Veda Shastri is an Indian film actress who works in the South Indian film industries. Predominantly appearing in Telugu films, Veda has also starred in several Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada movies. The actress made her debut in 2009 with the Telugu movie Tapana (2004) and was credited as `Veda`. However, she later changed her stage name to "Archana". Some of her notable roles have come with the movies Nenu (2004), Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana (2006), Sri Ramadasu (2006), Yamadonga (2007), Aa Dinagalu (2007), Kamalatho Naa Prayanam (2013) and Mythri (2015). In 2017 Archana made her Hindi film debut with director Dhwanil Mehta`s movie, The Final Exit. The cast also includes Kunaal Roy Kapur, Elena Kazan, Reyhna Malhotra, Archana Shastry and Scarlett Wilson.