Archana Sharma, also credited as Ayshickka Sharma, is an Indian actress and model, who appears in Kollywood and Tollywood

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s. She made her acting debut in ''

Thozhi ''Thozhi'' () is a 2009 Tamil language romantic drama film directed by Elango Lakshman. The film stars Prabha and newcomer Dwaraka, Shyam Ganesh and Manikka Vinayagam, with Tirupur Selvaraj, Bharath, Venkat and Vijaya Manohari playing supporting ...

'' (2009). She is currently pursuing her MBA from ISBR Chennai.

Career

Sharma hails from Bihar. She was born in Bangalore and lived in Mumbai before she came to Chennai. Before she became an actress, she did modelling. She has done over forty commercials, which include ads for Francis Alukkas jewellery and textiles in Chennai and Kerala, RmKV, Univercell mobiles, City Union Bank and Pigeon cooker. She completed her engineering in Computer Science from Saveetha Engineering college, thandalam, chennai She is trained in

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and has received the

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. She is also a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. She is doing her MBA from ISBR Chennai. She was introduced by director Elango Lakshmanan in the Tamil film ''

'' (2009). She later acted in

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's ''

Veluthu Kattu ''Veluthu Kattu'' () is a 2010 Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Senapathi Magan. The film stars newcomers Kathir and Arundhati, with Archana Sharma, Pavina, L. Raja, Karate Raja, Muthuraj and Vishwanth playing supporting roles. ...

'' and with Jai Akash in ''Othigai''. She made her Tollywood debut with

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's '' Friends Book''. She will make her Malayalam debut with ''Second Innings''. She acts as Parvathy Maria Columbus who is in love with Manu Madhav, played by Rajeev Pillai. While shooting a song at Peermade, she and her co-star Rajeev Pillai almost fell off a cliff.

Filmography

References

Indian film actresses Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema Living people 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses from Bangalore 1986 births Actresses in Malayalam cinema {{India-actor-stub