Darshan Dharmaraj

Darshan Dharmaraj (Tamil: தர்ஷன் தர்மராஜ், Sinhala: දර්ශන් ධර්මරාජ්) is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema.[1] He made his first television appearance through the Sidney Chandrasekara's teledrama A9.[2] He was awarded Best Actor Awards at several Film festivals in Sri Lanka for his portrayal as ex-LTTE cadre in Asoka Handagama's movie Ini Avan (2012).

Darshan Dharmaraj
Born
Rakwana, Sri Lanka
OccupationActor
Years active2008–present
Spouse(s)Subhashini

Personal life

He was born in Rakwana. He completed education from Rakwana Tamil College.[3]

Career

In 2008, Dharmaraj was chosen for Sinhala script by Sydney Chandrasekara's television serial A-Nine. Although he was not fluent with Sinhala at that moment, he learnt the language within three months as he said.[4] He started cinema career with the 2008 film Prabhakaran.[5]

Filmography
YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2008 Prabhakaran LTTE leaderSinhala
2008Machan SureshSinhala
2009 Ira Handa Yata LTTE soldierSinhala
2012Ini Avan (Him, Here After)AvanTamil
2012MathaYogaSinhala
2015Address Na (No Address)Gubbayame GoringSinhala
2015SpandanaDarshanSinhala
2016Ulath Ekai Pilath EkaiKarapitiye DarshanSinhala
2017Aloko UdapadiDatiyaSinhala
2018Komaali KingsMohanTamil
2018PorisadayaKalu MahaththayaSinhala
2018Davena VihagunAnimal slaughterSinhala
2020TsunamiSelvamSinhala[8]
2020SuparnaAYO 433Sinhala
TBDAkarshaRaghuSinhala[9]
TBDBanduraSinhala[10]
TBDAdventures of Ricky DeenDriverSinhala
TBDKawuruwath Danne NeheSinhala[11]
TBDMonara VilakSinhala[12]
TBDJeewaSinhala[13]
TBDPassportSinhala[14]
TBDHouse of My FathersMultilingual[15]

See also

References
  1. "Darshan Dharmaraj". National Film Corporation Of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. Kodagoda, Anuradha (6 January 2013). "Ini Avan heralds a new era for Lankan Tamil cinema". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. "I am not bad". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  4. "Talk with Darshan". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  5. "Actor Darshan Dharmaraj". Sinhala Cinema Database. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  6. "'Ini Avan' creates history". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 6 October 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  7. "Hiru golden film awards which took srilankan cinema to global stage concludes successfully massive response from public". Hiru News. 26 October 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  8. "Dr. Somaratne Dissanayake new film". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  9. "අතීතය වසාගත් සොඳුරු කතාවක්". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  10. "අප අතර සිටිමින් අප බිලි ගන්නා බාඳුරා". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  11. "Kawuruwath Danne Nehe". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  12. "Malini with Sanath after 14 years". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  13. "Jeewan turns director". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  14. "Passport' flies to India and Europe". Daily News. Sri Lanka. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  15. Mayorga, Emilio (5 August 2018). "Locarno: Suba Sivakumaran's 'House of My Fathers' Sells to Hong Kong's Asian Shadows (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 29 August 2020.


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