Archana Shastry

Archana Shastry
Born
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
(now in Telangana, India)
Other namesVeda Shastry
OccupationActress
Years active2004-present
Spouse
Jagadeesh Bakthavachalam
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(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 Telugu Credited as Veda
Konchem Touchlo Vunte Cheputanu Alakananda Telugu
Suryam Swati Telugu
2005 Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Lalitha Telugu Nominated-Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu
2006 Lanka Malayalam
Tanu Tanmai Telugu
Kokila Sasi Telugu
Sri Ramadasu Seeta Telugu
Pournami Telugu
Samanyudu Aparna Telugu
2007 Athili Sattibabu LKG Telugu
Agaram Archana Tamil
Yamadonga Menaka Telugu
Aa Dinagalu Mallika Kannada
Vegam Archana Tamil
2008 Pandurangadu Telugu
2009 Bank Telugu
Minchu Baddi Maadevi Kannada
Thamizhagam Tamil
2010 Ramdev Telugu
Khaleja Telugu
Broker TV9 Reporter Telugu
Meghavarshini Kannada
2011 Parama Veera Chakra Mandodari Telugu
2012 Kulumanali Aparna Telugu
2013 Karuppampatti Tamil
Balupu Herself Telugu
2014 Kamalatho Naa Prayanam Kamala Rani Telugu
Prematho Nuvvu Vastavani Telugu double role
Maha Bhakta Siriyala Telugu
Panchami Telugu
2015 Lion Hare Krishna Dancer Telugu
Mythri Mahadev's wife Kannada
Tharuvatha Katha Telugu
2017 The Final Exit herself Hindi
2019 Jessie Jessie Telugu
2019 Vajra Kavachadhara Govinda MLA Telugu
2022 10th Class Diaries Soumya Telugu
2024 Krishnamma A mother Telugu

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.