Sharman Joshi

Sharman Joshi
Joshi in 2010
Born (1979-04-28) 28 April 1979 (age 45)[1]
Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Occupations
  • Actor
  • television presenter
Years active1999–present
Spouse
Prerana Chopra
​
(m. 2000)​
ChildrenVihaan Joshi • Vaaryan Joshi • Khyana Joshi
FatherArvind Joshi
Relatives
Websitewww.sharmanjoshi.com

Sharman Joshi (born 28 April 1979) is an Indian actor and television presenter who predominantly works in Hindi movies. He is best known for his roles in films such as Style (2001), Rang De Basanti (2006), Golmaal (2006), Dhol (2007) and 3 Idiots (2009). The last of these earned him the IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Early life and family

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]

Career

Early work (1999-2005)

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]

Breakthrough and acclaim (2006-2012)

Joshi with Vatsal Sheth on the sets of Toh Baat Pakki! (2010).

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]

Later work (2013-present)

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.

Other work

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.[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]

Television

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]

Personal life

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]

Filmography

Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released

Films

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
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]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
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]

Discography

Year Film Song Composer Ref.
2009 3 Idiots "Give Me Some Sunshine" Shantanu Moitra [75]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Film Result Ref.
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]

Notes

  1. ^ Joshi played a single character with two or more names.
  2. ^ Joshi played a character who portrays Shivaram Rajguru in a documentary featured in the film.
  3. ^ Joshi played dual roles in the film.

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