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
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2008–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

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2008	Prabhakaran	LTTE leader	Sinhala
2008	Machan	Suresh	Sinhala
2009	Ira Handa Yata	LTTE soldier	Sinhala
2012	Ini Avan (Him, Here After)	Avan	Tamil	Best Actor - Derana Lux Film Awards (2013)[6] Best Actor - Hiru Golden Film Award (2014)[7]
2012	Matha	Yoga	Sinhala
2015	Address Na (No Address)	Gubbayame Goring	Sinhala
2015	Spandana	Darshan	Sinhala
2016	Ulath Ekai Pilath Ekai	Karapitiye Darshan	Sinhala
2017	Aloko Udapadi	Datiya	Sinhala
2018	Komaali Kings	Mohan	Tamil
2018	Porisadaya	Kalu Mahaththaya	Sinhala
2018	Davena Vihagun	Animal slaughter	Sinhala
2020	Tsunami	Selvam	Sinhala	[8]
2020	Suparna	AYO 433	Sinhala
TBD	Akarsha	Raghu	Sinhala	[9]
TBD	Bandura		Sinhala	[10]
TBD	Adventures of Ricky Deen	Driver	Sinhala
TBD	Kawuruwath Danne Nehe		Sinhala	[11]
TBD	Monara Vilak		Sinhala	[12]
TBD	Jeewa		Sinhala	[13]
TBD	Passport		Sinhala	[14]
TBD	House of My Fathers		Multilingual	[15]

See also

• Sri Lankan Tamils in Sinhala Cinema

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.

External links

• Darshan Dharmaraj at IMDb