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Darshan Dharmaraj (Tamil: தர்ஷன் தர்மராஜ், Sinhala: දර්ශන් ධර්මරාජ්; 2 March 1981 – 2 October 2022) was a Sri Lankan actor in film, theatre and television.[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(1981-03-02)2 March 1981
Rakwana, Sri Lanka
Died2 October 2022(2022-10-02) (aged 41)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
EducationSt. John Tamil College, Rakwana
OccupationActor
Years active2008–2022
SpouseSubhashini
Children1
AwardsBest Film Actor 2012

Early life and education


Dharmaraj was born in Rakwana, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka. He completed education from St. John's 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 the time, he learnt the language within three months.[4] He began his cinema career with the 2008 film Prabhakaran.[5]


Death


Dharmaraj died from a heart attack at Colombo National Hospital on 2 October 2022, at the age of 41.[6]


Filmography


YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2008 Prabhakaran LTTE leaderSinhala
2008Machan SureshSinhala
2009 Ira Handa Yata LTTE soldierSinhala
2012Ini Avan (Him, Here After)AvanTamil
  • Best Actor - Derana Lux Film Awards (2013)[7]
  • Best Actor - Hiru Golden Film Award (2014)[8]
2012MathaYogaSinhala
2015Address Na (No Address)Gubbayame GoringSinhala
2015SpandanaDarshanSinhala
2016Ulath Ekai Pilath EkaiKarapitiye DarshanSinhala
2017Aloko UdapadiDatiyaSinhala
2018Komaali KingsMohanTamil
2018PorisadayaKalu MahaththayaSinhala
2018Davena VihagunAnimal slaughterSinhala
2020TsunamiSelvamSinhala[9]
2020SuparnaAYO 433Sinhala
2021Kawuruth Danne NaSinhala[10]
2021 Bhawatharana Pandey Sinhala
2021 Piyabana Munissam (පියාඹන මූනිස්සම්) Bullet Sinhala
TBDAkarshaRaghuSinhala[11]
TBDBanduraSinhala[12]
TBDAdventures of Ricky DeenDriverSinhala
TBDMonara VilakSinhala[13]
TBDJeewaSinhala[14]
TBDPassportSinhala[15]
TBDHouse of My FathersMultilingual[16]
TBDMariaSinhala[17]
TBDCase No 447AnnouncedSinhala[18]
TBDPraanaSinhala[19]

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). Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. "I am not bad". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  4. "Talk with Darshan". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  5. "Actor Darshan Dharmaraj". Sinhala Cinema Database. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  6. Nilar, Amani (2 October 2022). "Veteran actor Dharshan Dharmaraj passes away". News First. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  7. "'Ini Avan' creates history". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 6 October 2013. Archived from the original on 19 June 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  8. "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.
  9. "Dr. Somaratne Dissanayake new film". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  10. "Kawuruwath Danne Nehe". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  11. "අතීතය වසාගත් සොඳුරු කතාවක්". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  12. "අප අතර සිටිමින් අප බිලි ගන්නා බාඳුරා". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 11 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  13. "Malini with Sanath after 14 years". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  14. "Jeewan turns director". Sunday Observer. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  15. "Passport' flies to India and Europe". Daily News. Sri Lanka. 22 October 2019. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  16. Mayorga, Emilio (5 August 2018). "Locarno: Suba Sivakumaran's 'House of My Fathers' Sells to Hong Kong's Asian Shadows (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  17. "A film without an actress by Aruna Jayawardena". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  18. "Case number 447 opens". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  19. "Praana comes in early August". සරසවිය. Archived from the original on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.



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