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{{short description|Indian stage director}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2021}}
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| birth_place = [[India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1979|01|19|1934|01|01}}
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| spouse = [[Sarita Joshi]]
| children = [[Purbi Joshi]]<br>[[Ketki Dave]]
| relatives = [[Arvind Joshi]] (brother)
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'''Pravin Joshi''' (1 January 1934 – 19 January 1979) was an Indian stage actor and director. He was a leading figure of the commercial [[Gujarati theatre]] in the 1960–70s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sahapedia.org/pravin-joshi|title=Pravin Joshi|date=12 January 2018|website=Sahapedia|access-date=2 January 2019}}</ref><ref name=":055" />

==Biography==
Pravin Joshi was one of the most dynamic figures of the contemporary Gujarati Stage. He participated in the one-act play competitions organised by the [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]] in Bombay (now Mumbai) in the mid-1950s where he was received attention. He crossed over naturally from the arena inter-collegiate competitions to the professional [[Gujarati theatre|Gujarati Theatre]]. He joined the [[Indian National Theatre]] (INT) in 1956 was trained under Damu Jhaveri.<ref name="Hiralaxmi">{{cite book |last1=Shah Dhanya Gurjari Kendra |first1=Hiralaxmi Navanitbhai |title=Gujarat |year=2007 |publisher=Gujarat Vishvakosh Trust |page=486 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g4oMAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Pravin+Joshi%22&dq=%22Pravin+Joshi%22 |access-date=8 January 2019}}</ref>

He was trained at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]], London.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Champaklal|first=Mahesh|author-link=Mahesh Champaklal|date=April 2018|title=રંગરાજવી પ્રવીણ જોષી|trans-title=Pravin Joshi – The King of Theatre|url=http://opinionmagazine.co.uk/details/3645/rangraajavee-pravin-joshi|journal=વિશ્વવિહાર [Vishwavihar]|language=gu|volume=18|issue=7|pages=4–7|via=Opinion Magazine}}</ref>

His about 25 plays produced under the INT introduced sophistication in the Gujarati theatre.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uwFlAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Pravin+Joshi%22&dq=%22Pravin+Joshi%22|title=Rasa: Theatre and cinema|last1=Mukherjee|first1=Bimal|last2=Kothari|first2=Sunil|last3=Lal|first3=Ananda|last4=Das Gupta|first4=Chidananda|date=1995|publisher=Anamika Kala Sangam|page=128|access-date=8 January 2019}}</ref> He directed and acted in several successful adaptations including ''Mogarana Sap'' (Snake in the Jasmine, 1963, adapted from [[Frederick Knott]]'s ''Dial M for Murder''), ''Manju Manju'' (1965, adapted from [[Jean Kerr]]'s ''[[Mary, Mary (play)|Mary Mary]]''), ''Chandarvo'' (Colourful Canopy, 1966, from ''Merry-go-round'' by [[Albert Maltz]] and George Sklar), ''Santu Rangili'' (Enchanting Santu, 1974, adapted from [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]'' by [[Madhu Rye]]), ''Mosam Chhalake'' (Pleasant Times, 1978, adapted from [[Bernard Slade]]'s ''[[Same Time, Next Year (play)|Same Time, Next Year]]''),<ref name=":055" /> ''Sharat'' (A Bet, adapted from [[Friedrich Dürrenmatt]]'s [[The Visit (play)|''The Visit'']]) and ''Khelando'' (Player, adapted from [[Anthony Shaffer (writer)|Anthony Shaffer]]'s [[Sleuth (play)|''Sleuth'']]). His other successful plays as a director include ''Moti Verana Chokma'' and ''Kumarni Agashi'' (Kumar's Terrace, by Madhu Rye)''.''<ref name="Ahuja">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YDSHSkYp6M0C&q=%22Pravin+Joshi%22&dq=%22Pravin+Joshi%22|title=Contemporary Theatre of India: An Overview|last1=Ahuja|first1=Chaman|date=2012|publisher=National Book Trust|isbn=9788123764917|location=India|access-date=8 January 2019}}</ref>

In most of the plays he acted alongside [[Sarita Joshi]], whom he later married.<ref name=":055">{{Cite book|url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195644463.001.0001/acref-9780195644463-e-0239#|title=Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre|last=Baradi|first=Hasmukh |publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|isbn=9780195644463|editor-last=Lal|editor-first=Ananda|language=en|chapter=Joshi, Pravin (1936–80) and Sarita (1941– ): leading Gujarati husband-and-wife acting duo.|doi=10.1093/acref/9780195644463.001.0001|via=Oxford Reference}} {{subscription required}}</ref><ref name="screen">{{cite web|url=http://www.screenindia.com/old/20020322/tvcov.html|title=Twining|date=22 March 2002|work=Screen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302060144/http://www.screenindia.com/old/20020322/tvcov.html|archive-date=2 March 2008|url-status=dead|access-date=26 August 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Their daughters, [[Ketki Dave]] and [[Purbi Joshi]], are also actors.

Pravin Joshi died in an accident on 19 January 1979.<ref name=":0" />

==Plays==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Play !! Role !! Playwright
|-
| 1958 ||''Kadam Milake Chalo''||
|Prabodh Joshi
|-
| 1961 ||''Kaumar Asambhavam''||
|Hakumat Desai
|-
|1961
|''Meen Pyasi'' || Kakaji
|Pravin Joshi
|-
|1962
|''Mogarana Saap'' ||Amar
|Pravin Joshi
|-
|1963
|''Shyam Gulab''||
|
|-
|1964
|''Koino Ladkvayo'' ||
|Pravin Joshi
|-
|1965
|''Manju Manju'' ||
|
|-
|1966
|''Manas Name Karagar'' ||
|Jayant Parekh
|-
|1966
|''Chandarvo'' ||
|
|-
|1967
|''Ane Indrajit'' || Lekhak
|
|-
|1967
|''Saptapadi'' ||
|Tarak Mehta
|-
|1968
|''Dhummas'' ||
|Madhukar Zaveri
|-
|1968
|''AganKhel'' ||
|
|-
| 1969 ||''Moti Verana Chokma'' ||
|Ramji Vaniya
|-
| 1970 ||''Sagpanna Phul'' ||
|Anil Mehta
|-
|1971
|''Sapnana Vavetar''
|Arun
|Anil Mehta
|-
|1972
|''Chor Bajar''
|
|Anil Mehta
|-
|1972
|''Kumarni Agashi''
|Bipin Khatri
|Madhu Rye
|-
|1973
|''Santu Rangili''
|Prof. Himadrivadan Vaishnav
|Madhu Rye
|-
|1974
|''Salgya Surajmukhi''
|
|
|-
|1975
|''Sharat''
|Mayor
|Madhu Rye
|-
|1976
|''Khelando''
|Prof. Hirak Ganatra
|Madhu Rye
|-
|1976
|''Vaishakhi Koyal''
|Mr. Nanavati
|Sitanshu Yashahchandra
|-
|1976
|''Saybo Gulabno Chod''
|
|Anil Mehta
|-
|1977
|''Thank You Mr.Glad''
|
|Anil Mehta
|-
|1978
|''Mausam Chhalake''
|
|Tarak Mehta
|}

== Filmography ==

* ''Kumkum Pagla'' (1972)
* ''Aakrant'' (1973)

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name}}

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[[Category:20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]
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[[Category:1979 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male singers]]

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