Archana (Veda) is a south Indian actress who mainly acts in Telugu films. Her real name is Veda Archana Sastry and she was born on 8th October 1982 at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. She made her film debut in 2004 through telugu movie 'Tapana' directed by Tejesh Dhanaraj. Since then she acted over 30 films in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada languages.