Archana Shastry

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Archana Shastry
Born
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
(now in Telangana, India)
Other namesVeda Shastry
Occupation Actress
Years active2004-present
Spouse
Jagadeesh Bakthavachalam
(m. 2019)

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

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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

YearFilmRoleLanguageNotes
2004 Tapana Ridhima Telugu Credited as Veda
Nenu DivyaTeluguCredited as Veda
Konchem Touchlo Vunte Cheputanu AlakanandaTelugu
Suryam SwatiTelugu
2005 Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana LalithaTeluguNominated-Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu
2006 Lanka Malayalam
Tanu TanmaiTelugu
Kokila SasiTelugu
Sri Ramadasu Seeta Telugu
Pournami Telugu
Samanyudu AparnaTelugu
2007 Athili Sattibabu LKG Telugu
Agaram Archana Tamil
Yamadonga Menaka Telugu
Aa Dinagalu Mallika Kannada
Vegam ArchanaTamil
2008 Pandurangadu Telugu
2009 Bank Telugu
Minchu Baddi MaadeviKannada
Thamizhagam Tamil
2010 Ramdev Telugu
Khaleja Telugu
Broker TV9 ReporterTelugu
MeghavarshiniKannada
2011 Parama Veera Chakra Mandodari Telugu
2012KulumanaliAparnaTelugu
2013 Karuppampatti Tamil
Balupu HerselfTelugu
2014 Kamalatho Naa Prayanam Kamala RaniTelugu
Prematho Nuvvu VastavaniTelugudouble role
Maha Bhakta SiriyalaTelugu
Panchami Telugu
2015 Lion Hare Krishna DancerTelugu
Mythri Mahadev's wifeKannada
Tharuvatha KathaTelugu
2017 The Final Exit herselfHindi
2019 Jessie JessieTelugu
2019 Vajra Kavachadhara Govinda MLATelugu
2022 10th Class Diaries SoumyaTelugu
2024 Krishnamma A motherTelugu

Television

YearShowRoleChannelResult
2017 Bigg Boss 1 Herself Star Maa 5th Place

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References

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