Archana Sharma

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Archana Sharma
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Other namesAyshickka Sharma
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active2008—2020

Archana Sharma, also credited as Ayshickka Sharma, is an Indian actress and model, who appears in Kollywood and Tollywood films. She made her acting debut in Thozhi (2009). She is currently pursuing her MBA from ISBR Chennai.

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Career

Sharma hails from Bihar. She was born in Bangalore and lived in Mumbai before she came to Chennai. [1] Before she became an actress, she did modelling. She has done over forty commercials, which include ads for Francis Alukkas jewellery and textiles in Chennai and Kerala, RmKV, Univercell mobiles, City Union Bank and Pigeon cooker. [2] She completed her engineering in Computer Science from Saveetha Engineering college, thandalam, chennai She is trained in Martial arts and has received the Black Belt. [2] She is also a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. [2] She is doing her MBA from ISBR Chennai. [1]

She was introduced by director Elango Lakshmanan in the Tamil film Thozhi (2009). [3] She is widely known to the world by her role in the movie Shanthi Appuram Nithya (2011). She later acted in S. A. Chandrasekhar's Veluthu Kattu [4] and with Jai Akash in Othigai. [5] She made her Tollywood debut with R. P. Patnaik's Friends Book . [6] She will make her Malayalam debut with Second Innings. [6] She acts as Parvathy Maria Columbus who is in love with Manu Madhav, played by Rajeev Pillai. [7] While shooting a song at Peermade, she and her co-star Rajeev Pillai almost fell off a cliff. [8]

Filmography

List of Archana Sharma film credits
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2009 Thozhi SaranyaTamilCredited as Dwaraka
2010 Puzhal RitaTamil
Veluthu Kattu JananiTamil
2011AmsaveniTamil
OththigaiNazarathTamil
RamanathapuramTamil
2012NischhalaTelugu
Friends Book NithyaTelugu
MangoTelugu
2013Second InningsParvathy Maria ColumbusMalayalam
2020Veer Yodhara MahabaliArchanaBhojpuri

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