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]

Apart from acting, she is also a trained Bharatanatyam dancer.^[5]

Career

She is one of the few Indian actresses to take up mother roles at a young age.^[6][7] Her dialogue in the first film - ninna hinde savra jana nintidaare anno dhairya ninagidre bari ond yudha gelbahudu ade neen munde idiya anta hinde iro saavra janak dhairya bandre prapanchaane gelbahudu - which translated to "If you gain courage because a thousand people are standing behind you, then you can only win a war. But if a thousand people standing behind get courage because you are standing in the front, then you can conquer the world" became popular.^[8] She started her career with playing lead roles in television soaps Durga and Mahadevi.^[5] Jois played the second female lead in films such as Vijayaratha and the Marathi film Rajkumar.^[9][10]

She played one of the main leads in Hondisi Bareyiri (2023).^[11] She was then seen in the movie Mute.^{[12][13][14][15]} Her next films were Kshetrapthi (2023) and Ghost (2023), in which she played a news reporter.^[16][17] She will be seen essaying an important role in Ajay Rao starrer Yuudhakanda directed by Pavan Bhat.^[18] She played a journalist role in the yet-to-release Nakshe.^[19] She was a part of the film Kalankata, which is yet to release.^[20]

Filmography

Television