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

Archana Jois is one of the few Indian actresses to take up mother roles at a young age. [6] [7] She started her career with playing lead roles in television soaps Durga and Mahadevi. [5] she played the second female lead in films such as Vijayaratha and the Marathi film Rajkumar. [8] [9]

She played one of the main leads in Hondisi Bareyiri (2023). [10] She was then seen in the movie Mute. [11] [12] [13] [14] Her next films were Kshetrapthi (2023) and Ghost (2023), in which she played a news reporter. [15] [16] She will be seen essaying an important role in Ajay Rao starrer Yuudhakanda directed by Pavan Bhat. [17] She played a journalist role in the yet-to-release Nakshe. [18] She was a part of the film Kalankata, which is yet to release. [19]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018 K.G.F: Chapter 1 ShanthammaWinner–8th SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actress (Kannada) [20]
2019Vijayaratha [21] [22]
2021RajkumarRajkumar's girlfriend Marathi film [3]
2022 K.G.F: Chapter 2 Shanthamma
MuteDivyaDirect Release on Namma Flix [23]
2023 Hondisi Bareyiri Pallavi
Kshetrapati Bhoomika
Ghost Lakshmi

Television

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotesRefs.
2014 Thaka Dhimi Tha Dancing Star Celebrity Contestant Colors Kannada [5] [24]
2015MahadeviTripura Sundari Zee Kannada [3] [25]
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 [26]

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References

  1. ↑ "KGF Chapter 2: Meet Archana Jois, the 27-year-old who played Yash aka Rocky Bhai's mother in film". DNA India. 21 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "KGF 2 : 'ಡೈಲಾಗ್‌ಗಳೆ ಪಾತ್ರದ ಜೀವಾಳ' ನಟಿ ಅರ್ಚನಾ ಜೋಯಿಸ್‌ ಎಕ್ಸ್‌ಕ್ಲೂಸಿವ್ ಮಾತು". Asianet News (in Kannada). Archived from the original on 10 April 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
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  11. ↑ "Archana Jois to be seen in a pan Indian film titled Mute". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  12. ↑ "'ಕೆಜಿಎಫ್' ನಂತರ ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಪ್ಯಾನ್ ಇಂಡಿಯಾ ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ 'ರಾಕಿ ಭಾಯ್' ಅಮ್ಮ ಅರ್ಚನಾ ಜೋಯಿಸ್!". Vijay Karnataka (in Kannada). Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
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  24. ↑ "Takadhimitha Grand Finale: Sunil and Dakshitha emerge as the winners". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  25. ↑ "Watch Maha Devi serial from Monday on Zee Kannada". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 November 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
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