Archana Shastry
Indian actress
Archana Shastry is an Indian actress known for her work predominantly in Telugu films.
Career
Debuting as Veda in the Telugu film Tapana (2004), she subsequently changed her stage name to Archana. 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.
Personal life
In November 2019, she married Jagadeesh Bakthavachalam, vice president of a health-care company.
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