Swapnil Joshi

Swapnil Joshi (Marathi pronunciation: [sʋəpniːl d͡ʒoʃiː]; born 18 October 1977) 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]

Swapnil Joshi
Joshi at the trailer launch of Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 2
Born	(1977-10-18) 18 October 1977 (age 47)[1] Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Education	Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present
Spouses	Aparna Joshi ​ ​ (m. 2005; div. 2009)​ Leena Aradhye ​ (m. 2011)​
Children	2
Website	https://swwapniljoshi.com

Early life

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]

Career

Debut and breakthrough (1989–2010)

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)

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 Sony 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 is also starred in the Marathi film Bhikari directed by Ganesh Acharya.

Personal life

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

Filmography

Films

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
1991	Jeeva Sakha
1997	Ghulam-E-Mustafa	Vikram Dixit	[6]
2002	Dil Vil Pyar Vyar	Anil	[6]
2004	Manini	Deepak Rajyadhakshya	[6]
2008	Checkmate	Mohan Bhave	[6]
	Target	Swapnil	[6]
	Amhi Satpute	Chingalya	[7]
2010	Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai	Gautam Pradhan	[6]
2011	The Life Zindagi	Yash 'Nadan' K. Kumar	[6]
2013	Duniyadari	Shreyas Talvalkar	[8]
	Govinda	Rajan Mayekar
	Mangalashtak Once More	Satyajit	[9]
2014	Por Bazaar	Special Appearance
	Pyaar Vali Love Story	Amar	[10]
2015	Mitwaa	Shivam Sarang	[11]
	2 Premi Premache	Yash	[12]
	Welcome Zindagi	Anand Prabhu	[13]
	Tu Hi Re	Siddharth	[14]
	Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai 2	Gautam Pradhan	[15]
2016	Friends	Neil	[16]
	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	[17]
2021	Bali	Shrikant	[18]
2023	Vaalvi	Aniket	[19]
2024	Nach Ga Ghuma	Himself	[20]
	Bai Ga	Dhanush	[21]
	Navra Maza Navsacha 2	Lambodar Deshpande	[22]
2025	Jilabi	Vijay Karmarkar	[23]
	ChikiChiki BooBoomBoom	Vaibhav	[24]
	SuSheela SuJeet	Sujeet	[25]
	Shubhchintak	Vishwas	[26]
TBA	Sutka †	TBA	[27]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1989	Uttar Ramayan	Kush	Television debut	[28]
1993	Krishna	Krishna		[29]
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	[30]
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		[31]
2010	Comedy Circus Ke Superstars	Himself	Contestant
2011	Madhu Ethe An Chandra Tithe	Siddhanth	Guest Appearance	[32]
2011	Comedy Circus Ke Tansen	Himself	Contestant
2011	Eka Peksha Ek	Himself	Host	[33]
2010-2014	Fu Bai Fu	Himself	Judge
2012	Eka Lagnachi Dusri Goshta	Ghanashyam Kale		[34]
2012	Golmaal Hai Bhai Sab Golmaal Hai	Sachin		[35]
2014	Dhabal Ek Timepass	Himself	Host	[36]
2014	Jawai Vikat Ghene Aahe	Himself	Guest
2016	Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati	Himself	Host	[37]
2018	Bigg Boss Marathi 1	Himself	Guest	[38]
2019	Kanala Khada	Himself	Guest
2019	Khatra Khatra Khatra	Himself	Guest
2019	No. 1 Yaari	Himself	Host	[39]
2019	Jeevlaga	Vishwas Deshpande		[40]
2020–present	Chala Hawa Yeu Dya	Himself		[41]
2022 – 2023	Tu Tevha Tashi	Saurabh Patwardhan	Lead role	[42]

Web series

Year	Title	Platform	Role	Ref.
2020	Samantar	MX Player	Kumar Mahajan	[43]
2021	Samantar 2			[44]

Theatre

• Get Well Soon^[45]

Radio

• Share it with Swwapnil^[46]

Dubbing artist

• Dhira (2020)^[47]

Awards and nominations

Awards from popular organisations^[48]

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