Archana Shastry is an Indian actress, working in

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, Tamil and

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films. She was one of the contestants in the first season of ''

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'', hosted by N. T. Rama Rao Jr. In November 2019, she married Jagadeesh Bakthavachalam, vice president of a leading health-care company.

Career

Debuting as Veda in the Telugu film ''Tapana'' (2004), she subsequently changed her stage name to Archana, by which she was more popularly known. She is best known for her performances in '' Nenu'' (2004), ''

Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana ''Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana'' (; ) is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language romantic comedy film directed by Prabhu Deva in his directorial debut and produced by M. S. Raju under Sumanth Art Productions who gave the screenplay as well. The film star ...

'' (2005) and ''

Sri Ramadasu ''Sri Ramadasu'' is 2006 Indian Telugu-language biographical film, based on the life of musician saint '' Kancharla Gopanna'', produced by Konda Krishnam Raju on Aditya Movies banner and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. Starring Akkineni Nages ...

'' (2006) in Telugu and ''

Aa Dinagalu ''Aa Dinagalu'' () is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language crime drama film based on the non-fiction novel ''Daadaagiriya Dinagalu'' by Agni Shridhar, and directed by K. M. Chaitanya. It stars Chethan Kumar in the lead role. The supporting cast feat ...

'' (2007) in Kannada.

Filmography

Television

Films

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shastry, Archana Indian film actresses Actresses in Kannada cinema Living people Actresses in Malayalam cinema Actresses from Hyderabad, India Actresses in Tamil cinema Actresses in Telugu cinema 21st-century Indian actresses Bigg Boss (Telugu TV series) contestants Actresses in Hindi cinema Year of birth missing (living people)