Archana Jois

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Archana Jois
OccupationActress
Years active2015–present
SpouseShreyas J Udupa [1]

Archana Jois is an Indian actress who appears in Kannada films. Jois is known for her role as Shanthamma, Rocky's mother in K.G.F film series. [2] [3] [4]

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Apart from acting, she is also a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. [5]

Career

She is one of the few Indian actresses to take up mother roles at a young age. [6] [7] Her dialogue in the first film - ninna hinde savra jana nintidaare anno dhairya ninagidre bari ond yudha gelbahudu ade neen munde idiya anta hinde iro saavra janak dhairya bandre prapanchaane gelbahudu - which translated to "If you gain courage because a thousand people are standing behind you, then you can only win a war. But if a thousand people standing behind get courage because you are standing in the front, then you can conquer the world" became popular. [8] She started her career with playing lead roles in television soaps Durga and Mahadevi. [5] Jois played the second female lead in films such as Vijayaratha and the Marathi film Rajkumar. [9] [10]

She played one of the main leads in Hondisi Bareyiri (2023). [11] She was then seen in the movie Mute. [12] [13] [14] [15] Her next films were Kshetrapthi (2023) and Ghost (2023), in which she played a news reporter. [16] [17] She will be seen essaying an important role in Ajay Rao starrer Yuudhakanda directed by Pavan Bhat. [18] She played a journalist role in the yet-to-release Nakshe. [19] She was a part of the film Kalankata, which is yet to release. [20]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018 K.G.F: Chapter 1 ShanthammaWinner–8th SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actress (Kannada) [21]
2019Vijayaratha [22] [23]
2021RajkumarRajkumar's girlfriend Marathi film [3]
2022 K.G.F: Chapter 2 Shanthamma
MuteDivyaDirect Release on Namma Flix [24]
2023 Hondisi Bareyiri Pallavi
Kshetrapati Bhoomika
Ghost Lakshmi

Television

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotesRefs.
2014 Thaka Dhimi Tha Dancing Star Celebrity Contestant Colors Kannada [5] [25]
2015MahadeviTripura Sundari Zee Kannada [3] [26]
2016-2017 Durga Star Suvarna [3]
2016MahamayiSundariZee Kannada
NeeliStar Suvarna
2018Sri Vishnu DasavatharamKayadu (Cameo) Zee Kannada [5]
2023 Mansion 24 Radhika Disney+Hotstar Telugu series [27]

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