Sharman Joshi

Sharman Joshi (born 28 April 1979) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi films. Joshi is a recipient of several awards including an IIFA Award and nominations for two Filmfare Awards.

Joshi began his career with supporting parts in Godmother (1999) and Lajja (2001). The 2001 film Style proved to be his breakthrough. Following this, he received commercial and critical success with Rang De Basanti (2006), Golmaal (2006), Dhol (2007), Life in a... Metro (2007), 3 Idiots (2009) and Ferrari Ki Sawaari (2012). 3 Idiots earned him the IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor. This success was followed by several box office failures with the exception of Hate Story 3 (2015) and Mission Mangal (2019).

Joshi expanded to streaming projects with Baarish (2019-2020) and Kafas (2023). He is married to Prerana Chopra with whom he has three children.

Early life and family

Joshi was born on 28 April 1979 in Nagpur to Arvind Joshi and Usha Joshi. His father was a veteran of Gujarati theatre. His sister is actress Manasi Joshi Roy, who is married to actor Rohit Roy.

Joshi belongs to a Gujarati Brahmin family of actors and performing artists. His father's elder brother was theatre actor and director Pravin Joshi and actress Sarita Joshi is his aunt. Actresses Ketki Dave, Purbi Joshi and Poonam Joshi are his cousins.

Career

Early work (1999–2005)

Joshi made his film debut in the 1999 art film, Godmother. In 2001, he first played Rekha's son in Lajja opposite Aarti Chhabria, which was a success overseas. That year, he had his first lead role in Style, where he played a college student. It was a moderate success and Taran Adarsh was appreciative of his "convincing performance".

In 2003, Joshi first appeared in Kahan Ho Tum. He then reprised his character in Xcuse Me, a sequel to Style. Both films were commercial failures. 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 film emerged a box office average.

Breakthrough and acclaim (2006–2012)

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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. This film was a critical and commercial success, emerging as the seventh highest grossing film of the year. Sudhish Kamath of The Hindu stated, "Sharman is instantly likeable and emotes like a veteran." In the same year, he played a misled student in Golmaal alongside Rimi Sen. The film emerged a box office success and has since gained a cult status. Sukanya Verma called him the real star of the film for his "uninhibited and winsome" act.

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. Rajeev Masand noted, "Sharman springs a pleasant surprise as he effortlessly slips into the role of the conflicted lover." Following his role in Raqeeb, he played an ambitious young man in Dhol opposite Tanushree Dutta. The following year saw him play the lead in Hello and Sorry Bhai!, both of which were box office failures.

2009 saw Joshi play his career's most notable character of an engineering student in 3 Idiots, which later gained a cult status. The film emerged as the highest grossing Indian film at that time and created several records worldwide. Shubhra Gupta called his performance "first rate". Rajeev Masand also noted: "Joshi has a meatier role, hence succeeds in fleshing out more competently." The film earned him the IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor.

In 2010, Joshi played a prospective groom in Toh Baat Pakki! opposite Yuvika Chaudhary, which was a box office failure. His next release, Allah Ke Banday also failed commercially. 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. Sonia Chopra of Sify was appreciative of Joshi's "natural likeability and earnestness".

Later work (2013–present)

He also played the role of a cop in the erotic-thriller Wajah Tum Ho. He has played a lead role in the Bollywood movies Kaashi in Search of Ganga (2018) and 3 Storeys. 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 Asha Negi.

Other works

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. Another one of his popular comedy play was "Ame Layi Gaya, Tame Rahi Gaya" where he played four different roles. 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.

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.

Personal life

Joshi married Prerana Chopra, daughter of actor Prem Chopra, on 15 June 2000 at the age of 21. The couple have three children, Khyana Joshi, and twins Vaaryan and Vihaan Joshi.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Template:Reference column heading
1999	Godmother	Karsan
2001	Lajja	Prakash
Style	Nehal "Bantu" Shah / Rose Mary MarlowTemplate:Efn
2003	Kahan Ho Tum	Rakesh Kumar
	Xcuse Me	Nehal "Bantu" Shah
2005	Shaadi No. 1	Aryan Kapoor
2006	Rang De Basanti	Sukhi Ram / Shivaram RajguruTemplate:Efn
	Golmaal: Fun Unlimited	Laxman Prasad Sharma
2007	Life in a... Metro	Rahul Dhupia
	Raqeeb	Siddharth Verma
	Dhol	Pankaj "Pakya" Tiwari
2008	Hello	Shyam "Sam" Mehra
	Sorry Bhai!	Siddharth Mathur
2009	3 Idiots	Raju Rastogi
2010	Toh Baat Pakki!	Rahul Saxena
	Allah Ke Banday	Vijay Kamble
2012	Ferrari Ki Sawaari	Rustam "Rusy" Behram Deboo
	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
	Kaashi in Search of Ganga	Kaashi Chaudhary
2019	The Least of These	Manav Banerjee
	Mission Mangal	Parmeshwar Joshi
2021	Mera Fauji Calling	Abhishek
	Babloo Bachelor	Ranvijay "Babloo"
2023	Congratulations	Aditya Mehta	Gujarati film; also producer
	Ouch 2	Sudeep	Short film
	Music School	Manoj Kumar	Simultaneously shot in Telugu
	Aankh Micholi	Yuvraj Singh
	Sab Moh Maya Hai	Piyush Mishra
2025	Sikandar	Amar

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Template:Reference column heading
2009	PokerFace: Dil Sachcha Chehra Jhootha	Host
	Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah	Himself	Special appearance
2019–2020	Baarish	Anuj Mehta	2 seasons
2020	Pawan & Pooja	Pawan Mehra
2023	Kafas	Raghav Vashisht
2025	Medical Dreams	Subrat Sinha

Discography

Year	Film	Song	Composer	Template:Reference column heading
2009	3 Idiots	"Give Me Some Sunshine"	Shantanu Moitra

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result	Ref.
2000	3rd Zee Cine Awards	Best Male Debut	Godmother	Nominated
2004	11th Screen Awards	Best Comedian	Xcuse Me	Nominated
2006	2nd Global Indian Film Awards		Golmaal	Nominated
2007	52nd Filmfare Awards	Best Performance in a Comic Role		Nominated
	8th IIFA Awards		Rang De Basanti	Nominated
	13th Screen Awards	Best Supporting Actor		Nominated
2008	14th Screen Awards		Life in a... Metro	Nominated
2010	55th Filmfare Awards		3 Idiots	Nominated
	11th IIFA Awards			Won
	16th Screen Awards			Nominated
	8th Stardust Awards			Nominated

External links

• Template:Trim/ Sharman Joshi at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidata
• Sharman Joshi official website Template:Webarchive