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{{short description|Indian actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sharman Joshi
| image = File:Sharman Joshi still3.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1979|04|28}}
| birth_place = [[Nagpur]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Actor]]|[[Television presenter]]}}
| years_active = 1999–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Prerana Chopra |2000}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/sharman-joshi/biography.html|title=Sharman Joshi Biography|access-date=2019-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214233429/https://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/sharman-joshi/biography.html|archive-date=14 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
| children = 3
| father = [[Arvind Joshi]]
| relatives = [[Prem 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)
| website =
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'''Sharman Joshi''' (born 28 April 1979) is an Indian actor and television presenter. Joshi has acted, produced and directed stage plays in English, [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] languages, but is mainly known for his work in [[Bollywood]]. He made his acting debut in ''[[Godmother (film)|Godmother]]'' (1999). He made his debut as a co-lead actor in the Bollywood (Hindi) film [[Style (2001 film)|''Style'' (2001)]]; this was followed by supporting roles in hit films such as ''[[Rang De Basanti]]'' (2006), ''[[Golmaal: Fun Unlimited|Golmaal]]'' (2006), ''[[Life in a... Metro]]'' (2007), ''[[3 Idiots]]'' (2009), ''[[Ferrari Ki Sawaari]]'' (2012), ''[[Hate Story 3]]'' (2015) & ''[[Mission Mangal]]'' (2019).<ref name=teh12/><ref name="The Times of India">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/lucknow/i-find-lucknow-very-fancy-sharman-joshi/articleshow/61339313.cms|title=I find Lucknow very fancy: Sharman Joshi - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409050851/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/lucknow/i-find-lucknow-very-fancy-sharman-joshi/articleshow/61339313.cms|archive-date=9 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> He has played a lead role in the Bollywood movies ''[[Kaashi in Search of Ganga]]'' (2018) and ''[[3 Storeys]].''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/in-kashi-to-play-kashi-sharman-says-loving-it-to-bits/story-jaQG4cj0objYzTaKnejIJM.html|title=In Kashi, to play Kashi, Sharman says loving it to bits|date=2017-09-29|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=2018-04-08|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408011710/https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/in-kashi-to-play-kashi-sharman-says-loving-it-to-bits/story-jaQG4cj0objYzTaKnejIJM.html|archive-date=8 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 (web series)|Baarish]]'' in 2019 as the male lead opposite to [[Asha Negi]].

==Personal life==
Joshi belongs to a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] family of actors and performing artists.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/i-give-a-lot-of-credit-to-my-gujarati-roots-says-sharman-joshi/1/322878.html|title=I give a lot of credit to my Gujarati roots, says Sharman Joshi|website=India Today Aaj Tak|access-date=28 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722014323/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/i-give-a-lot-of-credit-to-my-gujarati-roots-says-sharman-joshi/1/322878.html|archive-date=22 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> His father, [[Arvind Joshi]], was a veteran of [[Gujarati theatre]],<ref name=teh12>{{cite web|title=A Star on Wheels|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main53.asp?filename=hub230612Star.asp|date=23 June 2012|publisher=[[Tehelka]] Magazine, Vol 9, Issue 25|access-date=23 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029021155/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main53.asp?filename=hub230612Star.asp|archive-date=29 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/All+in+the+family/1/4547.html|title=All in the family|website=India Today|access-date=2016-07-12|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225160111/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/supplement/story/20080225-all-in-the-family-735405-2008-02-13|url-status=live}}</ref>

Joshi married Prerana Chopra, daughter of actor [[Prem Chopra]] on 15 June 2000 at the early age of 21.<ref>{{cite web|title=Love Story of Sharman Joshi and Prerana Chopra|url=https://www.zestvine.com/sharman-joshi-prerana-chopra-love-story/|website=ZestVine|access-date=12 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612024231/https://www.zestvine.com/sharman-joshi-prerana-chopra-love-story/|archive-date=12 June 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> The couple have a daughter, Khyana, born in October 2005, and twin boys, Vaaryan and Vihaan, born in July 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=It's all in Sharman Joshi's family|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_it-s-all-in-sharman-joshi-s-family_1325076|publisher=[[DNA (newspaper)|DNA]]|access-date=2011-03-17|author=Soumyadipta Banerjee|date=18 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913080524/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_it-s-all-in-sharman-joshi-s-family_1325076|archive-date=13 September 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>

== 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/theatre-is-ruthless-sharman-joshi-117121400398_1.html|title=Theatre is ruthless: Sharman Joshi|last=IANS|date=2017-12-14|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2018-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409043418/http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/theatre-is-ruthless-sharman-joshi-117121400398_1.html|archive-date=9 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/sharman-joshi-brings-an-award-winning-play-to-india/story-giyCi5jzVbUo6vl8CnXVhJ.html|title=Sharman Joshi brings an award-winning play to India|date=2017-04-23|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=2018-04-08|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409044427/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/sharman-joshi-brings-an-award-winning-play-to-india/story-giyCi5jzVbUo6vl8CnXVhJ.html|archive-date=9 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
Another one of his popular comedy play was "Ame Layi Gaya, Tame Rahi Gaya" where he played four different roles.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/gujarati/amelaigaya.asp|title=Ame Lai Gaya Tame Rahi Gaya|access-date=7 March 2020|archive-date=4 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604175722/https://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/gujarati/amelaigaya.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/theatre/Theatre-Review-Main-Aur-Tum/articleshow/53960596.cms|title=Theatre Review: Main Aur Tum - Times of India|last=Sawant|first=Purvaja|date=2 September 2016|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-04-14|archive-date=28 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228025422/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/theatre/Theatre-Review-Main-Aur-Tum/articleshow/53960596.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Movies ===
He made his film debut in the 1999 [[Art film#Deviations from mainstream film norms|art film]], ''[[Godmother (film)|Godmother]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://in.movies.yahoo.com/artists/Sharman-Joshi/summary-13860.html|title= Sharman Joshi's profile|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080422013338/http://in.movies.yahoo.com/artists/Sharman-Joshi/summary-13860.html|archive-date= 22 April 2008}}</ref> This was followed by [[Style (2001 film)|''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]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/sharman-joshi-delhi-winter-has-a-romanticism-to-it/articleshow/62208804.cms|title=Sharman Joshi: Delhi winter has a romanticism to it - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709012421/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/sharman-joshi-delhi-winter-has-a-romanticism-to-it/articleshow/62208804.cms|archive-date=9 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/photos/entertainment-gallery/aamir-siddharth-sharman-rang-de-basanti-reunion-after-10-years/10/|title=Aamir, Siddharth, Sharman: Rang De Basanti reunion after 10 years|date=2016-01-26|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-04-08|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409110047/http://indianexpress.com/photos/entertainment-gallery/aamir-siddharth-sharman-rang-de-basanti-reunion-after-10-years/10/|archive-date=9 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that year he starred in the comedy film ''[[Golmaal (2006 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 (2008 film)|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 (genre)|thriller]] ''[[Wajah Tum Ho]]''.

=== Other ===
In 2009, he hosted a [[game show]] at [[Real (TV channel)|Real T.V.]] called ''[[PokerFace: Dil Sachcha Chehra Jhootha]]'', which was based on a British game show called ''[[PokerFace (game show)|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.<ref>{{Citation|last=TEDx Talks|title=Breaking a typecast in performing art|date=2017-02-14|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHwcTuTCZB4&t=1s|access-date=2017-08-07|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011204259/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHwcTuTCZB4&t=1s|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/21468|title=TEDxYouth@OIS|website=www.ted.com|language=en|access-date=2017-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125174439/https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/21468|archive-date=25 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Godmother (film)|Godmother]]'' || Karsan ||
|-
|rowspan="2”|2001 || ''[[Lajja (2001 film)|Lajja]]'' || Prakash ||
|-
|| ''[[Style (2001 film)|Style]]'' || Nehal (Bantu)/Rosa Mary Marlow ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|2003 || ''Kahan Ho Tum'' || Rakesh Kumar ||
|-
|| ''[[Xcuse Me]]'' || Nehal (Bantu) ||
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Shaadi No. 1]]'' || Aryan Kapoor ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|2006 || ''[[Rang De Basanti]]'' || Sukhi/Rajguru ||
|-
|| ''[[Golmaal: Fun Unlimited|Golmaal]]'' || Laxman ||
|-
|rowspan="3"|2007 || ''[[Life in a... Metro]]'' || Rahul ||
|-
|| ''[[Raqeeb]]'' || Siddharth Verma ||
|-
|| ''[[Dhol (2007 film)|Dhol]]'' || Pankaj Tiwari (Pakya) ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|2008 || ''[[Hello (2008 film)|Hello]]'' ||Shyam Mehra (Sam)||
|-
|| ''[[Sorry Bhai!]]'' || Siddharth Mathur ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[3 Idiots]]'' || Raju Rastogi ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|2010 || ''[[Toh Baat Pakki!]]'' || Rahul Saxena ||
|-
|| ''[[Allah Ke Banday]]'' || Vijay Kamble ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|2012 || ''[[Ferrari Ki Sawaari]]'' || Rustam Behram Deboo (Rusy) ||
|-
|| ''3 Bachelors'' || Amit ||
|-
| 2013 || ''[[War Chod Na Yaar]]'' || Captain Rajveer Singh Rana (Raj) ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|2014 || ''[[Gang of Ghosts]]'' || Raju Writer ||
|-
|| ''[[Super Nani]]'' || Manorath Mehra (Mann) ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Hate Story 3]]'' || Aditya Deewan ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|2016 || ''[[1920 London]]'' || Jai Singh Gujjar||
|-
|| ''[[Wajah Tum Ho]]'' || ACP Kabir Deshmukh ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|2018 ||''[[3 Storeys]]''|| Shankar Varma ||<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/grapevine/sharman-joshi-anchor-2-debutants-3-storeys-1545385|title=Sharman Joshi to anchor 2 debutants in '3 Storeys'|date=2018-03-10|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-04-08|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409051555/https://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/grapevine/sharman-joshi-anchor-2-debutants-3-storeys-1545385|archive-date=9 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Kaashi in Search of Ganga]]''
|Kaashi Chaudhary
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://m.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/in-kashi-to-play-kashi-sharman-says-loving-it-to-bits/story-jaQG4cj0objYzTaKnejIJM.html|title=Sharman Say to loving it in play kashi|newspaper=Hindustan Times|access-date=28 July 2018|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011204301/https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/in-kashi-to-play-kashi-sharman-says-loving-it-to-bits/story-jaQG4cj0objYzTaKnejIJM.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Kumar|first=Dhiraj|title=Kaashi in Search of Ganga|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7274806/|others=Sharman Joshi|access-date=2018-04-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026023620/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7274806/|archive-date=26 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|2019
|''[[The Least of These]]'' || Manav Banerjee ||<ref name="The Times of India"/>
|-
|''[[Mission Mangal]]''
| Parmeshwar Joshi
|
|-
| 2020
|''[[Babloo Bachelor]]''||Babloo ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|2021
|''[[Mera Fauji Calling]]''
| Abhishek
|
|-
|''Penthouse''
|TBA
| [[Netflix]] Film
|}

=== Playback Singer ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Film
! Song
|-
|2009
|''[[3 Idiots]]''
|(Performer: "Give Me Some Sunshine, Give Me Some Rain")
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Show
!Role
|-
|1995
|''Standing Boy: Maharaja Ranjit Singh''||
|-
|1999
|''Gubbare''||
|-
|2009
|''[[PokerFace: Dil Sachcha Chehra Jhootha]]''|| Host
|-
|2019–2020
|'' [[Baarish (web series)|Baarish]]'' (Web-Series)||Anuj Mehta
|-
|}

==Awards & Nominations==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Award Function
!Award
!Film
!Result
|-
|2007
|rowspan=2|[[Filmfare Award]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role]]
|''[[Golmaal (2006 film)|Golmaal]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|2010
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor]]
| rowspan=2|''[[3 Idiots]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|2010
|[[IIFA Award]]
|[[IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor]]
|{{won}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0430817|name=Sharman Joshi}}
* [http://www.sharmanjoshi.com/ Sharman Joshi official website]
{{IIFAAwardBestSupportingActor}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Indian male film actors]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Male actors in Hindi cinema]]
[[Category:Indian male stage actors]]
[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:Male actors from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Indian game show hosts]]
[[Category:Gujarati people]]

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