Sharman Joshi

Sharman Joshi (born 28 April 1979) is an Indian film and theatre actor. Sharman has acted, produced, and directed stage plays in English, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati languages, but is mainly known for his work in Bollywood. He made his acting debut in Godmother (1999). He made his debut as a co-lead actor in the Bollywood (Hindi) film Style (2001); this was followed by supporting roles in hit films such as Rang De Basanti (2006), Golmaal (2006), Life in a... Metro (2007), Dhol (2007), Hello (2008),3 Idiots (2009), Ferrari Ki Sawaari (2012), Hate Story 3 (2015) and Mission Mangal (2019). 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 3 Idiots. He made his digital debut with Balaji Telefilms 's production Baarish in 2019 as the male lead opposite to Asha Negi.

Joshi belongs to a Gujarati family of actors and performing artists. His father, Arvind Joshi, was a veteran of Gujarati theatre, 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.

Joshi married Prerana Chopra, daughter of actor Prem Chopra on 15 June 2000 at the early age of 21. The couple have a daughter, Khyana, born in October 2005, and twin boys, Vaaryan and Vihaan, born in July 2009.His father died on 29th January 2021 because of age related ailments.[1]

Theatre

Sharman Joshi has 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 art film, 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 Rang De Basanti. 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 the role of a cop in the erotic-thriller Wajah Tum Ho.

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 the TEDxYouth@OIS TEDx conference in Mumbai in January, 2017.

Playback singer

Television