Archana Jois
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Archana Jois | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2015–present |
| Spouse | Shreyas J Udupa[1] |
Archana Jois is an Indian actress who appears in Kannada films. Jois is known for her role as Shanthamma, Rocky's mother in K.G.F film series.[2][3][4] She also received Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film #Mute (2022).
Apart from acting, she is also a trained Bharatanatyam dancer.[5]
Archana Jois is one of the few Indian actresses to take up mother roles at a young age.[6][7] She started her career with playing lead roles in television soaps Durga and Mahadevi.[5] she played the second female lead in films such as Vijayaratha and the Marathi film Rajkumar.[8][9]
She played one of the main leads in Hondisi Bareyiri (2023).[10] She was then seen in the movie #Mute (2022).[11][12][13][14] Despite winning a state award for the film, a critic from OTTplay rated the film 1.5/5 stars and called her performance "lacklustre".[15] Her next films were Kshetrapthi (2023) and Ghost (2023) as a news reporter.[16][17] She essayed an important role in the Ajay Rao-starrer Yuddhakaanda Chapter 2 (2025) directed by Pavan Bhat.[18]