Archana Shastry is an Indian actress known for her work predominantly in Telugu films.
Career Debuting as Veda in the Telugu film Tapana (2004), she subsequently changed her stage name to Archana. She starred in films such as Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (2005) in Telugu and Aa Dinagalu (2007) in Kannada. She was one of the contestants in the first season of Bigg Boss.
Personal life In November 2019, she married Jagadeesh Bakthavachalam, vice president of a health-care company.
Filmography Films Year Film Role Language Notes2004 Tapana Ridhima Telugu Credited as Veda Nenu Divya Konchem Touchlo Vunte Cheputanu Alakananda Suryam Swati 2005 Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Lalitha Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu2006Lanka Malayalam Tanu Tanmai Telugu Kokila Sasi Sri Ramadasu Seeta Pournami Pournami and Chandrakala's ancestress Samanyudu Aparna 2007 Athili Sattibabu LKG Agaram Archana Tamil Yamadonga Menaka Telugu Aa Dinagalu Mallika Kannada Vegam Archana Tamil 2008 Pandurangadu Telugu 2009 Bank Minchu Baddi Maadevi Kannada Thamizhagam Tamil 2010 Ramdev Telugu Khaleja Broker TV9 Reporter Meghavarshini Kannada 2011 Parama Veera Chakra Mandodari Telugu 2012 Kulumanali Aparna 2013 Karuppampatti Herself Tamil Item number Balupu Herself Telugu 2014 Kamalatho Naa Prayanam Kamala Rani Prematho Nuvvu Vastavani Double role Maha Bhakta Siriyala Panchami 2015 Lion Hare Krishna Dancer Mythri Mahadev's wife Kannada Tharuvatha Katha Telugu 2017 The Final Exit Herself Hindi 2019JessieJessieTelugu 2019 Vajra Kavachadhara Govinda MLA 2022 10th Class Diaries Soumya 2024 Krishnamma A mother
Television Year Show Role Channel Result 2017 Bigg Boss 1 Herself Star Maa 5th Place
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