Sharman Joshi

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. He made his film debut in the 1999 art film, Godmother. This was followed by 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. Later that year he starred in the comedy 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, 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 a lead role in family drama Ferrari ki Sawaari (2012). 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 to Asha Negi.