Archana Jois

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.

Apart from acting, she is also a trained Bharatanatyam dancer.

Career
She is one of the few Indian actresses to take up mother roles at a young age. 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. She started her career with playing lead roles in television soaps Durga and Mahadevi. Jois played the second female lead in films such as Vijayaratha and the Marathi film Rajkumar.

She played one of the main leads in Hondisi Bareyiri (2023). She was then seen in the movie Mute. Her next films were Kshetrapthi (2023) and Ghost (2023), in which she played a news reporter. She will be seen essaying an important role in Ajay Rao starrer Yuudhakanda directed by Pavan Bhat. She played a journalist role in the yet-to-release Nakshe. She was a part of the film Kalankata, which is yet to release.