Archana Biography (Tamil)

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.

Early life and career

She is a graduate in acting from the Tamil Nadu Institute of Film Technology.

She then acted in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam language films, under directors such as B. Narsing Rao, Balu Mahendra, P. N. Menon, Shankar Nag and Vamsi.

Awards and honors

Filmfare Awards South

Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Tamil - Veedu in 1988

National Film Awards

National Film Award for Best Actress, for Veedu in 1987

National Film Award for Best Actress for Daasi in 1988

Nandi Awards

Nandi Special Jury Award - Nireekshana in 1987

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Character Artiste (Female)- Onbadhu Roobai Nottu

Filmography

Yaadon Ki Baaraat (Hindi, 1973)

Nireekshana (Telugu, 1982) with Bhanu Chander

Thammil Thammil (Malayalam 1985) with Mammootty

Ladies Tailor (Telugu, 1985) as Sujatha

Ondu Muttina Kathe (Kannada, 1987) with Rajkumar

Guri (1986) (Kannada with Rajkumar

Daasi (Telugu, 1988) as Kamakshi; Won National Award for Best Actress

Piravi (Malayalam, 1989) as Chakyar's daughter

Veedu (1988) as Sudha with Bhanu Chander; Won National Award for Best Actress

Yogi Vemana (1988) as Viswada

Bagh Bahadur (Bengali, 1989) as Radha

Matti Manushulu (1990)

Yamanam (Malayalam, 1992) as Ambili

Sammohanam (Malayalam, 1994) as Pennu

Nishad (2002) as Sati Gujaral

Onbadhu Roobai Nottu (Tamil, 2007) with Sathyaraj

Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram (Tamil, 2007) as Meenakshi

Puyal Kadantha Boomi - Karthik

Sandhya Ragam - Bhanu Chander

Rettai vaal Kuruvi - Mohan, Radhika

Vasanthame Varuga - Bhanu Chander

Neengal Kettavai - Bhanu Chander

Gangapur (English)

Bharath Bandh (Telugu)

Premigal Saval (Kannada)