Sarita Joshi

Early life

Sarita was born in a middle class Marathi family in Pune, though she grew up in Vadodara. Her father, Bhimrao Bhosle, was a barrister and mother, Kamlabai Rane, was from Goa. She began acting on stage at the age of nine along with her sister Padmarani, due financial problems that her family found itself in. Though she started with traditional theatre, she soon started working with noted artists like Shanta Apte. She is often confused with her sister, Padmarani, who is also a renowned actress.

Career

After working as child actor for six years Joshi got her first lead role at age 16. She went to act with Indian National Theatre, and it was here that she met her future husband Pravin Joshi. She made television debut in the 1980s, with TV series, Titliyan (Butterflies) directed by Nadira Babbar, followed by numerous series in 90's, including, Hasratein.

She is best known for portraying a tough yet fair matriarch in the household hit serial Baa Bahoo Aur Baby, which stopped on 28 March 2009 for a temporary seasonal break but was renewed back on popular demand. In 2009 Joshi played in the serial Kuchh Kook Hota Hai as Rani on 9X. Joshi played Asha Parekh's friend in movie "Kanyadaan" in 1968 and also appeared in the song Mil Gaye Milgaye Aaj Mere Sanam from the same film . Joshi played Vijayanthimala's friend in movie "Pyar Hi Pyar" in 1969. She also portrayed Abhishek Bachchan's mother in Guru directed by filmmaker Mani Ratnam. She also played a central character in the 2008 movie Dasvidaniya. Joshi then travelled to the United States that year to be part of the crossover film, Bollywood Beats, starring alongside Lilette Dubey and Pooja Kumar, in a film directed by Mehul Shah. Out of all the mediums she holds a special corner for theatre and stage performances. She claims that the joy of performing on stage is any time better than anything else and that theatre will always be her first love.

At present, she stars in Star Plus Chand Chupa Badal Mein which is produced by Rajan Shahi as caring, confident Grand mother of female lead Nivedita played by Neha sargam. Her recent film Gangoobai has just been released in theatres in January 2013 in which she plays the protagonist. She also played the character of biological mother of Gopikishan Vaishnav played by Gaurav Khanna in Sony Byaah Hamari Bahoo ka. She appeared in Meri Aashiqui Tumse Hi in 2015 and now ,She was last seen playing the character of Lalita Swamy Amma in Sab TV's serial Khidki. Now she is playing the character of Bakula in the serial Bakula bua ka bhoot.

Personal life

Joshi was married to theatre director and playwright Praveen Joshi. She is the mother of actresses Ketki Dave who played the role of Daksha in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and of Purbi Joshi who appears on Comedy Circus as a host. Her niece is Manasi Joshi Roy and nephew is actor Sharman Joshi, children of theatre veteran Arvind Joshi.

Awards

In 1988, she was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Acting in Gujarati. In 2007, for her role as Godavari Thakkar in Baa Bahoo Aur Baby, she was awarded a Best Actress in a Drama award by the IDEA Indian Television Academy Awards.

Other awards include: