Sharman Joshi
Born
Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Occupations
  • Actor
  • television presenter
Years active1999–present
Spouse
Prerana Chopra
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(m. 2000)​
ChildrenVihaan Joshi • Vaaryan Joshi • Khyana Joshi
Parent
Relatives
Websitewww.sharmanjoshi.com

Sharman Joshi is an Indian actor and television presenter who predominantly works in Hindi movies. He is best known for his roles in films such as Rang De Basanti (2006), Golmaal (2006), Dhol (2007) and 3 Idiots (2009).

Early life

Joshi belongs to a Gujarati Brahmin family[1] of actors and performing artists.[2] His father, Arvind Joshi, was a veteran of Gujarati theatre,[3] while his aunt Sarita Joshi (Bhosle) and cousins acted in Marathi and Gujarati theatre. His sister is actress Manasi Joshi Roy and brother-in-law is actor Rohit Roy.[4]

Career

Theatre

Joshi has acted, produced and directed stage plays in English, Hindi, Marathi 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.[5][6] Another one of his popular comedy play was "Ame Layi Gaya, Tame Rahi Gaya" where he played four different roles.[7] 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.[8]

Movies

He made his film debut in the 1999 art film, Godmother.[9] 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 Rang De Basanti.[10][11] Later that year he starred in the comedy film Golmaal. In 2007 he appeared in Life in a... Metro, Dhol, and Raqeeb. The following year saw him as the character Shyam in Hello, the film adaptation of Chetan Bhagat'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 3 Idiots, which was based on Chetan Bhagat's novel Five Point Someone. He also played a lead role in family drama Ferrari ki Sawaari (2012). He also played the role of a cop in the erotic-thriller Wajah Tum Ho.[3][12] He has played a lead role in the Bollywood movies Kaashi in Search of Ganga (2018) and 3 Storeys.[13] He is also known for his role as Raju Rastogi in the movie 3 Idiots. He made his digital debut with Balaji Telefilms's production Baarish in 2019 as the male lead opposite to Asha Negi.

Other

In 2009, he hosted a game show at Real T.V. called PokerFace: Dil Sachcha Chehra Jhootha, which was based on a British game show called PokerFace. He has been honored with the life membership of International Film and Television Club of Asian Academy of Film & Television. Sharman refers to be type-cast during his career and spoke about it at a TEDx conference in Mumbai in January, 2017.[14][15]

Personal life

Joshi married Prerana Chopra, daughter of actor Prem Chopra, on 15 June 2000 at the age of 26.[16] The couple have three children, Khyana Joshi, and twins Vaaryan and Vihaan Joshi.[17]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1999 Godmother Karsan [18]
2001 Lajja Prakash [19]
Style Nehal (Bantu)/Rose Mary Marlow [20]
2003 Kahan Ho Tum Rakesh Kumar [21]
Xcuse Me Nehal (Bantu) [22]
2005 Shaadi No. 1 Aryan Kapoor [23]
2006 Rang De Basanti Sukhi/Rajguru [24]
Golmaal Laxman [25]
2007 Life in a... Metro Rahul [26]
Raqeeb Siddharth Verma [27]
Dhol Pankaj Tiwari (Pakya) [28]
2008 Hello Shyam Mehra (Sam) [29]
Sorry Bhai! Siddharth Mathur [30]
2009 3 Idiots Raju Rastogi
2010 Toh Baat Pakki! Rahul Saxena
Allah Ke Banday Vijay Kamble
2012 Ferrari Ki Sawaari Rustam Behram Deboo (Rusy)
3 Bachelors Amit
2013 War Chod Na Yaar Captain Rajveer Singh Rana (Raj)
2014 Gang of Ghosts Raju Writer
Super Nani Manorath Mehra (Mann)
2015 Hate Story 3 Aditya Deewaan
2016 1920 London Jai Singh Gujjar
Wajah Tum Ho ACP Kabir Deshmukh
2018 3 Storeys Shankar Varma [31]
Kaashi in Search of Ganga Kaashi Chaudhary [32]
2019 The Least of These Manav Banerjee [12]
Mission Mangal Parmeshwar Joshi
2021 Mera Fauji Calling Abhishek
Babloo Bachelor (Runvijay) Babloo
2023 Congratulations Aditya Gujarati film
Music School Manoj Simultaneously shot in Telugu
Aankh Micholi Yuvraj Singh
Sab Moh Maaya Hai Jr. Sharma

Playback singer

Year Film Song
2009 3 Idiots (Performer: "Give Me Some Sunshine, Give Me Some Rain")

Television & Web Series

Year Show Role
2009 PokerFace: Dil Sachcha Chehra Jhootha Host
2009 Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah Special appearance as himself
2019–2020 Baarish Anuj Mehta
2020 Pawan & Pooja Pawan Mehra
2023 Kafas Raghav Vashisht

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Film Result Ref.
2000 3rd Zee Cine Awards Best Male Debut Godmother Nominated [33]
2004 11th Screen Awards Best Comedian Xcuse Me Nominated [34]
2006 2nd Global Indian Film Awards Best Comedian Golmaal Nominated [35]
2007 52nd Filmfare Awards Best Performance in a Comic Role Nominated [36]
8th IIFA Awards Best Performance in a Comic Role Rang De Basanti Nominated [37]
13th Screen Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated [38]
2008 14th Screen Awards Life in a... Metro Nominated [39]
2010 55th Filmfare Awards Best Supporting Actor 3 Idiots Nominated [40]
11th IIFA Awards Best Supporting Actor Won [41]
16th Screen Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated [42]
8th Stardust Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated [43]

References

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