Actor Sharman Joshi made his film debut in the year 1999, with the film ‘Godmother’, directed by Vinay Shukla. He was noticed in his very first attempt and received rave reviews for playing the troubled son of the protagonist, played by Shabana Azmi.

If Godmother belonged to the so called art cinema, Sharman’s next role was a surprise. He starred in a film called ‘Style’ made by N Chandra. The film was a comedy and was a surprise commercial hit. This low budget project starring newcomers was set in a college and followed the antics of a couple of students. Sharman’s comic timing and performance was lauded and was considered the main reason for the success of the otherwise mediocre movie. The success of Style was followed by a sequel called Excuse Me, borrowing its name from the hit song of the first film. Other comedies followed like Shaadi No. 1.

But it was the year 2006, with filmmaker Rakesh Mehra’s critically acclaimed Rang De Basanti, that Sharman experienced his first real success, both critical and commercial. It brought him favorable reviews, both for his comic and emotional segments in the movie, and is considered to be his breakthrough role. Later that year, he starred in yet another comedy, Golmaal, which was a moderate success at the box office. In 2007, he appeared in the critically acclaimed multi starrer, Life in a Metro, which was a success at the box office. This was followed by another multi starrer, a comedy again, called Dhol, which did moderately well at the box office. His next much awaited release is director Onir’s next opposite Chitrangada Singh.

Films Done By Sharman Joshi

1999 Godmother Karsan National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
2001 Lajja Prakash
2001 Style Bantu
2003 Urf Professor (Video) Raju/Raj Saxena
2003 Kahan Ho Tum Rakesh Kumar
2003 Xcuse Me Bantu
2005 Shaadi No. 1 Aryan Kapoor
2006 Rang De Basanti Sukhi / Rajguru
2006 Golmaal Laxman Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role
2007 Life in a… Metro Rahul
2007 Raqeeb Siddharth Verma
2007 Dhol Pankaj a.k.a. Pakkiya
2008 Hello Shyam (Sam)
2003 Sorry Bhai! Siddharth Mathur
2009 3 Idiots Raju Rastogi Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor Won—IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor
2010 Toh Baat Pakki! Rahul Saxena
2012 Allah Ke Banday Vijay Kamble
2012 Ferrari Ki Sawaari Rusy
2012 3 Bachelors Amit
2013 War Chod Na Yaar Captain Raj of Indian Army
2014 Gang of Ghosts Raju Writer
2014 Super Nani Mann
2015 Hate Story 3 Aditya Deewan
2016 1920 London Jai Singh Gujjar (exorcist)
2016 Wajah Tum Ho ACP Kabir Deshmukh
2018 3 Storeys Shankar Varma
2018 Kaashi in Search of Ganga Kaashi
2019 The Least of These Manav Banerjee
2019 Mission Mangal Parmeshwar Joshi
2020 Babloo Bachelor Babloo
2020 Tom, Dick and Harry 2 Dick
2020 Fauji Calling
2020 Mumbai Saga Inspector Veerendra Yadav

Television Done By Sharman Joshi

1995 Standing Boy: Maharaja Ranjit Singh
1999 Gubbare
2009 PokerFace: Dil Sachcha Chehra Jhootha
2019- Baarish Web series on ALT Balaji
2020 Pawan and Pooja Web series on MX Player

Awards and nominations Received By Sharman Joshi

2007 Filmfare Award Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role Golmaal Nominated
2010 Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor 3 Idiots Nominated
2010 IIFA Award IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor Won