Archana Puran Singh
Archana at Comedy Circus Ka Jadoo Grand Finale
Born	(1962-09-26) September 26, 1962 (age 50) Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Occupation	Actress, Reality television judge
Years active	1982–present
Spouse(s)	Parmeet Sethi

Archana Puran Singh (nickname - Archie) (born 26 September 1962) ^[1] is an Indian television presenter and film actress. She is most known for comedy roles (laughter queen) , and as a judge on comedy shows,^[2] like Sony TV India's Comedy Circus.

Career [edit]

In Mumbai, she started doing ad-films, and was successful after her most famous ad for Band-Aid. The ad was produced by Jalal Agha, and noticing her talent he cast her in the lead role in his serial, Mr and Mrs. Her next big break came with Pankaj Parasher's Karamchand.^[3]

Film career [edit]

She made her film debut in 1987, in the film Jalwa opposite Naseeruddin Shah. Although the film was a big hit, Archana failed to catch the eye of the leading producers and directors, she received offers mainly for B-grade movies most of which were short on content and more of soft porn type. Later, she did small roles in big banner films like Agneepath (1990), Saudagar (1991), Shola aur Shabnam (1992), Aashiq Awara (1993), and Raja Hindustani (1996) ; she also did item songs in films like, the Govinda starrer thriller Baaz, and Suniel Shetty starrer, Judge Mujrim.

Thereafter, she has largely restricted herself to supporting roles in Hindi Films, often in comedies. Some of her recent films include Love Story 2050, Mohabbatein, Krrish,^[4] Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Masti and Bol Bachchan. Amongst these, she is possibly best remembered for essaying the role of the flirtatious college professor Miss Braganza in the blockbuster Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and for 2006 hit Krrish as Priya(Priyanka chopra)'s boss. In 2009 she starred in the Punjabi film Tera Mera Ki Rishta.

TV career [edit]

She became a television anchor, with her popular TV show Wah, Kya Scene Hai on Zee TV in 1993,^[5] which was followed by the highly successful, Uncensored, in which she introduced High Society (HS) and Low Society (LS) concept, and sitcoms like, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, Shrimaan Shrimati and Archana Talkies on Sony TV India.^[6]

Later in her career, she received offers from television producers and most of her serials were successful like Junoon and Shriman Shrimati. She also started hosting chat shows featuring celebrity guests.

In television, she first entered with her tongue and cheek show, Kya Scene Hai, supplying Bollywood gossip in the 1990s.

In 2005, she was a contestant in the dance reality show, Nach Baliye (Season 1), in which she participated along with her husband, Parmeet Sethi, they were eliminated in the sixth episode.

In 2006, she, along with her husband, hosted another dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 1).

Thereafter, she appeared as a judge on comedy shows, including Sony TV India's Comedy Circus. She appeared as a judge in Comedy Circus (season 1) (2007) and Comedy Circus (season 2) (2008).^[7] In January 2008, she hosted Kaho Na Yaar Hai on Star Plus, along with her husband, Parmeet Sethi.^[8] With the end of Comedy Circus (season 2) in September 2008, it was followed by another show, Comedy Circus – Kaante Ki Takkar.^[9] After Comedy Circus – Kaante Ki Takkar, she was the judge of Comedy Circus – Teen Ka Tadka, Comedy Circus Ke Superstar, Comedy Circus Ka Jaddo, Jubilee Comedy Circus and Comedy Circus Ke Taansen. Comedy Ka Naya Daur-Tabla toad, Kahaani Comedy Circus ki and the current "Comedy circus ke ajoobe".

Personal life [edit]

She is married to actor Parmeet Sethi and they have two children Aaryamann and Ayushmaan.

Awards [edit]

• 1999: Star Screen Award for Best Comedian: Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
• 1999: Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role: Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (Nomination)^[10]
• 1997: Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress: Raja Hindustani(Nomination)

Filmography [edit]

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• Archana Puran Singh at the Internet Movie Database
• Comedy Circus returns with new faces
• Celebrity studded comedy show