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Born | Nagpur, Maharashtra, India | 28 April 1979
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Years active | 1999–present |
Spouse | Prerana Chopra (m. 2000) |
Children | 3 |
Father | Arvind Joshi |
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Website | www |
Sharman Joshi (born 28 April 1979 [1] ) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi films. Joshi is a recipient of several awards including an IIFA Award and nominations for two Filmfare Awards.
Joshi began his career with supporting parts in Godmother (1999) and Lajja (2001). The 2001 film Style proved to be his breakthrough. Following this, he received commercial and critical success with Rang De Basanti (2006), Golmaal (2006), Dhol (2007), Life in a... Metro (2007), 3 Idiots (2009) and Ferrari Ki Sawaari (2012). 3 Idiots earned him the IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor. This success was followed by several box office failures with the exception of Hate Story 3 (2015) and Mission Mangal (2019).
Joshi expanded to streaming projects with Baarish (2019-2020) and Kafas (2023). He is married to Prerana Chopra with whom he has three children.
Joshi was born on 28 April 1979 [2] in Nagpur to Arvind Joshi and Usha Joshi. His father was a veteran of Gujarati theatre. [3] His sister is actress Manasi Joshi Roy, who is married to actor Rohit Roy. [4]
Joshi belongs to a Gujarati Brahmin family of actors and performing artists. [5] His father's elder brother was theatre actor and director Pravin Joshi and actress Sarita Joshi is his aunt. [6] Actresses Ketki Dave, Purbi Joshi and Poonam Joshi are his cousins. [7]
Joshi made his film debut in the 1999 art film, Godmother . [8] [9] In 2001, he first played Rekha's son in Lajja opposite Aarti Chhabria, which was a success overseas. [10] [11] That year, he had his first lead role in Style, where he played a college student. [12] It was a moderate success and Taran Adarsh was appreciative of his "convincing performance". [13]
In 2003, Joshi first appeared in Kahan Ho Tum . [14] He then reprised his character in Xcuse Me , a sequel to Style. Both films were commercial failures. [15] Following this, in 2005, he appeared in the comedy Shaadi No. 1 . Joshi played an unhappy husband who has an affair opposite Soha Ali Khan and Riya Sen. The fm emerged a box office average. [16] [17]
The year 2006 marked a turning point in Joshi's career. He first played a rebellious college student in Rang De Basanti . [18] [19] This film was a critical and commercial success, emerging as the seventh highest grossing film of the year. [20] Sudhish Kamath of The Hindu stated, "Sharman is instantly likeable and emotes like a veteran." [21] In the same year, he played a misleaded student in Golmaal alongside Rimi Sen. The film emerged a box office success and has since gained a cult status. [22] Sukanya Verma called him the real star of the film for his "uninhibited and winsome" act. [23]
Joshi had three releases in 2007. He first played a call centre employee in Life in a... Metro opposite Kangana Ranaut, which was a surprise box office success. [24] Rajeev Masand noted, "Sharman springs a pleasant surprise as he effortlessly slips into the role of the conflicted lover." [25] Following his role in Raqeeb , he played an ambitious young man in Dhol opposite Tanushree Dutta. [26] The following year saw him play the lead in Hello and Sorry Bhai! , both of which were box office failures. [27]
2009 saw Joshi play his career's most notable character of an engineering student in 3 Idiots , which later gained a cult status. [28] The film emerged as the highest grossing Indian film at that time and created several records worldwide. [29] [30] Shubhra Gupta called his performance "first rate". [31] While, Rajeev Masand noted: "Joshi has a meatier role, hence succeeds in fleshing out more competently." [32] The film earned him the IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor. [33]
In 2010, Joshi played a prospective groom in Toh Baat Pakki! opposite Yuvika Chaudhary, which was a box office failure. [34] His next release, Allah Ke Banday also failed commercially. [35] Joshi then played a middle class Parsi who wants to fulfil his son's cricket dream in the 2012 film Ferrari Ki Sawaari . The film emerged a critical and commercial success. [36] [37] Sonia Chopra of Sify was appreciative of Joshi's "natural likeability and earnestness". [38]
He also played the role of a cop in the erotic-thriller Wajah Tum Ho . [3] [39] He has played a lead role in the Bollywood movies Kaashi in Search of Ganga (2018) and 3 Storeys. [40] 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.
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. [41] [42] Another one of his popular comedy play was "Ame Layi Gaya, Tame Rahi Gaya" where he played four different roles. [43] 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. [44]
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. [45] [46]
Joshi married Prerana Chopra, daughter of actor Prem Chopra, on 15 June 2000 at the age of 21. [47] The couple have three children, Khyana Joshi, and twins Vaaryan and Vihaan Joshi. [48]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1999 | Godmother | Karsan | [49] | |
2001 | Lajja | Prakash | [50] | |
Style | Nehal "Bantu" Shah / Rose Mary Marlow [a] | [51] | ||
2003 | Kahan Ho Tum | Rakesh Kumar | [52] | |
Xcuse Me | Nehal "Bantu" Shah | [53] | ||
2005 | Shaadi No. 1 | Aryan Kapoor | [54] | |
2006 | Rang De Basanti | Sukhi Ram / Shivaram Rajguru [b] | [55] | |
Golmaal: Fun Unlimited | Laxman Prasad Sharma | [56] | ||
2007 | Life in a... Metro | Rahul Dhupia | [57] | |
Raqeeb | Siddharth Verma | [58] | ||
Dhol | Pankaj "Pakya" Tiwari | [59] | ||
2008 | Hello | Shyam "Sam" Mehra | [60] | |
Sorry Bhai! | Siddharth Mathur | [61] | ||
2009 | 3 Idiots | Raju Rastogi | [62] | |
2010 | Toh Baat Pakki! | Rahul Saxena | ||
Allah Ke Banday | Vijay Kamble | |||
2012 | Ferrari Ki Sawaari | Rustam "Rusy" Behram Deboo | [63] | |
3 Bachelors | Amit | |||
2013 | War Chod Na Yaar | Captain Rajveer "Raj" Singh Rana | ||
2014 | Gang of Ghosts | Raju Writer | ||
Super Nani | Manorath "Mann" Mehra | |||
2015 | Hate Story 3 | Aditya Deewaan | ||
2016 | 1920 London | Jai Singh Gujjar | ||
Wajah Tum Ho | ACP Kabir Deshmukh | |||
2018 | 3 Storeys | Shankar Varma | [64] | |
Kaashi in Search of Ganga | Kaashi Chaudhary | [65] | ||
2019 | The Least of These | Manav Banerjee | [39] | |
Mission Mangal | Parmeshwar Joshi | [66] | ||
2021 | Mera Fauji Calling | Abhishek | ||
Babloo Bachelor | Ranvijay "Babloo" | |||
2023 | Congratulations | Aditya Mehta | Gujarati film; also producer | [67] |
Ouch 2 | Sudeep | Short film | ||
Music School | Manoj Kumar / Georg von Trapp [c] | Simultaneously shot in Telugu | [68] | |
Aankh Micholi | Yuvraj Singh | [69] | ||
Sab Moh Maya Hai | Piyush Mishra | [70] | ||
2025 | Sikandar† | TBA | Filming | [71] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2009 | PokerFace: Dil Sachcha Chehra Jhootha | Host | ||
Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah | Himself | Special appearance | ||
2019–2020 | Baarish | Anuj Mehta | 2 seasons | [72] |
2020 | Pawan & Pooja | Pawan Mehra | [73] | |
2023 | Kafas | Raghav Vashisht | [74] |
Year | Film | Song | Composer | Ref. |
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2009 | 3 Idiots | "Give Me Some Sunshine" | Shantanu Moitra | [75] |
Year | Award | Category | Film | Result | Ref. |
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2000 | 3rd Zee Cine Awards | Best Male Debut | Godmother | Nominated | [76] |
2004 | 11th Screen Awards | Best Comedian | Xcuse Me | Nominated | [77] |
2006 | 2nd Global Indian Film Awards | Best Comedian | Golmaal | Nominated | [78] |
2007 | 52nd Filmfare Awards | Best Performance in a Comic Role | Nominated | [79] | |
8th IIFA Awards | Best Performance in a Comic Role | Rang De Basanti | Nominated | [80] | |
13th Screen Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | [81] | ||
2008 | 14th Screen Awards | Life in a... Metro | Nominated | [82] | |
2010 | 55th Filmfare Awards | Best Supporting Actor | 3 Idiots | Nominated | [83] |
11th IIFA Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Won | [84] | ||
16th Screen Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | [85] | ||
8th Stardust Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | [86] |
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