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Darshana Rajendran
Indian actress and singer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Darshana Rajendran (born 17 June) is an Indian actress and playback singer who works predominantly in Malayalam films.[1] She made her acting debut in 2014 with the Malayalam film John Paul Vaathil Thurakkunnu. Darshana had her career breakthrough with the 2022 Malayalam films—Hridayam and Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey. The latter earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam.[2][3][4][5]
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Early life
Darshana was born on 17 June[6] to Rajendran and Neeraja in Thiruvananthapuram.[7] 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.[8]
Career
Darshana made her acting debut in 2014 with John Paul Vaathil Thurakkunnu. She went onto appear in supporting parts in films such as Mayaanadhi (2017), Koode (2018) and Virus (2019).[9][10][11] She had her first major role in the 2020 film C U Soon, where she appeared opposite Fahadh Faasil.[12] Saibal Chatterjee was appreciative of her "moving portrayal".[13]
Darshana achieved her career breakthrough in 2022 with Hridayam and Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey. In Hridayam, she played an engineering student opposite Pranav Mohanlal.[14] Sajin Shrijith stated, "Darshana is aptly cast in her role."[15] A major commercial success, it was one of the highest grossing film of the year.[16] She then played a domestic violence abuse opposite Basil Joseph in Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey.[17] The film emerged a commercial success and earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam.[18] Anna M. M. Vetticad noted, "Darshana chews up every scene in which the writing gives Jaya an inner presence. She is also undoubtedly congenitally attuned to action."[19]
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Filmography
| † | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
Films
Television
Discography
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Awards and nominations
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References
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