Archana Sharma, also credited as Ayshickka Sharma, is an

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and model, who appears in Kollywood and Tollywood

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s. She made her acting debut in ''

Thozhi ''Thozhi'' () is a 2009 Tamil language romantic drama film directed by Elango Lakshman. The film stars Prabha and newcomer Dwaraka, Shyam Ganesh and Manikka Vinayagam, with Tirupur Selvaraj, Bharath, Venkat and Vijaya Manohari playing supporting ...

'' (2009). She is currently pursuing her MBA from ISBR Chennai.

Career

Sharma hails from

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. She was born in

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and lived in Mumbai before she came to

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. Before she became an actress, she did modelling. She has done over forty commercials, which include ads for Francis Alukkas jewellery and textiles in Chennai and Kerala, RmKV, Univercell mobiles,

City Union Bank City Union Bank Limited is an Indian private sector bank headquartered in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu. The bank was initially named Kumbakonam Bank Limited, and was incorporated on 31 October 1904. The bank preferred the role of a regional bank in ...

and Pigeon cooker. She completed her engineering in Computer Science from Saveetha Engineering college, thandalam, chennai She is trained in

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and has received the

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. She is also a trained

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dancer. She is doing her

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from ISBR Chennai. She was introduced by director Elango Lakshmanan in the Tamil film ''

'' (2009). She later acted in

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's ''

Veluthu Kattu ''Veluthu Kattu'' () is a 2010 Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Senapathi Magan. The film stars newcomers Kathir and Arundhati, with Archana Sharma, Pavina, L. Raja, Karate Raja, Muthuraj and Vishwanth playing supporting roles. ...

'' and with

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in ''Othigai''. She made her Tollywood debut with

R. P. Patnaik Ravindra Prasad Patnaik is an Indian music composer, singer, actor, screenwriter and film director who works in Telugu, Kannada and Tamil. He won three Filmfare Awards and three Nandi Awards. He has toured the world to perform his live shows. ...

's ''

Friends Book ''Friends Book'' is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language suspense drama film directed by R. P. Patnaik (who also composed the music). The film stars Nishal, Nanduri Uday, Surya Teja, and Archana Sharma. Cast *Nishal as Nischal *Nanduri Uday as Aksh ...

''. She will make her Malayalam debut with ''Second Innings''. She acts as Parvathy Maria Columbus who is in love with Manu Madhav, played by

Rajeev Pillai Rajeev Govinda Pillai is an Indian actor from Malayalam cinema. His acting debut was in the movie ''City of God (2011 film), City of God'' directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery (2011) where he played one of the heroes. His popularity further increa ...

. While shooting a song at

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, she and her co-star Rajeev Pillai almost fell off a cliff.

Filmography

References

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