Archana Shastry

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| name = Archana Shastry

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| other_names = Veda Shastry

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| birth_place = Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
(now in Telangana, India)

| occupation = Actress

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| years_active = 2004-present

| spouse = {{marriage| Jagadeesh Bakthavachalam | 2019}}

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Archana Shastry{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/archana-sastrys-next-on-lines-of-texas-chainsaw-massacre/|title=Archana Sastry’s next on lines of ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’|date=26 August 2015}} is an Indian actress known for her work predominately in Telugu films.{{cite web |url=http://www.ragalahari.com/stars/interviews/127/veda.aspx |title=Veda-Interviews |website=Ragalahari.com |date=18 July 2005 |access-date=4 August 2012}}

Career

Debuting as Veda in the Telugu film Tapana (2004), she subsequently changed her stage name to Archana.{{cite web |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-nenu.html |title=Review - Nenu |website=Idlebrain.com |date=15 April 2004 |access-date=4 August 2012}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/telugu/bb-telugu-fame-archana-sastry-shares-a-major-throwback-picture-from-her-first-music-album-take-a-look/articleshow/75629087.cms|title=BB Telugu fame Archana Sastry shares a major throwback picture from her first music album; take a look|date=8 May 2020|work= The Times of India}}

Personal life

In November 2019, she married Jagadeesh Bakthavachalam, vice president of a health-care company.{{Cite web|title=This Diwali will be dhamakedaar as there are two weddings in my family: Bigg Boss Telugu fame Archana Shastry - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/telugu/this-diwali-will-be-dhamakedaar-as-there-are-two-weddings-in-my-family-bigg-boss-telugu-fame-archana-shastry/articleshow/71774840.cms|access-date=1 February 2021|website=The Times of India|language=en}}

Filmography

= Films =

class="wikitable sortable"
style="" ! Year !! Film !! Role !! Language!! Notes
rowspan="4" \|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
rowspan="6" \|2006	Lanka		Malayalam
Tanu	Tanmai	Telugu
Kokila	Sasi	Telugu
Sri Ramadasu	Seeta	Telugu
Pournami		Telugu
Samanyudu	Aparna	Telugu
rowspan="5" \|2007	Athili Sattibabu LKG		Telugu
Agaram	Archana	Tamil
Yamadonga	Menaka	Telugu
Aa Dinagalu	Mallika	Kannada
Vegam	Archana	Tamil
2008	Pandurangadu		Telugu
rowspan="3" \|2009	Bank		Telugu
Minchu	Baddi Maadevi	Kannada
Thamizhagam		Tamil
rowspan="4" \|2010	Ramdev		Telugu
Khaleja		Telugu
Broker	TV9 Reporter	Telugu
Meghavarshini		Kannada
rowspan="1" \|2011	Parama Veera Chakra	Mandodari	Telugu
rowspan="1" \|2012	Kulumanali	Aparna	Telugu
rowspan="2" \|2013	Karuppampatti		Tamil
Balupu	Herself	Telugu
rowspan="4" \|2014	Kamalatho Naa Prayanam	Kamala Rani	Telugu
Prematho Nuvvu Vastavani		Telugu	double role
Maha Bhakta Siriyala		Telugu
Panchami		Telugu
rowspan="3" \|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