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Swapnil Joshi
Joshi at the trailer launch of MPM 2
Born (1977-10-18) 18 October 1977 (age 47)[1]
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
Education
OccupationActor
Years active1989–present
Spouses
  • Aparna Joshi
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    ​
    (m. 2005; div. 2009)​
  • Leena Aradhye
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    (m. 2011)​
ChildrenMyra Joshi (daughter)
Raghav Joshi (son)
Websitehttps://swwapniljoshi.com

Swapnil Joshi (Marathi pronunciation: [sʋəpniːl d͡ʒoʃiː]) is an Indian film and television actor, in Hindi and Marathi languages. At nine years old, he appeared in the Ramanand Sagar show Uttar Ramayan. He has done some of the most successful series in television such as Krishna, Eka Lagnachi Dusri Goshta as well as films like Duniyadari, Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai casting him as the lead actor. He has done many comedy shows like Comedy Circus and Papad Pol – Shahabuddin Rathod Ki Rangeen Duniya in Hindi industry. Swapnil owns a wrestling team named 'Vidarbhache Wagh' in Zee Maharashtra Kusti Dangal.[2] He was ranked twelfth in The Times of India's Top 20 Most Desirable Men of Maharashtra in 2017.[3]

Early life

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Joshi was born on 18 October 1977 in Girgaon, Mumbai. He attended The Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Parsee Charitable Institution, and later, he pursued a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics. While his parents worked in government services, Joshi, on the other hand, is known for his career as an actor. He is the only son of his parents.[4]

Personal life

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Swapnil married the dentist Aparna in 2005, but they were divorced in 2009. After two years, he married dentist Leena Aradhye.[5] They have two children together, a daughter named Myra and a son named Raghav.[6]

Career

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Debut and breakthrough (1989-2010)

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Joshi with costar Mukta Barve at premiere of Marathi film Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai

At the age of nine, Joshi started his acting career with Ramanand Sagar's show Uttar Ramayana, where he played the role of young Kusha. In 1993, he was offered the role of young Krishna in another Ramanand Sagar's show named Krishna. Later, Joshi took a break from acting and made a comeback as a youth actor with Sanjeev Bhattacharya's show Campus. He then continued working in Hindi shows like Hudd Kar Di, Dil Vil Pyar Vyar, Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand, Hare Kkaanch Ki Choodiyaan to name a few. In 1997, he played the role of Inder in Zee TV's popular show Amanat. Then, he played the role of Dhruv, a parallel lead in the serial Kehta Hai Dil. In 1997, he first played the supporting role of Vikram Dixit in the film Ghulam-E-Mustafa, starring Nana Patekar and Raveena Tandon.

He also portrayed the role of Dr. Prakash in the popular show Bhabhi. He played the role of Arjun, Supriya Pilgaonkar's youngest son in the show Kadvee Khatee Meethi, which was a sequel of super-hit comedy show Tu Tu Main Main. He also hosted the kid's talent show named Chota Packet Bada Dhamaka. In 2008, he participated on Sony TV's show Mr. & Ms. TV, which was judged by Madhur Bhandarkar and Sonali Bendre. He won the show along with actress Purvi Joshi. His first Marathi film was Manini, where he played the lead role of Deepak Rajyadhakshya. In 2008, he acted in the multi-starrer film Checkmate.

He played the role of Chingya in the comedy film Amhi Satpute. He then played the lead character of Yash in the Marathi series Adhuri Ek Kahani opposite Kishori Godbole. He also acted in the comedy show Tere Gharchya Samor. He played the role of Pratap in the show Ardhangini.

Established actor (2010-present)

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Joshi with Satish Rajwade (center) and Mukta Barve at MPM 2 trailer launch

In 2010, he played the lead role of a boy from Pune in the hit, romantic film Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai opposite Mukta Barve. His chemistry with Barve in the film was compared to that of Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol. He also played the lead role of Yash Kumar in the Hindi film The Life Zindagi in 2011.

Joshi then turned his attention towards comedy shows and participated in the first season of Comedy Circus. He was paired with V.I.P and the duo was declared as runner's up of the show. Later, he was the contestant of various seasons of Comedy Circus like Comedy Circus-Chinchpokli To China, Comedy Circus- 20-20, Comedy Circus Ke Superstars, Comedy Circus Ke Tansen and more. In the eighth season of the show named Comedy Circus- Maha Sangram, he became victorious along with his partner VIP. Joshi also hosted the comedy show Ladies Special on Zee TV. He also played a small role in Sab TV's comedy show Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo. He played the role of Sameer on DD National's show Bajega Band Baaja, which was followed by Sab TV's Papad Pol – Shahabuddin Rathod Ki Rangeen Duniya, where he played the role of Vinaychand. In both the series, he was paired with Ami Trivedi.

In 2012, he played the lead role of Sachin on Sab TV's comedy show Golmaal Hai Bhai Sab Golmaal Hai. In the same year anchored the dance reality show Eka Peksha Ek that aired on Zee Marathi. In 2011, he played an episodic role of Siddhanth, a city boy who is married to a village belle, Gauri (played by Mukta Barve) in the show Madhu Ethe Ani Chandra Tithe. Later, he judged the comedy reality show Fu Bai Fu and played the role of Ghanashyam Kale in the show Eka Lagnachi Dusri Goshta opposite Mukta Barve on Zee Marathi. He has also had his own Radio show named The Swapnil Joshi Show on Red FM 93.5. In 2013, he portrayed the role of Shreyas Talvalkar opposite Sai Tamhankar in Duniyadari. In the same year, he was once again paired opposite Mukta Barve in the film Mangalashtak Once More where he played Satyajit Pathak.

In 2014, Joshi was seen opposite Sai Tamhankar once again in Sanjay Jadhav's film Pyaar Vali Love Story, which upon the release took good opening and was a hit at the box office. In 2014, Joshi also hosted a talk show Dhabal-Ek Timepass on Star Pravah. In 2015, his first appearance was in the film Mitwaa as Shivam Sarang alongside Sonalee Kulkarni and Prarthana Behere.Mitwaa opened to great response at the box office and was declared “super hit”. His next release was opposite Amruta Khanvilkar, Welcome Zindagi where he played Anand Prabhu. He next featured in Sanjay Jadhav's Tu Hi Re opposite Sai Tamhankar and Tejaswini Pandit. His final release of the year was Satish Rajwade's Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 2, sequel of Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai opposite Mukta Barve where he played Gautam Pradhan. In 2016, his initial appearance was in R.Madhesh's film, Friends opposite Gauri Nalawde and alongside Sachit Patil.

He later starred in a film Laal Ishq produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and directed by Swapna Waghmare Joshi. It also stars Anjana Sukhani for first time in Marathi films. It released on 27 May. He is also starring in a film Fugay along with Subodh Bhave and directed by Swapna Waghmare Joshi. He has done a family film Fugay with his brother Subodh Bhave. A change in it is that they have exchanged their surnames Subodh Joshi and Swapnil Bhave. He is also starred in the Marathi film Bhikari directed by Ganesh Acharya.

Filmography

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Films

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Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Ref.
1991 Jeeva Sakha
1997 Ghulam-E-Mustafa Vikram Dixit [7]
2002 Dil Vil Pyar Vyar Anil [7]
2004 Manini Deepak Rajyadhakshya [7]
2008 Checkmate Mohan Bhave [7]
Target Swapnil [7]
Amhi Satpute Chingalya [8]
2010 Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai Gautam Pradhan [7]
2011 The Life Zindagi Yash 'Nadan' K. Kumar [7]
2013 Duniyadari Shreyas Talvalkar [9]
Govinda Rajan Mayekar
Mangalashtak Once More Satyajit [10]
2014 Por Bazaar Special Appearance
Pyaar Vali Love Story Amar [11]
2015 Mitwaa Shivam Sarang [12]
2 Premi Premache Yash [13]
Welcome Zindagi Anand Prabhu [14]
Tu Hi Re Siddharth [15]
Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 2 Gautam Pradhan [16]
2016 Friends Neil [17]
Laal Ishq Yash Patwardhan
2017 Fugay Aditya
Bhikari Samrat Jaikar
Ranangan Shlok/Avinash/Sagar
2018 Mumbai Pune Mumbai 3 Gautam Pradhan
2019 Mi Pan Sachin Sachin
Mogra Phulaalaa Sunil Kulkarni [18]
2021 Bali Shrikant [19]
2023 Vaalvi Aniket [20]
2024 Nach Ga Ghuma Himself [21]
Bai Ga Dhanush [22]
Navra Maza Navsacha 2 Lambodar Deshpande [23]
TBA Sutka † TBA [24]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1989 Uttar Ramayan Kush Television debut [25]
1993 Krishna Krishna [26]
1997–2002 Amanat Inder
1998–1999 Dil Vil Pyar Vyar Anil
1999 Nanhe Jasoos Detective
1999–2000 Hudd Kar Di Neeraj Dhanwa
2000–03 Kehta Hai Dil Dhruv
2002–03 Bhabhi Dr. Prakash
2001–05 Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand Samarjeet Kent
2004 Tere Gharchya Samor
2004–08 Adhuri Ek Kahani Yash Patwardhan
2005 Hare Kkaanch Ki Choodiyaan Sunny
2006 Kadvee Khattee Meethi Arjun
2007 Comedy Circus Himself Contestant
2008 Comedy Circus 2 Himself Contestant
2008 Mr. & Ms. TV Himself Contestant [27]
2008 Comedy Circus Kaante Ki Takkar Himself Contestant
2008 Comedy Circus 20 – 20 Himself Contestant
2008–09 Chota Packet Bada Dhamaka Himself Host
2008 Ardhangini Pratap
2009 Ladies Special Himself Host
2009 Comedy Circus – Chinchpokli To China Contestant
2009 Navat Kay Aahe Himself Host
2010 Comedy Circus Dekh India Dekh Himself Contestant
2010 Comedy Circus Maha Sangram Himself Contestant
2009 Ghar Ki Baat Hai Kapil Kumar
2009–10 Bajega Band Baaja Sameer
2009–12 Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo Bhavesh Bhavsar
2010–11 Papad Pol – Shahabuddin Rathod Ki Rangeen Duniya Vinay Chand Parikh [28]
2010 Comedy Circus Ke Superstars Himself Contestant
2011 Madhu Ethe An Chandra Tithe Siddhanth Guest Appearance [29]
2011 Comedy Circus Ke Tansen Himself Contestant
2011 Eka Peksha Ek Himself Host [30]
2010-2014 Fu Bai Fu Himself Judge
2012 Eka Lagnachi Dusri Goshta Ghanashyam Kale [31]
2012 Golmaal Hai Bhai Sab Golmaal Hai Sachin [32]
2014 Dhabal Ek Timepass Himself Host [33]
2014 Jawai Vikat Ghene Aahe Himself Guest
2016 Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati Himself Host [34]
2018 Bigg Boss Marathi 1 Himself Guest [35]
2019 Kanala Khada Himself Guest
2019 Khatra Khatra Khatra Himself Guest
2019 No. 1 Yaari Himself Host [36]
2019 Jeevlaga Vishwas Deshpande [37]
2020–present Chala Hawa Yeu Dya Himself [38]
2022 – 2023 Tu Tevha Tashi Saurabh Patwardhan Lead role [39]

Web series

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Year Title Platform Role Ref.
2020 Samantar MX Player Kumar Mahajan [40]
2021 Samantar 2 [41]

Theatre

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Radio

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  • Share it with Swwapnil[43]

Awards and nominations

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Awards from popular organisations[44]
Year Work Awards Category
2002 Dil Vil Pyar Vyar Pu La Deshpande Tarunai Sanman Tarunai Award
2008 Checkmate Maharashtra State Film Awards Best Supporting Actor
2012 Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai Pu La Deshpande Tarunai Sanman Tarunai Award
2013 Duniyadari MICTA Best Actor
Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? Favourite Actor
Favourite Style Icon
2014 Maharashtra State Film Awards Best Actor
Raja Paranjape Sanman Best Actor
2017 Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 2 Lokmat Awards Maharashtra's Most Stylish MI Lokmat
Maharashtra's Most Stylish Readers Choice Awards Lokmat Style Award
2018 Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 3 Maharashtracha Favourite Kon? Favourite Style Icon
2019 Mogra Phulaalaa Lokmat Awards Maharashtra's Most Stylish Actor Marathi Contribution to Regional Cinema
Sakaal Premier Awards Best Actor

References

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