Archana Shastry[1] is an Indian actress known for her work predominately in Telugu films.
[2] Debuting as Veda in the Telugu film Tapana (2004), she subsequently changed her stage name to Archana.
[3] 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.
[4] In November 2019, she married Jagadeesh Bakthavachalam, vice president of a health-care company.