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{{Infobox person
| name = Archana Sharma
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|17 October 1986}}
| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
| other_names = Ayshickka Sharma
| occupation = Actress, model
| yearsactive = 2008—2020
| spouse(s) =
}}
'''Archana Sharma''', also credited as '''Ayshickka Sharma''', is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[actor|actress]] and model, who appears in Kollywood and Tollywood [[film]]s. She made her acting debut in ''[[Thozhi]]'' (2009). She is currently pursuing her MBA from ISBR Chennai.

==Career==
Sharma hails from [[Bihar]]. She was born in [[Bangalore]] and lived in Mumbai before she came to [[Chennai]].<ref name="cinegoer1">{{cite web |url=http://www.cinegoer.net/telugu-cinema/interviews/interview-with-ayshickka-sharma-251211.html |title=Ayshickka Sharma | Actress Ayshickka Sharma | RP Patnaik Facebook | Sarathkumar - Interviews |publisher=CineGoer.com |date=25 December 2011 |access-date=8 September 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130908185752/http://www.cinegoer.net/telugu-cinema/interviews/interview-with-ayshickka-sharma-251211.html |archive-date=8 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Before she became an actress, she did modelling. She has done over forty commercials, which include ads for Francis Alukkas jewellery and textiles in Chennai and Kerala, RmKV, Univercell mobiles, [[City Union Bank]] and Pigeon cooker.<ref name="Name *">{{cite web|url=http://businessoftollywood.com/2011/10/ayshickka-sharma/ |title=Ayshickka Sharma Interview |publisher=Business of Tollywood |date=22 October 2011 |access-date=8 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131201033205/http://businessoftollywood.com/2011/10/ayshickka-sharma/ |archive-date=1 December 2013 }}</ref>
She completed her engineering in Computer Science from Saveetha Engineering college , thandalam, chennai
She is trained in [[Martial arts]] and has received the [[Black belt (martial arts)|Black Belt]].<ref name="Name *"/> She is also a trained [[Bharatanatyam]] dancer.<ref name="Name *"/> She is doing her [[MBA]] from ISBR Chennai.<ref name="cinegoer1"/>

She was introduced by director Elango Lakshmanan in the Tamil film ''[[Thozhi]]'' (2009).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/cp/2009/05/22/stories/2009052250090300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525150728/http://www.hindu.com/cp/2009/05/22/stories/2009052250090300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 May 2009 |title=Cinema Plus / Columns : Bihar beauty |date=22 May 2009 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=8 September 2013}}</ref> She later acted in [[S. A. Chandrasekhar]]'s ''[[Veluthu Kattu]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/new-songs-new-faces/article447248.ece |title=New songs, new faces |work=The Hindu|date=6 June 2010 |access-date=8 September 2013}}</ref> and with [[Jai Akash]] in ''Othigai''.<ref>{{cite web|author=s.r. ashok kumar |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/the-end/article2309323.ece |title=The end |work=The Hindu|date=31 July 2011 |access-date=8 September 2013}}</ref> She made her Tollywood debut with [[R. P. Patnaik]]'s ''[[Friends Book]]''.<ref name="indiatimes1">{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-17/news-and-interviews/37786616_1_m-town-debut-tinsel-town-debut-mollywood |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130519171041/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-17/news-and-interviews/37786616_1_m-town-debut-tinsel-town-debut-mollywood |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 May 2013 |title=Ayshickka to make her M-Town debut|date=17 March 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=8 September 2013}}</ref> She will make her Malayalam debut with ''Second Innings''.<ref name="indiatimes1"/> She acts as Parvathy Maria Columbus who is in love with Manu Madhav, played by [[Rajeev Pillai]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Vijay George |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/turning-a-new-leaf/article4605811.ece |title=Turning a new leaf |work=The Hindu|date=11 April 2013 |access-date=8 September 2013}}</ref> While shooting a song at [[Peermade]], she and her co-star Rajeev Pillai almost fell off a cliff.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-03/news-and-interviews/39007779_1_rajeev-pillai-aishika-film-crew |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130908193838/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-03/news-and-interviews/39007779_1_rajeev-pillai-aishika-film-crew |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 September 2013 |title=The actual stunts that we do involve more risks|date=3 May 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=8 September 2013}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Role !! Language!! Notes
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Thozhi]]'' || Saranya || Tamil || Credited as Dwaraka
|-
| rowspan="2"|2010 || ''[[Puzhal (film)|Puzhal]]'' || Rita || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Veluthu Kattu]]'' || Janani || Tamil ||
|-
| rowspan="4"|2011 || ''Amsaveni'' || || Tamil||
|-
|-
| ''Oththigai'' || Nazarath || Tamil ||
|-
| ''Ramanathapuram'' || || Tamil ||
|-
| rowspan="3"|2012 || ''Nischhala'' || || Telugu ||
|-
| ''[[Friends Book]]'' || Nithya || Telugu ||
|-
| ''Mango'' || || Telugu ||
|-
||2013 || ''Second Innings'' || Parvathy Maria Columbus || Malayalam ||
|-
|| 2020 || ''Veer Yodhara Mahabali'' || Archana || Bhojpuri ||

|}

==References==
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