Archana (born as Sudha) is an Indian actress and

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dancer, known for her works in

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Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

films. She is the recipient of two

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Early life

Archana was born in

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, India as Sudha. During her childhood, her family moved to

Madras Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

(Present day

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Filmography

Tamil

* ''Thai Ponggal'' (1980) * ''Thunive Thozhan'' (1980) * '' Kadhal Oviyam'' (1982) * ''Vasanthame Varuga'' (1983) * ''

Neengal Kettavai ''Neengal Kettavai'' () is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language masala film written and directed by Balu Mahendra. It stars Thiagarajan, Bhanu Chander, Archana and Silk Smitha in major roles, while Jaishankar had an extended cameo as the antagonist. ...

'' as Radha (1984) * ''

Yemaatrathe Yemaaraathe ''Yemaatrathe Yemaaraathe'' () is a 1985 Tamil-language action film directed by V. C. Guhanathan. The film stars Vijayakanth, Archana and Anuradha . Cast *Vijayakanth * Archana * Anuradha * Vijayakumar * Sumithra * Nizhalgal Ravi Soundtra ...

'' (1985) * ''Puyal Kadantha Boomi'' (1985) * ''

Rettai Vaal Kuruvi ''Rettai Vaal Kuruvi'' () is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film, starring Mohan, Raadhika and Archana. It is based on the 1984 American film ''Micki & Maude''. The film was released on 27 February 1987. Plot The story sets ...

'' (1987) * ''

Veedu ''Veedu'' () is a 1988 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Balu Mahendra. Starring Archana as the central character, it depicts the difficulties faced by a middle-class family in building a house. Apart from directing, Balu Mahendra wrote th ...

'' (1988) as Sudha * '' Sandhya Ragam'' (1989) * ''Vaidehi Vandhachu'' (1991) * ''

Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram ''Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram'' () is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language crime action film directed by Suresh Krissna. It stars Dhanush, Meera Jasmine and Archana. The film is a remake of 2005 Kannada blockbuster film '' Jogi''. The film revolv ...

'' (2007) as Meenakshi * ''

Onbadhu Roobai Nottu ''Onbadhu Roobai Nottu'' () is a 2007 Tamil-language drama film directed by Thangar Bachan, based on Bachan's own same-titled novel. It depicts the tragic life and fall of Madhava Padayachi, a simple villager, played by Sathyaraj, and his family. ...

'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2018) * ''

Seethakaathi ''Seethakaathi'' is a 2018 Tamil-language magic realism comedy film written and directed by Balaji Tharaneetharan, starring Vijay Sethupathi in his 25th lead role in a film. The film began production in April 2017. Upon release the film received ...

'' (2018) * ''

Namma Veettu Pillai ''Namma Veettu Pillai'' () is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language action comedy drama film written and directed by Pandiraj and produced by Kalanithi Maran under the banner Sun Pictures. The film stars Sivakarthikeyan and Aishwarya Rajesh, with a sup ...

'' (2019) as Thenmozhi, Arumpon's mother * ''

Azhiyatha Kolangal 2 ''Azhiyatha Kolangal 2'' is a 2019 Tamil-language drama film written and directed by M. R. Bharathi and produced by Easwari Rao. The film features starring Prakash Raj, Revathi and Archana (actress), Archana in the leading roles, while Nassar (a ...

'' (2019)

Telugu

* ''Madhura Geetam'' (1981) * ''

Nireekshana ''Nireekshana'' () is a 1986 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film co-written, directed, filmed, and edited by Balu Mahendra. Produced by Linga Raju, the film stars Bhanu Chander and Archana. Allu Ramalingaiah, P. L. Narayana and Rallap ...

'' (1982) * ''

Ladies Tailor ''Ladies Tailor'' is a 1986 Indian Telugu-language comedy film, produced by K. Sarada Devi under the Sri Sravanthi Movies banner, presented by Sravanthi Ravi Kishore and written and directed by Vamsy. It stars Rajendra Prasad and Archana, with ...

'' (1986) * ''Ukku Sankellu'' (1988) * '' Daasi'' (1988) as Kamakshi; Nominated-

Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu The Filmfare Best Actress Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Telugu films. The awards were extended to "Best Actress" in 1972. Film world, p 43 The year indicates the year of release of ...

* ''Yogi Vemana'' (1988) as Vishwada * ''

Matti Manushulu ''Matti Manushulu'' () is a 1990 Indian Telugu-language drama film written and directed by B. Narsing Rao starring Archana. The film won the Best Feature Film in Telugu at the 38th National Film Awards, "For portraying the stark reality of pain ...

'' (1990) * ''

Bharat Bandh ''Bharat Bandh'' is a 1991 Telugu political thriller film directed by Kodi Ramakrishna and produced by A. Subhash. The film stars Vinod Kumar, Archana, Rahman and Costumes Krishna in the lead roles. The music was composed by Vijaya Shekhar. ...

'' (1991) * ''

Chakravyuham ''Chakravyuham'' ( te, చక్రవ్యూహం) is a Telugu suspense film directed by Balu Mahendra starring Suman, Gautami, and Archana. The music was composed by Maestro Ilaiyaraaja. This movie was released in the year 1992. Plot The ...

'' (1992) * ''Pachcha Toranam'' (1994) * ''Police Venkataswamy (1983)''

Malayalam

* ''

Thammil Thammil ''Thammil Thammil'' is a 1985 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Sajan and produced by Thomas Mathew. The film stars Mammootty, Rahman, Shobhana and Thilakan. The film has musical score by Ravindran. Cast *Mammootty as Dr. Rajagopal *A ...

'' (1985) * '' Malamukalile Daivam'' (1986) as Marie * ''

Piravi ''Piravi'' ( en, italic=yes, The Birth) is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Shaji N. Karun. It stars Premji, Archana and Lakshmi Krishnamurthy. The film is based on the life of professor T. V. Eachara Warrier, whose son ...

'' (1989) as Chakyar's daughter * ''

Onnaam Muhurtham ''Onnaam Muhurtham'' is a 1991 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Rahim Chelavoor. The film stars Mukesh, Sukumaran, Archana and Siddique in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Kannur Rajan. Cast *Mukesh as Vishwanathan *Su ...

'' (1991) as Radhika Vishwanath * ''

Yamanam '' Yamanam'' is a 1992 Malayalam film, directed by Bharath Gopi, and starring Archana, Santha Devi, Syama and Nedumudi Venu. Plot A physically disabled girl Ambili ( Archana) is restricted to a wheelchair because of a childhood attack of polio. ...

'' (1992) as Ambil * ''

Sammohanam ''Sammohanam'' () is a 2018 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film written and directed by Mohana Krishna Indraganti. Produced by Sivalenka Krishna Prasad, it features Sudheer Babu and Aditi Rao Hydari in the lead roles. The music was compo ...

'' (1994) as Pennu * ''Madamma'' (1996) * '' Kinar'' (2018)

Kannada

* '' Premigala Saval'' (1984) * ''

Belli Naaga ''Belli Naaga'' (Kannada: ಬೆಳ್ಳಿನಾಗ) is a Kannada films of 1986, 1986 Indian Kannada film, directed by N. S. Dhananjaya (Datthu) and produced by A. R. Raju. The film stars Tiger Prabhakar, Nalini (actress), Nalini, Dinesh an ...

'' (1986) * '' Guri'' (1986) as ''Shantadevi'' * ''

Ondu Muttina Kathe ''Ondu Muttina Kathe'' () is a 1987 Indian Kannada language film directed by Shankar Nag, starring Rajkumar and Archana. It is based on John Steinbeck's 1947 novella '' The Pearl''. This was the last directorial of Shankar Nag. It is also the ...

'' (1987) as ''Kaaki'' * ''

Huliya ''Huliya'' is a 1996 Indian Kannada-language action drama film written and directed by K. V. Raju and produced by G. Govind and Kadur Ramesh under the Shri Raghavendra Films banner. It stars Devaraj and Archana. Apart from them, the film stars ...

'' (1996) as ''Mydani''

Bengali

* ''

Bagh Bahadur ''Bagh Bahadur'' ( bn, বাঘ বাহাদুর, translation: ''The Tiger Dancer'') is a 1989 Bengali drama film directed and written by Buddhadev Dasgupta. The film is about a man who paints himself as a tiger and dances in a village in ...

'' (1989) as Radha

Hindi

* Umang'' (1970) * ''

Buddha Mil Gaya ''Buddha Mil Gaya'' () is a List of Bollywood films of 1971, 1971 Hindi-language comedy thriller film, produced by L.B. Lachman and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The film stars Om Prakash, Navin Nischol, Deven Verma, Archana, Sonia Sahni, A ...

'' (1971) as Deepa * ''

Nishad The Nishad are a Hindu caste, found in the Indian states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. In Bihar, the term refers to a group of around 20 communities whose traditional occupations centred on rivers, such as the Mallah. There have been demands for t ...

'' (2002) as Sati Gujaral

English

* ''Gangapur''

Television

*''

Meenakshi Ponnunga ''Meenakshi Ponnunga'' ( ''Meenakshi's daughters'') is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language television drama airing on Zee Tamil and streams on digital platform ZEE5. The series premiered on 1 August 2022, it stars Archana with Soundarya Reddy and Ary ...

'' on

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Accolades

References

External links

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Archana at MSI
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