Archana Ravichandran

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Archana Ravichandran
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Archana in 2024
Born
Archana Ravichandran

(1997-11-11) 11 November 1997 (age 27)
Other namesVJ Archana
Occupations
  • Television personality
  • Television actress
Years active2020 – present
Known for Bigg Boss 7

Archana Ravichandran (born 11 November 1997) [1] is an Indian actress and television personality who predominantly works in Tamil television. [2] She is known for her role as Archana in Raja Rani 2 . [3] She participated in the reality show Bigg Boss 7 and emerged as the winner in 2024. [4] [5] [6] [7]

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Career

Archana started her career as a video jockey on Sun TV. She has appeared in some television programs on Sun Tv during her early stages in her career. She made her television debut in the serial Raja Rani 2 along with Alya Manasa. [8] In the serial, she plays the character role of Archana. [9] She also appeared in the show Murattu Singles which aired on Star Vijay. Archana debuted in the film Demonte Colony 2 as a film actress and is currently undergoing filming and post production work alongside actor Arulnithi. [10] [11]

Archana won the Indian reality show Bigg Boss Season 7, which started in October 2023. She is also the first wildcard contestant to win the show in a main series in whole Bigg Boss franchise in India. [12] [13]

In 2024, she joined music director Arun Raj and sang the song titled Toxic Kadhal which later became a sensational hit around India and received positive reviews from critics. [14]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleChannelRoleNotesRef.
2020 2022 Raja Rani Season 2 Star Vijay ArchanaVijay Television Awards- Best Actress
Replaced by Archana Kumar
2021–2022 Bharathi Kannamma Special appearance
2021 Thaenmozhi B.A Devi
Morattu Single season 2ContestantEpisodic Appearance
Comedy Raja Kalakkal Rani Eliminated
2022 Indira Zee Tamil MangaiSpecial Appearance
2023 2024 Bigg Boss 7 Star Vijay ContestantWinner [15]
2024Bigg Boss Kondattam Star Vijay Guest [16]
Bigg Boss 8 To support Arun Prasath [17]

Films

YearTitleRoleRef.
2024 Demonte Colony 2 Aishwarya [18]
TBAUntitled Sathya Jothi films productionTBA
TBADemonte Colony 3Aishwarya

Web series

YearTitleRoleRef.
2020Kanave Kanave
2021Enaku Kalyana Vayasu Vandhuduchu
2023Aval Ennaval Maathi [19]

Music videos

YearTitleSinger(s)Ref.
2023ImaigaloAniVee [20]
2023Dhamma Thundu KaadhalDharan Kumar
2024Toxic KadhalArun Raj & Archana Ravichandran

Short films

YearTitleRoleRef.
2022Truth or Dare
2022Love insurance
2022MR Single

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Preceded by Bigg Boss Tamil Winner
(Series 7) 2023-2024
Succeeded by
Muthukumaran Jegatheesan