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{{Short description|Indian Kannada actor, radio jockey}}
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{{Infobox person
| name              = Vinayak Joshi
| name              = Vinayak Joshi
| image              = Vinayak Joshi Joshelay 1.jpg
| image              = Vinayak Joshi Joshelay 1.jpg
| caption            = Joshi during filming of Joshelay web series
| caption            = Joshi during filming of Joshelay web series
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age |df=yes|1987|8|25}}
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age |df=yes|1987|8|25}}
| birth_place        = [[Bangalore]], [[India]]
| birth_place        = [[Bangalore]], Karnataka, India
| occupation        = Actor, Director
| occupation        = Actor, Director
| spouse            = Varsha Belawadi
| spouse            = Varsha Belawadi
}}
}}
 
''' Vinayak Joshi''' is an Indian film, television, web-series and theatre actor. He has been a host in more than 1000 live events across 20 countries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/dancers-steal-the-show-at-this-college/articleshow/66258284.cms |title=Dancers steal the show at this college |work=The Times of India |access-date=4 January 2019 |archive-date=9 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109170915/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/dancers-steal-the-show-at-this-college/articleshow/66258284.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> Currently he is the Head of production at Cult.fit and an independent film maker. He recently acted, directed, produced and wrote a web-series called ''[[Joshelay]]''. It has collectively made a million views on YouTube.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_vinayak-joshi-crossing-borders-with-kannada_1642725|title=Vinayak Joshi crossing borders with Kannada – Entertainment – DNA|last=L|first=Shruti|date=27 January 2012|work=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|access-date=27 November 2012|archive-date=3 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403032255/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_vinayak-joshi-crossing-borders-with-kannada_1642725|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/12/27/stories/2008122750610800.htm|title=Metro Plus Bangalore : Kannada's own voice|last=R|first=SHILPA SEBASTIAN|date=27 December 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=27 November 2012|archive-date=7 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107214306/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/12/27/stories/2008122750610800.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
''' Vinayak Joshi''' is an Indian film, television, web-series and theatre actor, Winner of best director in Thespo8. Former [[Radio jockey]], Former Head of Digital communication at Flipkart, host of Saregamapa season 6, lead host of IPL 2019 in [[Starsports]] Kannada. He has been a host in more than 1000 live events across 20 countries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/dancers-steal-the-show-at-this-college/articleshow/66258284.cms |title=Dancers steal the show at this college |work=Times of India |access-date=4 January 2019 |archive-date=9 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109170915/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/dancers-steal-the-show-at-this-college/articleshow/66258284.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> Currently he is the Head of production at Cult.fit and an independent film maker. He recently acted, directed, produced and wrote a web-series called ''[[Joshelay]]''. It features more than 28 stories of differently abled talents. First ever motivational web-series in India. It has collectively made a million views on YouTube leaving the viewers motivated. <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_vinayak-joshi-crossing-borders-with-kannada_1642725|title=Vinayak Joshi crossing borders with Kannada - Entertainment - DNA|last=L|first=Shruti|date=27 January 2012|work=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|access-date=27 November 2012|archive-date=3 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403032255/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_vinayak-joshi-crossing-borders-with-kannada_1642725|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/12/27/stories/2008122750610800.htm|title=Metro Plus Bangalore : Kannada's own voice|last=R|first=SHILPA SEBASTIAN|date=27 December 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=27 November 2012|archive-date=7 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107214306/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/12/27/stories/2008122750610800.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He was born on 25 August 1987, Bangalore. His ancestral roots trace back to [[Dharwad district]].
 
He started as a child artiste from the 1996 Superhit movie ''[[Nammoora Mandara Hoove]]'',<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2013/may/06/After-65-films-Vinayak-plays-the-lead-474752.html}}</ref> by [[Sunil Kumar Desai]], starring [[Shivrajkumar]], [[Ramesh Aravind|Ramesh]] and [[Prema (actress, born 1977)|Prema]]. Before his radio career, he had been acting in the Kannada industry since he was 7 years old.
 
His other notable movies include ''[[Amrutha Varshini]]'', ''[[Laali]]'', ''Simhada Mari'', ''[[Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu]]'', ''[[Appu (2002 film)|Appu]]'', ''Kanti'', ''Nanna Kanasina Hoove'', ''[[Minchina Ota (2008 film)|Minchina Ota]]'', ''Chitra'', ''Govinadaaya Namaha'', ''Jaguar'' etc.
 
He has acted in several Tele-serials like ''Mussanje'', by [[T. S. Nagabharana]], ''Trin Trin Trin'' by [[Phani Ramachandra]] and ''Dandapindagalu'', a hilarious comedy series.
 
Vinayak has been featured in more than 75 films and 70 television shows.
He was the host of Saregamapa Season 6, Kuniyonu Baara, Super kabbadi.
He was also a participant in the opening season of the reality show ''[[Bigg Boss Kannada]]'', aired in April 2013.
He was also a semi-finalist in a reality dance show called ''Dancing star 3'' on Colors Kannada.
He was the chief guest of Kalotasav 2020 of St Michels English School Byatarayanapura. 
 
His cameo appearance in the Daily soap (100 episodes)''[[Brahmagantu]]'' as RJ Rahul won the hearts for his unique dialogues and positive attitude in mentoring Geetha.
 
He was the brain behind Directing, Acting & Producing a Kannada web series called JOSHELAY under his home production banner. Joshelay is available to watch for free on his YouTube channel Vinayak Joshelay. So far the biggest Independent project in South India, collaborating with more than 120 artists and technicians across the country. He ran 500 km over 50 days to raise funds for the project.
 
His Latest podcast Nayaka with Vinayaka is a engaging conversation with various famous and inspiring personalities is the new venture. It is a crowd funded project. It is being telecasted on his Youtube channel Vinayak Joshelay starting march 5th.


==Career==
==Career==
He has won one [[Karnataka State Film Awards]].
He was a child actor in the 1996 movie ''[[Nammoora Mandara Hoove]]'',<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2013/may/06/after-65-films-vinayak-plays-the-lead-474752.html|title=After 65 films, Vinayak plays the lead }}</ref> by [[Sunil Kumar Desai]], starring [[Shivrajkumar]], [[Ramesh Aravind|Ramesh]] and [[Prema (actress, born 1977)|Prema]].{{citation needed|date= January 2023}}
At the age of 19, Vinayak won the National level Award as the best director for a play, ''Shraddha'' (THESPO 8). He is one of the youngest directors to have won this award.
 
Vinayak is actively involved in executing films and has produced 4 films/shorts under the banner "Joshi Chitra".
 
He is a graduate from [[National College, Bangalore]], Jayanagar.


He is a fitness enthusiast who once weighed 123&nbsp;kg, is now just 90&nbsp;kg. He has inspired many lives by losing close to 41&nbsp;kg only by running. (2012) He has several marathons to his name. In 2014, Vinayak ran 100&nbsp;km to raise funds for 21-year-old Akshay, suffering from kidney problems.<ref>{{cite web|title=Actor Vinayak Joshi raises funds through running|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/Actor-Vinayak-Joshi-is-raising-funds-through-running-for-Akshay-who-has-a-malfunctioning-kidney/articleshow/45296635.cms?|work=The Times Of India|access-date=27 November 2014|archive-date=14 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114153058/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/Actor-Vinayak-Joshi-is-raising-funds-through-running-for-Akshay-who-has-a-malfunctioning-kidney/articleshow/45296635.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
His other movies include ''[[Amrutha Varshini]]'', ''[[Laali]]'', ''Simhada Mari'', ''[[Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu]]'', ''[[Appu (2002 film)|Appu]]'', ''Kanti'', ''Nanna Kanasina Hoove'', ''[[Minchina Ota (2008 film)|Minchina Ota]]'', ''Chitra'', ''[[Govindaya Namaha]]'', and ''[[Jaguar (2016 film)|Jaguar]]''.{{citation needed|date= January 2023}}
 
Vinayak Joshi previously worked as the Digital Head in [[Flipkart]], India. He worked as Radio Jockey in [[Radio Mirchi]] and [[Radio City (Indian radio station)]], [[Bangalore]].
 
Vinayak Has a successful career as a host in Radio. His show ''Aithalakadi Morning'' on Radio city 91.1 was the No. 1 trending show in Bangalore with more than (approx) 3.5 million weekly listeners. One of the highest heard RJ in the country. later he worked with Radio Mirchi 98.3 as senior producer and creative head. He has a successful spell of 7 years in radio.
 
He is also known for television shows like ''Kuniyonu Baara'', ''Saregamapa Li'l Champs Season 6'', ''ETV film awards'', ''TV9 film awards'' etc. He has hosted more than 1000 live shows.
 
He is also an active member of the running community. He has run more than 9,000&nbsp;km over the last eight years (as of 2018).


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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;Actor
;Actor
{{Colbegin}}
*''[[Nammoora Mandara Hoove]]'' (1997)
*''[[Nammoora Mandara Hoove]]'' (1997)
*''[[Amrutha Varshini]]'' (1997)
*''[[Amrutha Varshini]]'' (1997)
*''[[Simhada Mari]]'' (1997)
*''[[Simhada Mari]]'' (1997)
*''[[Laali]]'' (1998)
*''[[Laali]]'' (1998)
*''Aryabhata'' (1999)
*''[[Aryabhata (film)|Aryabhata]]'' (1999)
*''[[Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu]]'' (2001)
*''[[Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu]]'' (2001)
*''[[Chithra (film)|Chitra]]'' (2001)
*''[[Chitra (2001 film)|Chitra]]'' (2001)
*''[[Chitte]]'' (2001)
*''[[Appu (2002 film)|Appu]]'' (2002)
*''[[Appu (2002 film)|Appu]]'' (2002)
*''[[Kanti (2002 film)|Kanti]]'' (2003)
*''[[Kanti (film)|Kanti]]'' (2003)
*''Panchali'' (2003)
*''Panchali'' (2003)
*''[[Kiccha]]'' (2003)
*''[[Kiccha]]'' (2003)
*''[[Baa Baaro Rasika]]'' (2004)
*''[[Baa Baaro Rasika]]'' (2004)
*''Sakha Sakhi'' (2005)
*''[[Sakha Sakhi]]'' (2005)
*''Nanna Kanasina Hoove'' (2006)
*''Nanna Kanasina Hoove'' (2006)
*''[[Minchina Ota (2008 film)|Minchina Ota]]''
*''[[Minchina Ota (2008 film)|Minchina Ota]]'' (2008)
*''[[Meravanige]]'' (2008)
*''[[Meravanige]]'' (2008)
*''[[Govindaya Namaha]]'' (2012)
*''[[Govindaya Namaha]]'' (2012)
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*''[[Raju Kannada Medium]]'' (2018)
*''[[Raju Kannada Medium]]'' (2018)
*[[Fortuner (film)|''Fortuner'']](2018)
*[[Fortuner (film)|''Fortuner'']](2018)
*[[Loose Connection (Weeb series)|''Loose Connection'']](2018)
*[[Loose Connection (web series)|''Loose Connection'']] (2018)
*''[[John Jaani Janardhan]]'' (2018)
*''[[Padde Huli]]'' (2019)
*''[[Paddehuli]]'' (2019)
*''[[Adyaksha in America]]'' (2019)
*''[[Adhayksha In America]]'' (2019)
*''[[9 Sullu]]'' (2021)
*''[[9 Sullu]]'' (2021)
*''[[Viraataparva]]'' (2019)
*''[[Viraataparva]]'' (2019)
 
{{Colend}}
 
 


;Director
;Director
* ''[[Joshelay]]'' (2018) - Web Series
* ''[[Joshelay]]'' (2018) – Web Series
;Dubbing artist
;Dubbing artist
*Tejas (''[[Priyanka (2016 film)|Priyanka]]'')
*Tejas (''[[Priyanka (2016 film)|Priyanka]]'')
*[[Thakur Anoop Singh]] (''[[Rogue (2017 film)|Rogue]]'')
*[[Thakur Anoop Singh]] (''[[Rogue (2017 film)|Rogue]]'')
*[[Vishwa reddy]] (''[[100 (2017 film)|100]]'')
*Vishwa Karna (''[[100 (2021 film)|100]]'')


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|5705270|Vinayak Joshi}}
* {{IMDb name|5705270|Vinayak Joshi}}
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Latest revision as of 12:21, 18 December 2025


Vinayak Joshi
Joshi during filming of Joshelay web series
Born (1987-08-25) 25 August 1987 (age 38)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
OccupationActor, Director
Spouse(s)Varsha Belawadi

Vinayak Joshi is an Indian film, television, web-series and theatre actor. He has been a host in more than 1000 live events across 20 countries.[1] Currently he is the Head of production at Cult.fit and an independent film maker. He recently acted, directed, produced and wrote a web-series called Joshelay. It has collectively made a million views on YouTube.[2][3]

Career[edit | edit source]

He was a child actor in the 1996 movie Nammoora Mandara Hoove,[4] by Sunil Kumar Desai, starring Shivrajkumar, Ramesh and Prema.[citation needed]

His other movies include Amrutha Varshini, Laali, Simhada Mari, Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu, Appu, Kanti, Nanna Kanasina Hoove, Minchina Ota, Chitra, Govindaya Namaha, and Jaguar.[citation needed]

Filmography[edit | edit source]

Template:BLP unreferenced section

Actor
Director
Dubbing artist

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Dancers steal the show at this college". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  2. ↑ L, Shruti (27 January 2012). "Vinayak Joshi crossing borders with Kannada – Entertainment – DNA". Daily News and Analysis. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  3. ↑ R, SHILPA SEBASTIAN (27 December 2008). "Metro Plus Bangalore : Kannada's own voice". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "After 65 films, Vinayak plays the lead".

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