Sharman Joshi (born 28 April 1979) is an Indian actor and television presenter who predominantly works in

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movies, known for his roles in films like ''

Rang De Basanti ''Rang De Basanti'' () is a 2006 Indian drama film written, produced and directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, and co-written by Rensil D'Silva. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Aamir Khan, Siddharth (actor), Siddharth, R. Madhav ...

'' (2006), '' Golmaal'' (2006), ''

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'' (2007) and ''

3 Idiots ''3 Idiots'' (stylized as ''3 idiots'') is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, edited and directed by Rajkumar Hirani, co-written by Abhijat Joshi and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Adapted loosely from ...

'' (2009).

Early life

Joshi belongs to a Gujarati

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family of actors and performing artists. His father, Arvind Joshi, was a veteran of

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, while his aunt

Sarita Joshi Sarita Joshi (''née'' Bhosle) is an Indian stage, television and film actress and is a veteran actress of Gujarati theatre and Marathi theatre and also Marathi cinema. In 2020, she was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian aw ...

(Bhosle) and cousins acted in Marathi and Gujarati theatre. His sister is actress

Manasi Joshi Roy Manasi Joshi Roy is an Indian film and television actress known for her roles in '' Saaya'', '' Gharwali Uparwali'' and ''Kkusum''. She is the wife of actor Rohit Roy, sister of actor Sharman Joshi and daughter of Gujarati theatre actor Arvi ...

and brother-in-law is actor

Rohit Roy Rohit Bose Roy (born 5 April 1969) is an Indian television and film actor. He is known for his role in Hindi television serials such as '' Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand'' and '' Swabhimaan''. Besides working in television series, Roy has also a ...

Personal life

Joshi married Prerana Chopra, daughter of actor

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, on 15 June 2000 at the age of 21. The couple have three children .

Career

Theatre

Joshi has acted, produced and directed stage plays in English,

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and Gujarati languages. He directed and starred in various theatre performances. He appeared as a deaf character in Gujarati version of popular play ''All the Best'', which did over 550 shows in three years. Another one of his popular comedy play was "Ame Layi Gaya, Tame Rahi Gaya" where he played four different roles. In 2016, he made his directorial debut with the Hindi rom-com, Main Aur Tum. It features him in the lead role along with Tejashree Pradhan.

Movies

He made his film debut in the 1999

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, '' Godmother''. This was followed by ''Style'' (2001), produced by N Chandra. ''Style'' was followed by its sequel '' Xcuse Me'' (2003) and other comedies such as '' Shaadi No. 1'' (2005). In 2006, he starred in ''

''. Later that year he starred in the

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film '' Golmaal''. In 2007 he appeared in '' Life in a... Metro'', ''

'', and '' Raqeeb''. The following year saw him as the character Shyam in ''

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'', the film adaptation of

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's novel '' One Night @ the Call Center''. Joshi played the male lead in '' Sorry Bhai!'' in 2008 and one of the three characters (Raju Rastogi) in the 2009 film ''

'', which was based on Chetan Bhagat's novel '' Five Point Someone''. He also played the role of a cop in the

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'' Wajah Tum Ho''. He has played a lead role in the Bollywood movies '' Kaashi in Search of Ganga'' (2018) and '' 3 Storeys.'' He is best known for his role as Raju Rastogi in the movie ''

''. He made his digital debut with

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's production '' Baarish'' in 2019 as the male lead opposite to

Asha Negi Asha Negi (born 23 August 1989) is an Indian television actress. She is known for playing Purvi Deshmukh in '' Pavitra Rishta'' and Gauravi Karmarkar in ''Baarish''. In 2010, Negi debuted into television with the role of Madhura in ''Sapnon Se ...

Other

In 2009, he hosted a

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at Real T.V. called '' PokerFace: Dil Sachcha Chehra Jhootha'', which was based on a British game show called ''

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''. He has been honored with the life membership of International Film and Television Club of

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. Sharman refers to be type-cast during his career and spoke about it at a TEDx conference in Mumbai in January, 2017.

Filmography

Playback singer

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Sharman Joshi official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Joshi, Sharman Indian male film actors Living people Male actors in Hindi cinema Indian male stage actors 1969 births Male actors from Mumbai Indian game show hosts Gujarati people International Indian Film Academy Awards winners