Darshana is a playback singer for films in India

India

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. She has over 200 stage shows to her credit. She is currently residing in Bay Area SFO and shuttles between India and USA for her music projects.

Early career

Darshana did her schooling in Kuwait, Gulf. She moved to Chennai to continue her education and did her graduate program in Journalism & Media in M.O.P. Vaishnav College, Chennai and Masters in Media Presentation/Production in Loyola College, Chennai. During this period she got the opportunity to work as an intern in “The Hindu” and later worked for Mrs. Gauthami Tadimalla as her assistant for a year.

Singing

She started singing from an early age of 5. She started of as a singer and got to perform as a child artist in Kuwait. Some of the shows worth mentioning are the Ilayaraja Night in 2002 where she shared the stage with the Maestro and did 2 shows with Playback Singer Mano in 1999.
Once she moved back to Chennai in 2003, she recorded many Jingles for leading companies. Between 2004 and 2006 she gave backup vocals for many television sops like Annamalai & Selvi

Selvi

Selvi was a Tamil soap opera aired on India's Sun TV Network. It is produced by Radaan Mediaworks Limited, as the successor to its two previous hit serials, Chithi and Annamalai. Its 499 episodes run began on 24 January 2005 and came to an end on 29 December 2006...

. She also sang in many albums brought out by Mr. Manikanth Kadrigopalnath, the son of saxophone maestro Kadri Gopalnath

Kadri Gopalnath

Dr. Kadri Gopalnath is an Indian saxophonist and one of the pioneers of Carnatic music on the saxophone.-Early life:...

 and sang in Veena Maestro Mr. Rajesh Vaidya’s fusion Albums.

Her passion for music was very strong and hence chose for Music to be her career. Her first major break was for the Movie “Shivaji – The Boss

Sivaji (soundtrack)

The Sivaji soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman. The soundtrack album includes seven tracks while the background score featured in the Tamil film Sivaji directed by S. Shankar and produced by AVM Productions.A. R...

” for which the music was scored by Oscar Winner Mr. A.R.Rahman. She was also the part of A.R.Rahman  Times Now show held in Chennai during 2008. She has successfully completed her course work in Western Vocals from Berklee School of Music, U. S. A and has completed Level 2 in Jazz Vocals from Old Town School of Folk Music

Old Town School of Folk Music

The Old Town School of Folk Music is a Chicago teaching and performing institution that launched the careers of many notable folk music artists...

, Chicago. She is also pursuing Carnatic & Hindustani Music.

She is actively performing in and around Chicago and also performs with a Local Band in Chicago called “The Bootilicious Movement Coalition (BMC)”.

She has won Several Awards at different levels. She was nominated for the 55th Filmfare (South)

Filmfare Awards South

Filmfare Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the South Indian film industry. The awards are separately given for Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films...

 awards for her debut song “Maduraikki Pogathadi” for the film Azhagiya Thamizh Magan. She has also won the “My Tamizh Movie.com” award in the year 2007 for the same song.

#	Year	Movie	Music Director	Song	Role
1	2007	Shivaji – The Boss Sivaji (soundtrack) The Sivaji soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman. The soundtrack album includes seven tracks while the background score featured in the Tamil film Sivaji directed by S. Shankar and produced by AVM Productions.A. R...  (Tamil & Hindi)	A.R.Rahman	Ballelakha	Backup Vocals
2	2007	Shivaji – The Boss Sivaji (soundtrack) The Sivaji soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman. The soundtrack album includes seven tracks while the background score featured in the Tamil film Sivaji directed by S. Shankar and produced by AVM Productions.A. R...  (Tamil & Hindi)	A.R.Rahman	Vaaji Vaaji	Backup Vocals
3	2007	Guru (Telugu & Hindi)	A.R.Rahman	Mayya Mayya	Backup Vocals
4	2007	Guru (Telugu & Hindi)	A.R.Rahman	Bazee Laga	Backup Vocals
5	2007	Azhagiya Thamizh Magan (Tamil)	A.R.Rahman	Maduraikki Pogathadi	Lead Vocals
6	2007	Azhagiya Thamizh Magan(Tamil)	A.R.Rahman	Valayapatti	Backup Vocals
7	2007	Athidhi Athidhi -References:...  (Telugu)	Mani Sharma Mani Sharma Mani Sharma Yanamandra is a music director known for his works in Tollywood. He has composed music for over 140 films. He is popularly known as "Swara Brahma" for his contributions to music in Tollywood. Mani Sharma started his career as a music director in 1998. Before that Sharma used to work...	Valla Valla	Lead Vocals
8	2008	Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na is a 2008 Bollywood film, written and directed by Abbas Tyrewala. The film stars Imran Khan and Genelia D'Souza in pivotal roles...  (Hindi)	A.R.Rahman	Pappu Can't Dance Saala	Lead Vocals
9	2008	Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na is a 2008 Bollywood film, written and directed by Abbas Tyrewala. The film stars Imran Khan and Genelia D'Souza in pivotal roles...  (Hindi)	A.R.Rahman	Nazrein Milana	Lead Vocals
10	2008	Yuvvraaj Yuvvraaj Yuvvraaj is a 2008 Indian film starring Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan, Zayed Khan and Katrina Kaif based on the Hollywood movie Rain Man. It is produced and directed by Subhash Ghai. American Coby Hadas makes his Bollywood debut with a small part in this film. A.R. Rahman composed the music for the film...  (Hindi)	A.R.Rahman		Backup Vocals
11	2008	Sakkarakatti Sakkarakatti Sakkarakatti is a 2008 Tamil romance film directed by Kalaprabhu and produced by his father, Kalaipuli S. Dhanu. The film featured debutant Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj, son of veteran actor K. Bhagyaraj, in the lead role while Ishita Sharma and Vedhika also played significant roles. It also featured a...   (Tamil)	A.R.Rahman	Chinamma Chilakamma	Backup Vocals
12	2008	Sakkarakatti Sakkarakatti Sakkarakatti is a 2008 Tamil romance film directed by Kalaprabhu and produced by his father, Kalaipuli S. Dhanu. The film featured debutant Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj, son of veteran actor K. Bhagyaraj, in the lead role while Ishita Sharma and Vedhika also played significant roles. It also featured a...  (Tamil)	A.R.Rahman	Maruthani	Backup Vocals
13	2009	Blue (Hindi)	A.R.Rahman		Backup Vocals
14	2009	Vedigundu Murugesan Vedigundu Murugesan Vedigundu Murugesan is a Tamil language film released in 2009. It stars Pasupathy and Jyothirmayi in the lead roles.Vadivelu's comedy in this movie is outstanding and he steals the show by his superb comedy....  (Tamil)	Dhina	Kaapi kottai	Lead Vocals
15	2011	Ponnar Shankar Ponnar Shankar (film) Ponnar Shankar is a 2011 Indian epic film directed by Thiagarajan. It is a fictionalised account of the Ponnar Shankar epic, adapted from M. Karunanidhis novel of the same name. It features Thiagarajan's son Prashanth in lead dual roles as warrior princes, portraying the titular characters, with...  (Tamil)	Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja is an Indian film composer, singer, and lyricist mainly in the Tamil film Industry. He is regarded as one of the finest music composers in India. Ilaiyaraaja is also an instrumentalist, conductor, and a songwriter...	Malar Villale	Lead Vocals
16	2011	Udhayan Udhayan (film) Udhayan is an Indian Tamil action film directed by debutant Chaplin. Starring Arulnithi, in his second film, alongside newcomer Praneetha, the film notably features musical score by saxophone player Kadri Gopalnath's son Manikanth Kadri...  (Tamil)	Manikanth Kadri Manikanth Kadri Manikanth Kadri is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer. He has predominantly scored music for Kannada as well as several Telugu films. He is the son of legendary saxophonist Kadri Gopalnath.-Career:...	Lakka Lakka	Lead Vocals
17	2011	Kanchana: Muni 2 (Tamil)	Thaman Thaman Thaman is an Indian music composer who works for Telugu and Tamil films. Despite debuting his film career as an actor in Shankar's Boys, he has since established himself as a prominent music director in the South Indian film industries....	Karuppu Perazhaga	Lead Vocals

Awards and nominations

Darshana was nominated for the 55th Filmfare award south for the song Maduraikku Pogatheydi.

"2007 My Tamizh Movie.com" award for the song Maduraikku Pogatheydi.