Nivedita Saraf

Nivedita Saraf (née Joshi; born 11 April 1963) is an Indian film, television and theatre actress. She made her film debut as a child in the 1977 Hindi film Apnapan. and started her career in lead roles as a teen-adult in 1984, when she was cast in the Marathi film Navri Mile Navryala. She quickly established herself as one of the prominent and leading female stars of Marathi cinema, with the roles in Gharcha Bhedi (1984), Dhoom Dhadaka (1985), De Danadan (1987), Thartharat (1989) and Majha Chakula (1994) with Mahesh Kothare, Kiss Bai Kiss (1988), Gholat Ghol (1988), Pheka Pheki (1989), De Dhadak Be Dhadak (1989) with Laxmikant Berde, Balache Baap Brahmachari (1989), Tuzhi Mazhi Jamli Jodi (1990), Aamchyasarkhe Aamhich (1990), Tu Sukhakarta (1993), Dhamaal Jodi (1995) with Ashok Saraf, and Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi (1988) with Siddharth Ray.

Nivedita Saraf
Nivedita Saraf in 2015
Born	Nivedita Joshi (1963-04-11) 11 April 1963 (age 61)
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Nivedita Joshi Saraf
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1977–present
Spouse	Ashok Saraf ​ (m. 1990)​
Children	1

She left the film industry at the peak of her career, as she married Ashok Saraf in 1990. Following this, she took a sabbatical break from acting in films. She made her comeback in 2010 through Television shows.

Early life

Joshi was born on 11 April 1963 in a family of actors.^[1] Her father Gajanan Joshi acted in many Marathi films of early 1970s. Her mother was a stage actress Vimal Joshi from the same era.^[2]

Career

Joshi began her acting career on the stage at the age of 10. She made her film debut as a child actor in J. Om Prakash's Hindi drama film Apnapan, where she played the role of a beggar alongside Sudhir Dalvi. The song Aadmi Musafir Hai, sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi, was picturised on them.^[3] Subsequently, she featured in a few more Hindi films as a child actor, where she was credited as Baby Nivedita Joshi.

In 1984, Joshi landed her first leading role in the Marathi family drama film Navri Mile Navryala, directed by Sachin Pilgaonkar, where she acted for the first time alongside her future husband Ashok Saraf as a sister. The film was a huge commercial success.^[4] The same year, she also acted in Gharcha Bhedi.^[5]

In 1985, she was seen in brief roles in the films: Ardhangi, Paisa Yeh Paisa, and Uske Baad. Her leading role of the year was Mahesh Kothare's directorial debut, Dhum Dhadaka. It starred Kothare, Ashok, Laxmikant Berde, and Prema Kiran. The film was a remake of the 1964 Tamil film Kadhalikka Neramillai. After its release, it became a box office hit and was a trendsetter, which brought young audiences to recognise the Marathi style of movie-making.^{[citation needed]}

Next, she played a college going girl in Kashasathi Premasathi (1987), opposite Ajinkya Deo. The song Bhannat Ranwara from the film was a chartbuster.^[6] Her biggest hit of 1987 was Kothare's action comedy De Danadan, which was inspired by the 1980 Hollywood film Super Fuzz.^[7]

In 1988, she once again collaborated with Pilgaonkar for the comedy drama film Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi. Joshi played love interest from Miraj of Shantanu (played by Siddharth Ray), along with an ensemble cast of Pilgaonkar, Ashok, Supriya Pilgaonkar, Berde, Ashwini Bhave, and Priya Arun.^[8] The film was a major box office success for Marathi films in the 1980s and achieved cult classic status among Marathi audiences.^[9] Next, she starred in Marathi romantic dramas Kiss Bai Kiss and Gholat Ghol, both featuring Bhave and Berde, which were hits at the box office. The former was based on love triangle, which was also remade in Hindi as Honeymoon (1992).^[10] Her final film of that year was Mamla Porincha, a remake of the American film 9 to 5 (1980) about a womanising boss who has a bad eye on his female employees, fed up with him, they decide to teach him a lesson.^[11]

In 1989, Joshi played the main lead role of a journalist of the daily newspaper Apradh who falls in love with a CID Inspector (portrayed by Kothare) in his directorial action comedy Thartharat.^[12] The film was huge box-office success of that year.^[13] Her next releases were the comedy dramas Balache Baap Brahmachari,^[14] De Dhadak Be Dhadak^[15] and Pheka Pheki. The lattermost was remade in Hindi as Golmaal Returns (2008).^[16]

In 1990, she played a supporting role in the crime drama Aamchyasarkhe Aamhich. Next, she starred in the drama film Tuzhi Mazhi Jamli Jodi, which revolves around two girl-friends whose marriage gets fixed at the same time, and one has to go through troubles due to which their friendship is effected.^[17] The next releases were Dhamal Bablya Ganpyachi and Changu Mangu.^[18] All four films featured her husband, Ashok.^[19]

Following these years, she was also part of the Hindi films Narsimha (1991) and King Uncle (1993). After a two-years gap from Marathi films, she starred in Tu Sukhkarta (1993), where she portrayed a woman who has devoted her life to spirituality and intends not to get married.^[20]

In 1994, she played the mother of a young boy who is kidnapped by robbers in Kothare's drama film Majha Chakula. Her performance and the film were critically and commercially successful. This film also marked Joshi and Kothare's fourth and last collaboration together.^[21] Majha Chakula was the last film she shot before her maternity break, but Dhamaal Jodi (1995) was released later.^[22]

Joshi's only appearance during her break was in the 2006 Marathi serial Bandhan, which aired on Zee Marathi. She made her comeback to films after 15 years, with the 2011 film Aata Ga Baya, in which she was seen in a negative role. Her last feature in the film was Deool Band.

Joshi has played Asawari in the Marathi-language serial Aggabai Sasubai on Zee Marathi from 2019 to 2021, a role she reprised in the spin-off Aggabai Sunbai. She played a role in Colors Marathi's Bhagya Dile Tu Mala from 2022 to 2024 as Ratnamala Mohite. Currently, she is playing the role of Shubha Killedar in Star Pravah's Aai Ani Baba Retire Hot Aahet.

Personal life

She married actor Ashok Saraf in 1990.^[8][23] They have a son named Aniket Saraf who is a chef.^[24]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
1977	Apnapan	Beggar	Hindi	Child Artist	[3]
1978	Jalan	Nivedita	Hindi	Child Artist
1980	Parivartan		Hindi	Child Artist
1984	Navri Mile Navryala	Kaladevi Inamdar	Marathi	First Lead Role	[4]
	Gharcha Bhedi	Aarti Joshi	Marathi		[5]
1985	Dhum Dhadaka	Gauri Wakade	Marathi
	Paisa Yeh Paisa	Rekha	Hindi
	Ardhangi		Hindi
	Uske Baad		Hindi
1986	Naval Katha		Marathi
	Tu Saubhagyavati Ho		Marathi
1987	Naam O Nishan	Chutki Singh	Hindi
	Marte Dam Tak	Rajni Mathur	Hindi
	Kashasathi Premasathi	Tanuja Sardeshmukh (Tanu)	Marathi		[6]
	Irasaal Karti	Chameli	Marathi
	De Danadan	Gauri Dhoipode	Marathi		[7]
1988	Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi	Sushma	Marathi		[9]
	Ghar Mein Ram Gali Mein Shyam	Kamla	Hindi
	Kiss Bai Kiss	Archana	Marathi		[10]
	Pyaar Mohabbat		Hindi
	Mere Baad		Hindi
	Sarvashrestha	Madhuri	Hindi
	Gholat Ghol	Kavita	Marathi
	Mamla Porincha	Nanda	Marathi		[11]
	Afsar		Hindi
1989	Thartharat	Uma Desai	Marathi		[12]
	Balache Baap Brahmachari	Meenakshi Aasankar	Marathi		[25]
	Jaaydaad	Rajesh's sister	Hindi
	Pheka Pheki	Rekha Phadke	Marathi		[26]
	De Dhadak Be Dhadak	Mona	Marathi		[15]
1990	Tuzhi Mazhi Jamli Jodi	Priya	Marathi		[17]
	Dhamal Bablya Ganpyachi	Manisha	Marathi		[19]
	Lapwa Chhapwi	Radha Krishna	Marathi
	Amchyasarkhe Aamhich	Champa Joshi	Marathi
	Changu Mangu	Sheela Khatle	Marathi		[18]
1991	Narsimha	Seema	Hindi
1992	Naseebwaala	Sheela	Hindi
1993	King Uncle	Sunita	Hindi
	Tu Sukhakarta	Varsha	Marathi		[20]
1994	Majha Chakula	Yashoda	Marathi	Nominated Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Marathi	[21]
1995	Dhamaal Jodi	Neha	Marathi		[22]
1996	Balgobin Bhagat		Marathi
1999	Sar Ankhon Par	Radha	Hindi
2008	Mohini	Lavani Dancer	Marathi	Cameo appearance in the Song "Aaicha Sangava Aala Re"
2011	Aata Ga Baya	Manee's stepmother	Marathi
2013	We Are On! Houn Jau Dya	Age housing society member	Marathi
2015	Deool Band	Raghav's mother	Marathi

Television

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
1984	Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi	Raja's wife	Hindi	Television debut
1990	Bhikaji Rao Karodpati	Bhikaji's wife	Marathi
2000	Don't Worry Ho Jayega		Hindi	As producer
2006-2007	Bandhan	Padmini	Marathi	Lead role
2010-2012	Sapno Se Bhare Naina	Naina's mother	Hindi
2015	Phir Bhi Na Maane...Badtameez Dil	Suman Purohit	Hindi
2016-2017	Duheri	Dushyant's mother	Marathi		[27][28]
2019	Kesari Nandan	Bhakti Singh (Dadi Sa)	Hindi
2019-2021	Aggabai Sasubai	Asavari Kulkarni / Asavari Raje	Marathi		[29]
2021	Aggabai Sunbai	Asavari Raje	Marathi		[citation needed]
2022–2024	Bhagya Dile Tu Mala	Ratnamala Mohite	Marathi		[30]
2024–present	Aai Ani Baba Retire Hot Aahet	Shubha Killedar	Marathi

Plays

• Tilak–Agarkar
• Akhercha Sawall
• Premachya Gava Jave
• Shrimant
• Tuzya-Mazyat
• Cottage No. 54
• Hasat Khelat
• Vahto Hi Durvanchi Judi
• Vegal Vhayachay Mala
• Sangeet Sanshay Kallol
• Wada Chirebandi
• Magna Talyakathi
• Mi, Swara Aani Te Dogha

Web-series

Year	Title	Role	Language	Ref.
2022	Athang	Aau	Marathi	[31]

Awards

Year	Awards	Category	Film/Show	Ref.
2019	Zee Marathi Utsav Natyancha Awards 2019	Best Mother	Aggabai Sasubai	[32]
		Best Mother-in-law
		Best Daughter-in-law
		Best Jodi (as Abhijeet-Asavari)
2021	Zee Marathi Utsav Natyancha Awards 2020-21	Best Mother-in-law		[33]

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External links

• Nivedita Saraf at IMDb