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).[2][3] He has played a lead role in the Bollywood movies Kaashi in Search of Ganga (2018) and 3 Storeys.[4] 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.

Sharman Joshi
Born (1979-04-28) 28 April 1979
Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
OccupationFilm actor, television presenter
Years active1999–present
Spouse(s)
Prerana Chopra
​
(m. 2000)​
[1]
Children3
RelativesPrem Chopra (Father-in-law)
Rohit Roy (Brother-in-law)
Manasi Joshi Roy (sister)
Pravin Joshi (uncle)
Sarita Joshi (aunt)
Purbi Joshi (cousin)
Ketaki Dave (cousin)

Personal life

Joshi belongs to a Gujarati family of actors and performing artists.[5] His father, Arvind Joshi, was a veteran of Gujarati theatre,[2] 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.[6]

Joshi married Prerana Chopra, daughter of actor Prem Chopra on 15 June 2000 at the early age of 21.[7] The couple have a daughter, Khyana, born in October 2005, and twin boys, Vaaryan and Vihaan, born in July 2009.[8]His father died on 29th January 2021 because of age related ailments.

Career

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.[9][10] Another one of his popular comedy play was "Ame Layi Gaya, Tame Rahi Gaya" where he played four different roles.[11] 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.[12]

Movies

He made his film debut in the 1999 art film, Godmother.[13] 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.[14][15] 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.[16][17]

Filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes
1999GodmotherKarsan
2001LajjaPrakash
StyleBantu
Urf Professor (Video)Raju/Raj Saxena
2003Kahan Ho TumRakesh Kumar
Xcuse MeBantu
2005Shaadi No. 1Aryan Kapoor
2006Rang De BasantiSukhi / Rajguru
GolmaalLaxmanNominated—Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role
2007Life in a... MetroRahul
RaqeebSiddharth Verma
DholPankaj a.k.a. Pakkiya
2008HelloShyam (Sam)
Sorry Bhai!Siddharth Mathur
20093 IdiotsRaju RastogiNominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
Won—IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor
2010Toh Baat Pakki!Rahul Saxena
Allah Ke BandayVijay Kamble
2012Ferrari Ki SawaariRusy
3 BachelorsAmit
2013War Chod Na YaarCaptain Raj of Indian Army
2014Gang of GhostsRaju Writer
Super NaniMann
2015Hate Story 3Aditya Deewan
20161920 LondonJai Singh Gujjar (exorcist)
Wajah Tum HoACP Kabir Deshmukh
20183 StoreysShankar Varma[18]
Kaashi in Search of Ganga Kaashi [19][20]
2019 The Least of TheseManav Banerjee[3]
Mission Mangal Parmeshwar Joshi
2020 Babloo BachelorBabloo
Tom, Dick and Harry 2 Dick
Fauji Calling
Mumbai Saga Inspector Veerendra Yadav

Playback singer
Year Film Song
2009 3 Idiots (Performer: "Give me some sunshine, give me some rain")

Television
Year Show Notes
1995 Standing Boy: Maharaja Ranjit Singh
1999 Gubbare
2009 PokerFace: Dil Sachcha Chehra Jhootha
2019-2020 Baarish,Baarish 2Web series on ALT Balaji
2020 Pawan and PoojaWeb series on MX Player

Awards and nominations
Year Award Function Award Film Result
2007 Filmfare Award Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role Golmaal Nominated
2010 Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor 3 Idiots Nominated
2010 IIFA Award IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor Won

References
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