Archana Joglekar

Archana Joglekar is an Indian actress and classical dancer. She has acted in Marathi, Odia and Hindi films and television serials. Some of her noted films are Sansar (Hindi), Nivdung (1989),Eka Peksha Ek(1990) (Marathi) and Anapekshit (Marathi). She is a Kathak dancer and choreographer.^[2] She was trained in Kathak by her mother, Asha Joglekar, a Kathak dancer and instructor. In 1963, her mother founded a dance school in Mumbai called Archana Nrityalaya. In 1999, Joglekar opened a branch of this dance school in New Jersey, US.^[3]

Archana Joglekar
Born	1963 Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Occupation(s)	Classical dancer, Actor
Years active	1987–2012
Spouse	Nirmal Mulye ​ (m. 1999)​ [1]
Children	1

Career

She Made Her Debut in Marathi Films with Khichdi and gain Recognition with Superhit Marathi Movie Ardhangi. She was Cast Opposite Ajinkya Deo In Ardhangi.

She was known for her roles in Odia, Marathi, and Hindi movies. She also starred alongside Arun Govil in Phoolwanti and Nitish Bharadwaj in Anpekshit.^[4]

The actress made her mark in the movie Sansar alongside Rekha, Raj Babbar, and Anupam Kher. Her role as Rajni in the film earned her recognition. She also appeared in other Hindi movies like Mardangi, Aatank Hi Aatank, and Aag Se Khelenge. Her work extended to Marathi cinema, with praise for her performances in Eka Peksha Ek and Anpekshit. She won best actress Maharashtra state award for film Anpekshit. ^[5]

She also appeared on television shows, with roles in serials like Chunauti, Karmabhoomi, Chahat Aur Nafrat, and Kissa Shanti Ka. She then disappeared from the silver screen.^[6]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1985	Khichdi	Hema	Marathi	Debut film
	Ardhangi	Archana		Lead role
1987	Mardon Mein Mard	Sheela	Hindi	Hindi debut
	Sansar	Rajni Sharma-Fernandez		Supporting role[7]
1988	Suna Chadhei	Bandana (Binni) Das	Odia	Odia debut
	Rangat Sangat	Geeta	Marathi	Lead role
	Mardangi	Sona Singh	Hindi
1989	Billoo Badshah	Nisha T. Mirchandani		Supporting role
	Aag Se Khelenge	Sunita
	Nivdung	Chitra	Marathi	Lead role
1990	Maa Kasam Badla Loonga	Sikander/ Roopa	Hindi
	Eka Peksha Ek	Sona	Marathi
1991	Baat Hai Pyaar Ki	Anjali	Hindi
	Anpekshit	Meghana Varde	Marathi
1993	Aakanksha	Manju	Marathi
1995	Mogamul	Yamuna	Tamil	Tamil debut
	Aatank Hi Aatank	Razia Pathan[8]	Hindi	Lead role
1998	Stree	Barsha	Odia
2012	Married 2 America	Anjali Malhotra	Hindi

Television

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
1987	Chunauti	Archana	[9]
1990	Karmabhoomi	Sakina
1992	Phoolwanti	Phoolwanti
1995	Kissa Shanti Ka	Shanti	[10]
1999	Chahat Aur Nafrat	Pooja

Controversy

While filming a movie in Odisha on November 30, 1997, Joglekar was the victim of an attempted rape. The police made an arrest on December 1, 1997. In April 2010, a court in Bhubaneswar sentenced the perpetrator to 18 months in jail.^[11][12]