Sharman Joshi

Sharman Joshi
Born	(1979-04-28) 28 April 1979 Mumbai, India
Occupation	Film actor, television presenter
Years active	1999–present
Spouse(s)	Prerana Chopra
Children	Khyana Joshi Varryan Joshi Vihaan Joshi
Relatives	Mansi Joshi Roy (Sister) Rohit Roy (Brother-in-law) Prem Chopra (Father-in-law) Uma Chopra (Mother-in-law)

Sharman Joshi (Gujarati: શરમન જોશી, Hindi: शर्मन जोशी) (born 28 April 1979) is an Indian film and theatre actor. He has worked on various stage productions in English, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati languages but mostly known for his work in Hindi films. He made his acting debut in Godmother (1999). He made his debut as a co-lead actor in the Hindi film Style (2001), this was followed by supporting roles in hit films like, Rang De Basanti (2006), Golmaal (2006), Life in a... Metro (2007) and 3 Idiots (2009), his next film in a leading role was Ferrari Ki Sawaari (2012).^[1]

Personal life

Joshi belongs to a Gujarati family of actors and performing artists.^[2] His father, Arvind Joshi is a veteran of Gujarati theatre,^[1] while his aunt Sarita Joshi (Bhosle), sister and cousins acted in Marathi and Gujarati theatre. Joshi is married to Prerana Chopra, daughter of actor Prem Chopra. The couple has a daughter, Khyana, born in October 2005, and twin boys, Vaaryan and Vihaan, born in July 2009.^[3]

Career

He has appeared in role of a deaf character in Gujarati version of popular play, All the Best, which did over 550 shows in three years.^[1]

He made his film debut in the 1999 art film, Godmother.^[4]

This was followed by Style (2001), produced by N Chandra. Style was followed with a sequel called Xcuse Me (2003), and other comedies like 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 the films 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 also played the male lead in the film Sorry Bhai! in 2008 and one of the three characters in the 2009 film, 3 Idiots, which was based on Chetan Bhagat's novel Five Point Someone.

In year 2009 he also 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.

Filmography

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Playback singer

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sharman Joshi.

• Sharman Joshi at the Internet Movie Database
• Sharman Joshi official site