Archana Shastry

Archana Shastry
Born	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (now in Telangana, India)
Other names	Veda Shastry
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2004-present
Spouse	Jagadeesh Bakthavachalam ​ ​ (m. 2019)​

Archana Shastry ^[1] is an Indian actress known for her work predominately in Telugu films. ^[2]

Career

Debuting as Veda in the Telugu film Tapana (2004), she subsequently changed her stage name to Archana. ^[3] She starred in films such as Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (2005) in Telugu and Aa Dinagalu (2007) in Kannada. She was one of the contestants in the first season of Bigg Boss . ^[4]

Personal life

In November 2019, she married Jagadeesh Bakthavachalam, vice president of a health-care company. ^[5]

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2004	Tapana	Ridhima	Telugu	Credited as Veda
	Nenu	Divya
	Konchem Touchlo Vunte Cheputanu	Alakananda
	Suryam	Swati
2005	Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana	Lalitha		Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu
2006	Lanka		Malayalam
	Tanu	Tanmai	Telugu
	Kokila	Sasi
	Sri Ramadasu	Seeta
	Pournami	Pournami and Chandrakala's ancestress
	Samanyudu	Aparna
2007	Athili Sattibabu LKG
	Agaram	Archana	Tamil
	Yamadonga	Menaka	Telugu
	Aa Dinagalu	Mallika	Kannada
	Vegam	Archana	Tamil
2008	Pandurangadu		Telugu
2009	Bank
	Minchu	Baddi Maadevi	Kannada
	Thamizhagam		Tamil
2010	Ramdev		Telugu
	Khaleja
	Broker	TV9 Reporter
	Meghavarshini		Kannada
2011	Parama Veera Chakra	Mandodari	Telugu
2012	Kulumanali	Aparna
2013	Karuppampatti	Herself	Tamil	Item number
	Balupu	Herself	Telugu
2014	Kamalatho Naa Prayanam	Kamala Rani
	Prematho Nuvvu Vastavani			Double role
	Maha Bhakta Siriyala
	Panchami
2015	Lion	Hare Krishna Dancer
	Mythri	Mahadev's wife	Kannada
	Tharuvatha Katha		Telugu
2017	The Final Exit	Herself	Hindi
2019	Jessie	Jessie	Telugu
2019	Vajra Kavachadhara Govinda	MLA
2022	10th Class Diaries	Soumya
2024	Krishnamma	A mother

Television

Year	Show	Role	Channel	Result
2017	Bigg Boss 1	Herself	Star Maa	5th Place

References

1. "Archana Sastry's next on lines of 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre'". 26 August 2015.
2. "Veda-Interviews". Ragalahari.com. 18 July 2005. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
3. "Review - Nenu". Idlebrain.com. 15 April 2004. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
4. "BB Telugu fame Archana Sastry shares a major throwback picture from her first music album; take a look". The Times of India. 8 May 2020.
5. "This Diwali will be dhamakedaar as there are two weddings in my family: Bigg Boss Telugu fame Archana Shastry - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

External links

• Archana Shastry at IMDb