Archana (actress)

For other actresses named Archana, see Archana (disambiguation).

Archana
Archana in 1989 (1988)
Born	Sudha Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Actress

Archana (born as Sudha) is an Indian actress, Kuchipudi and Kathak dancer, known for her works in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films and regarded as one of the great actress in Indian cinema for her performances . She is the recipient of two National Film Awards. ^{[1] [2]}

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1980	Thai Pongal		Tamil
	Thunive Thozhan
1981	Madhura Geetam		Telugu
1982	Kadhal Oviyam		Tamil
1983	Vasanthame Varuga
	Police Venkataswamy		Telugu
1984	Neengal Kettavai	Radha	Tamil
	Premigala Saval		Kannada
	Puyal Kadantha Bhoomi	Valli	Tamil
1985	Thammil Thammil	Gayathri	Malayalam
	Yemaatrathe Yemaaraathe		Tamil
1986	Malamukalile Daivam	Marie	Malayalam
	Nireekshana	Tulasi	Telugu
	Belli Naaga		Kannada
	Guri	Shantadevi
	Ladies Tailor	Sujatha	Telugu
1987	Rettai Vaal Kuruvi	Tulasi	Tamil
	Ondu Muttina Kathe	Kaaki	Kannada
1988	Daasi	Kamakshi	Telugu
	Ukku Sankellu
	Veedu	Sudha	Tamil
	Sri Vemana Charitra	Vishwada	Telugu
1989	Piravi	Chakyar's daughter	Malayalam
	Sandhya Raagam	Thulasi	Tamil
	Bagh Bahadur	Radha	Bengali
1990	Matti Manushulu		Telugu
1991	Vidhata	Jwala		[3]
	Vaidehi Vandhachu		Tamil
	Bharat Bandh		Telugu
	Onnaam Muhurtham	Radhika Vishwanath	Malayalam
1992	Chakravyuham		Telugu
	Prema Drohi
	Yamanam	Ambil	Malayalam
1993	Mo Kanhure		Odia
1994	Pachcha Toranam		Telugu
	Sammohanam	Pennu	Malayalam
1996	Madamma
	Huliya	Mydani	Kannada
2002	Nishad	Sati Gujaral	Hindi
2007	Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram	Meenakshi	Tamil
	Onbadhu Roobai Nottu	Velayi
2018	Kinar	Suganthi	Malayalam
	Keni		Tamil
	Seethakaathi	Lakshmi
2019	Namma Veettu Pillai	Thenmozhi
	Azhiyatha Kolangal 2	Mohana
2022	Chor Bazaar	Bachchan Saab's guardian	Telugu
2025	Shashtipoorthi	Bhuvana
	Gandhi Kannadi	Kannamma	Tamil

Television

• Meenakshi Ponnunga (2022–2023) on Zee Tamil as Meenakshi

Awards and nominations

Year	Awards	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1986	Nandi Awards	Nandi Special Jury Award	Nireekshana	Won
1988	National Film Awards	Best Actress	Veedu	Won
1989	Filmfare Awards South	Best Actress – Tamil		Won
	National Film Awards	Best Actress	Daasi	Won
2007	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards	Best Character Artiste (Female)	Onbadhu Roobai Nottu	Won	[4]

References

1. "Waiting for good roles: Archana". The Hindu . 4 May 2007. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
2. "Star Talk - Archana". IndiaGlitz. 22 August 2007. Archived from the original on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
3. "Vidhata 1991 Telugu Movie Cast Crew, Actors, Director, Vidhata Producer, Banner, Music Director, Singers & Lyricists". MovieGQ. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
4. "Rajini, Kamal win best actor awards". The Hindu . Chennai, India. 29 September 2009. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2009.

External links

• Archana at IMDb