Archana (actress)

Archana
Archana
	Archana receiving National Film Award for Best Actress from The President of India for her performance in the Telugu film, Daasi (1988)
Born	Sudha; Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Actress

Archana (born as Sudha) is an Indian actress and Kuchipudi and Kathak dancer, known for her works in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada films and regarded as one of the great actress in Indian cinema for her performances . She is the recipient of two National Film Awards.^[1]^[2]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1980	Thai Pongal		Tamil
1980	Thunive Thozhan		Tamil
1981	Madhura Geetam		Telugu
1982	Kadhal Oviyam		Tamil
1983	Vasanthame Varuga		Tamil
1983	Police Venkataswamy		Telugu
1984	Neengal Kettavai	Radha	Tamil
1984	Premigala Saval		Kannada
1985	Thammil Thammil	Gayathri	Malayalam
	Yemaatrathe Yemaaraathe		Tamil
	Puyal Kadantha Boomi		Tamil
1986	Malamukalile Daivam	Marie	Malayalam
	Nireekshana	Tulasi	Telugu
	Belli Naaga		Kannada
	Guri	Shantadevi	Kannada
	Ladies Tailor	Sujatha	Telugu
1987	Rettai Vaal Kuruvi	Tulasi	Tamil
1987	Ondu Muttina Kathe	Kaaki	Kannada
1988	Daasi	Kamakshi	Telugu
	Ukku Sankellu		Telugu
	Veedu	Sudha	Tamil
	Sri Vemana Charitra	Vishwada	Telugu
1989	Piravi	Chakyar's daughter	Malayalam
	Sandhya Raagam	Thulasi	Tamil
	Bagh Bahadur	Radha	Bengali
1990	Matti Manushulu		Telugu
1991	Vidhata	Jwala	Telugu	^[3]
	Vaidehi Vandhachu		Tamil
	Bharat Bandh		Telugu
	Onnaam Muhurtham	Radhika Vishwanath	Malayalam
1992	Chakravyuham		Telugu
	Prema Drohi		Telugu
	Yamanam	Ambil	Malayalam
1993	Mo Kanhure		Odia
1994	Pachcha Toranam		Telugu
1994	Sammohanam	Pennu	Malayalam
1996	Madamma		Malayalam
1996	Huliya	Mydani	Kannada
2002	Nishad	Sati Gujaral	Hindi
2007	Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram	Meenakshi	Tamil
2007	Onbadhu Roobai Nottu	Velayi	Tamil
2018	Kinar	Suganthi	Malayalam
	Keni	Suganthi	Tamil
	Seethakaathi	Lakshmi
2019	Namma Veettu Pillai	Thenmozhi
2019	Azhiyatha Kolangal 2	Mohana
2022	Chor Bazaar	Bachchan Saab's guardian	Telugu
2025	Shashtipoorthi		Telugu

Television

Meenakshi Ponnunga (2022–2023) on Zee Tamil as Meenakshi

Accolades


Year	Awards	Category	Film
1986	Nandi Awards	Nandi Special Jury Award	Nireekshana (1986)
1988	National Film Awards	Best Actress	Veedu (1987)
1989	Filmfare Awards South	Best Actress – Tamil	Veedu (1987)
1989	National Film Awards	Best Actress	Daasi (1988)
2007	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards	Best Character Artiste (Female)^[4]	Onbadhu Roobai Nottu (2007)

References

^ "Waiting for good roles: Archana". The Hindu. 4 May 2007. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
^ "Star Talk - Archana". IndiaGlitz. 22 August 2007. Archived from the original on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
^ "Vidhata 1991 Telugu Movie Cast Crew, Actors, Director, Vidhata Producer, Banner, Music Director, Singers & Lyricists". MovieGQ. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
^ "Rajini, Kamal win best actor awards". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 29 September 2009. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2009.

External links

Archana at IMDb

[1] "Waiting for good roles: Archana". The Hindu. 4 May 2007. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2010.

[2] "Star Talk - Archana". IndiaGlitz. 22 August 2007. Archived from the original on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2010.

[3] "Vidhata 1991 Telugu Movie Cast Crew, Actors, Director, Vidhata Producer, Banner, Music Director, Singers & Lyricists". MovieGQ. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[:0-4] "Rajini, Kamal win best actor awards". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 29 September 2009. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2009.

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