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Archana

Archana
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Nationality Inde
Awards National Film Awards, Filmfare Awards South, Nandi Awards

Archana is an Indian film actress and accomplished Kuchipudi and Kathak dancer, known for her works in the South Indian film industry.
She has won the National Film Award for Best Actress, twice for her work in Veedu in Tamil and Daasi in Telugu.

Usually with

Balu Mahendra
Balu Mahendra
(5 films)
Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja
(11 films)
P. Vasu
P. Vasu
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Archana (40 films)

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Actress

Mythri
Mythri (2015)
, 2h17
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children
Actors Mohanlal, Puneeth Rajkumar, Archana / Veda Sastry, Archana, Karthika Menon, Atul Kulkarni
Rating73% 3.680433.680433.680433.680433.68043
Siddarama (Aditya) is a slum dweller yet an very intelligent guy. He lives with his mother who works in an agarbatti (incense sticks) factory to make ends meet. One of the pranks lead him into police lock up and his mother requests help from Gooli Prathapa, a philandering person who runs human trafficking business and also has political ambitions. Once, siddarama is released Gooli sets his eyes on Siddarama's mother.
Onbadhu Roobai Nottu
Directed by Thangar Bachan
Actors Sathyaraj, Archana, Nassar, Rohini, Sathish
Roles Velayi
Rating80% 4.00524.00524.00524.00524.0052
Madhava Padayachi (Sathyaraj) narrates his life to a young man who saves him from shame. He goes to his home village by a bus and feels for Madhava Padayachi who was a rich farmer long time back in his village. Madhavar, as he is fondly called, his wife Velayi (Archana) and their three sons live a happy life in their village. He is an honest and hard working farmer who will do anything for others. And he is well respected by everyone in the village. Velayi is his strength but the others in the family do not approve his nature especially in money matters.
Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram, 2h37
Directed by Suresh Krissna
Genres Action
Themes Gangster films
Actors Dhanush, Meera Jasmine, Archana, Archana Puran Singh, Nassar, Santhanam
Roles Meenakshi
Rating29% 1.481331.481331.481331.481331.48133
Azhagu Sundaram (Dhanush) a village bumpkin who comes to Chennai city from Tirunelveli to earn money to buy gold bangles for his mother! He gets entangled in the big bad world of dons and goondas and is unable to get back home too see his beloved mom. On the other hand, Meenakshi (Archana) the loving mother lands up in Chennai in search of her son without even knowing his address or whereabouts. Meenakshi bumps into Shwetha (Meera Jasmine) a journalism student who takes pity on the old lady, takes her home and promises to help her find her son.
Pournami
Pournami (2006)
, 2h47
Directed by Prabhu Deva
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Prabhas, Trisha Krishnan, Charmi Kaur, Rahul Dev, Sindhu Tolani, Ajay
Rating58% 2.900072.900072.900072.900072.90007
Long ago, a great drought befell a village. A dancer (Veda Archana Sastry) from a traditional family came forth to dance in the Shiva temple for many days and nights. Her dedication to Lord Shiva and the village earn her the respect of The God Shiva and His wife, Goddess Parvati. They bless the village with rains ending the drought. The dancer's dying wish is that a girl from her family must dance on pournami (full moon night) every 12 years in front of the temple.
Veede
Veede (2003)

Actors Ravi Teja, Reema Sen, Aarthi Agarwal, Sayaji Shinde, Murali, Ali
Rating50% 2.5361352.5361352.5361352.5361352.536135
Edu Kondalu (Ravi Teja) is an uneducated, head strong youth in Bobbarlanka village. He and his village heads decide to close down the nearby factory by appealing to politicians as its letting out a lot of pollutants into the river which is the main source of food, water and livelihood for them. He and another girl Manga Thaayaru (Aarti Agarwal) are sent to Hyderabad to appeal to MLA of their constituency - Byragi Naidu (Sayaji Shinde). They stay at a Friend's place (Ali's house) and try to get their work done by the minister. In the process many hurdles come across them. Edu Kondalu roughs up a few of the MLA's goons and is always at loggerheads with his henchmen. After all this, Byragi Naidu begins to show his true colors and plans to butcher Edu Kondalu as he is forming as an obstruction to his underground activities, unknowingly. Then, the protagonist of the story decides to teach the MLA a lesson, get his job done of closing down the factory. Swapna (Reema Sen) is a journalist who stays in Edu Kondalu's locality and has a heavy crush on him. She also helps him in pinning down the minister. The remaining plot is how intelligently Edu Kondalu outclasses the minister and earns good name. Also in the plot, the hero makes use of Shakeela's films to defame the minister and she herself makes an appearance in the film.
Qaidi
Qaidi (2002)
, 2h5
Directed by T L V Prasad
Genres Action
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Nirmal Pandey, Raza Murad, Vishwajeet Pradhan, Archana, Raju Srivastava
Rating59% 2.980292.980292.980292.980292.98029
Qaidi is a revenge film starring Mithun Chakraborty, Nirmal Pandey, Raza Murad, Roshni, Archana
Nishad
Nishad (2002)
, 1h58
Directed by Shaji N. Karun
Genres Drama
Actors Rajit Kapur, Archana, Ram Gopal Bajaj, Talluri Rameshwari
Roles Sati Gujaral
Rating58% 2.9277152.9277152.9277152.9277152.927715
Sati Gujaral is a music teacher in a school for Tibetan children run by the Tibetan government-in-exile and her husband Gopi Gujaral is a doctor in a government hospital. Their only son, Ashok is a pilot with the Indian Air Force. The atmosphere is tense with the possibility of a war between India and Pakistan. Ashok calls home unerringly every week bringing joy and some comfort to the anxious mother. One day she gets a mistaken call from a young boy trying desperately to reach his mother. The anxiety is compounded when her own son's call doesn't arrive at the appointed hour. The next call reveals that the child has died.
Tarkieb
Tarkieb (2000)

Directed by Esmayeel Shroff
Actors Nana Patekar, Tabu, Shilpa Shetty, Archana, Aditya Pancholi, Milind Soman
Rating51% 2.567722.567722.567722.567722.56772
A clotheswashgirl finds a hand in a creek where she was washing clothes. She and other clotheswashmen nearby gather together and summon the police. After an investigation, the police find various parts of this body, and determine it to be that of a young woman. They do not succeed in finding the head of the corpse, and a check with missing persons produces negative results. When Inspector Pyare Mohan, who was assigned to this investigation, receives a threat by an anonymous caller on the phone, he recommends that this file be closed. Then additional evidence surfaces, and the case is turned over to CBI Office Jasraj Patel, who along with his assistant, Gangaram, arrive to take over this investigation. They find out that the corpse is indeed of a young woman, Roshni Choubey. Roshni comes from a poor family of four unmarried sisters. Roshni seemed to be involved with several men, including Dr. Kamal Dogra (Ashutosh Rana), Mohan Multani (Aditya Pancholi), Captain Ajit Verma (Milind Soman) and Bishen Nanda (Akhilendra Mishra) - all of who have a motive for killing her and disposing off her body. Who is the real killer - is the challenge that now faces Jasraj, apart from the telephonic threat that he too has received from the anonymous caller. Patel delves into the case even more deeply, putting his life at risk as the killer is constantly trying to bump him off. Eventually, Patel concludes that Roshni might not be killed by any of the men she was involved with.
Phool Aur Aag, 2h5
Directed by T L V Prasad
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Pramod Moutho, Jackie Shroff, Disha Vakani, Ayesha Jhulka, Archana
Rating49% 2.4596252.4596252.4596252.4596252.459625
Phool Aur Aag is an Action entertainer and Mithun playing the lead role, supported by Jackie Shroff
Enchantment
Genres Drama
Actors Murali, Nedumudi Venu, Archana, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Bindu Panicker
Roles Pennu
Rating59% 2.984422.984422.984422.984422.98442
Sammohanam tells the story of a mysteriously seductive girl, Pennu (Archana) in a quiet village to which she has temporarily relocated, in search of her missing grandfather, Karuvan Valyachan. She creates a strange chasm among male folks, breaking marriages and old friendships. Chandu (Murali), a wealthy farmer who owns paddy fields was the first to fall for her charms and even breaks up with his wife Jaanu (Bindu Panicker) and family. Later when Pennu started wooing Chindan (Balakrishnan), a jaggery mill owner and a close friend of Chandu, he cannot stand it and attacked Chindan with a sickle, chopping off his earlobe. Then comes Ummini (Nedumudi Venu), a travelling seller with his pair of horses. He is an old alley of Pennu's grandfather. Soon he too got enchanted and fell for Pennu's charm. Ambu (Sarath), a helper of Chandu also has a hidden passion for Pennu, even though he is much younger to Pennu. Chandu sees Ummini and Pennu together and becomes angry and fought Ummini with his sickle. Ambu tries to intervene and gets accidentally knifed to death by Chandu. Chandu out of guilt and grief commits suicide by jumping in to a waterfall. Finally Pennu leaves the village alone, after torching her house, having fractured the village community with her sexuality.
Yamanam
Yamanam (1992)
, 1h39
Directed by Bharath Gopi
Actors Archana, Santha Devi, Nedumudi Venu

A physically disabled girl Ambili (Archana) is restricted to a wheelchair because of a childhood attack of polio. Unable to move out of home, she has only to fantasize the exteriors. She turns terribly introvert, fathoming the truth within and becoming positive towards people. She is skilled at making models and toys. She and her widowed mother are gradually sidelined in their own home by her brother Devan and his wife Raji.