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	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.

External links

• Archana Shastry at IMDb