Darshana Rajendran
Born	Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Lady Shri Ram College; City, University of London
Occupations	Actress; playback singer;
Years active	2014–present

Darshana Rajendran is an Indian actress and playback singer who works predominantly in Malayalam films. She has also appeared in a few Tamil and Telugu films.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Personal life

She studied Mathematics at the Lady Shri Ram College and Financial Economics at City, University of London, and worked for the Institute for Financial Management and Research in Chennai.^[7]

Filmography

As actor

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2014	John Paul Vaathil Thurakkunnu	Dr. Anna Paul	Malayalam
2015	Moone Moonu Varthai / Moodu Mukkallo Cheppalante	Keerthi	Tamil / Telugu	Bilingual film
2017	Samarppanam	Krishna	Malayalam
	Kavan	Kalpana	Tamil
	Mayaanadhi	Darshana	Malayalam
2018	Koode	Alina	Malayalam
2018	Irumbu Thirai	Selvi	Tamil
2019	Vijay Superum Pournamiyum	Pooja	Malayalam
2019	Virus	Anjali Vasudevan
2020	C U Soon	Anumol Sebastian
2020	Theeviram	Alia	Tamil
2021	Aanum Pennum	Rani	Malayalam	Segment: Rani	^[8]
2021	Irul	Archana Pillai			^[9]
2022	Hridayam	Darshana			^[10]
	Dear Friend	Jannath
	Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey	Jaya		Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam
2023	Thuramukham	Khadeeja			^[11]
	Purusha Pretham	Susanna			^[12]
	Paradise	Amritha		Indian-Sri Lankan Co-Production	^[13]^[14]
2024	Rifle Club	Treesa Mary Skaria a.k.a Kunjumol			^[15]
TBA	Paradha †	Amishta	Telugu	Filming	^[16]

Discography

As playback singer

Year	Film	Director	Song	Ref.
2017	Mayaanadhi	Ashiq Abu	"Bavra Mann"
2021	Sarcas Circa 2020	Vinu Kolichal	"Kattuneerin Chaalilayi"	^[17]^[18]
2022	Hridayam	Vineeth Sreenivasan	"Darshana"
2022	Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey	Vipin Das	"Ingottu Nokkanda"

Television

Year	Webseries	Role	Language	Platform	Notes
2016	Ctrl Alt Del	Madhumitha	Tamil	YouTube	Web series
2022	Unpaused: Naya safar	Geetha	Hindi	Amazon Prime Video	Segment: Gond Ke Laddu^[19]

References

^ "Darshana Rajendran: In the past decade, it has become easier for actors to get opportunities - Times of India". The Times of India. 3 January 2020.
^ "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. 8 December 2019.
^ "Music has been my most dependable way to connect with myself:Darshana". Film Companion. 14 August 2019. Archived from the original on 14 September 2019.
^ "'മായാനദി' മുതൽ 'വൈറസ്' വരെ; ദർശന രാജേന്ദ്രൻ പറയുന്നു". 12 June 2019.
^ "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.
^ Kishan, Gouri (14 August 2019). "With Theatre It Is Almost Always A Bunch Of People Who Come Together Purely For The Love Of It: Darshana Rajendran". www.filmcompanion.in. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
^ "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". Cinema Express. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
^ Shackleton, Liz (2 November 2023). "Prasanna Vithanage On Sri Lanka's Economic Crisis; Power Dynamics In Society & Marriage In Award-Winning Feature 'Paradise' – Mumbai Film Festival". Deadline. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
^ Service, Express News (31 August 2023). "Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage's 'Paradise' is a multi-genre film". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
^ "Darshana Rajendran is Kunjumol in Aashiq Abu's Rifle Club". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
^ "Paradha: Anupama Parameswaran goes rustic for her next after the glamorous Tillu Square". Hindustan Times. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
^ "'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

[1] "Darshana Rajendran: In the past decade, it has become easier for actors to get opportunities - Times of India". The Times of India. 3 January 2020.

[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. 8 December 2019.

[4] "Music has been my most dependable way to connect with myself:Darshana". Film Companion. 14 August 2019. Archived from the original on 14 September 2019.

[5] "'മായാനദി' മുതൽ 'വൈറസ്' വരെ; ദർശന രാജേന്ദ്രൻ പറയുന്നു". 12 June 2019.

[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] Kishan, Gouri (14 August 2019). "With Theatre It Is Almost Always A Bunch Of People Who Come Together Purely For The Love Of It: Darshana Rajendran". www.filmcompanion.in. Retrieved 11 January 2025.

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

[9] "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.

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

[11] "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.

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

[13] Shackleton, Liz (2 November 2023). "Prasanna Vithanage On Sri Lanka's Economic Crisis; Power Dynamics In Society & Marriage In Award-Winning Feature 'Paradise' – Mumbai Film Festival". Deadline. Retrieved 13 March 2024.

[14] Service, Express News (31 August 2023). "Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage's 'Paradise' is a multi-genre film". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 13 March 2024.

[15] "Darshana Rajendran is Kunjumol in Aashiq Abu's Rifle Club". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.

[16] "Paradha: Anupama Parameswaran goes rustic for her next after the glamorous Tillu Square". Hindustan Times. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

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

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

[19] 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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v t e Filmfare Award for Best Malayalam Actress
1972–1989	Roja Ramani (1972) Nanditha Bose (1973) Lakshmi (1974) Lakshmi (1975) Lakshmi (1976) Sheela (1977) Jayabharathi (1978) Srividya (1979) Srividya (1980) Jalaja (1981) Poornima Bhagyaraj (1982) (1983) (1984) (1985) (1986) Sharada (1987) Revathi (1988) Rekha (1989)
1990–2009	Shobana (1990) Amala Akkineni (1991) Geetha (1992) Madhavi (1993) (1994) Annie (1995) Manju Warrier (1996) Manju Warrier (1997) Manju Warrier (1998) Manju Warrier (1999) Samyuktha Varma (2000) Samyuktha Varma (2001) Navya Nair (2002) Meera Jasmine (2003) Geetu Mohandas (2004) Meera Jasmine (2005) Padmapriya Janakiraman (2006) Meera Jasmine (2007) Priyamani (2008) Shwetha Menon (2009)
2010–present	Mamta Mohandas (2010) Kavya Madhavan (2011) Rima Kallingal (2012) Ann Augustine (2013) Manju Warrier (2014) Parvathy Thiruvothu (2015) Nayanthara (2016) Parvathy Thiruvothu (2017) Manju Warrier (2018) Nimisha Sajayan (2020-2021) Darshana Rajendran (2022) Vincy Aloshious (2023)