Sarita Joshi
| Sarita Joshi | |
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| Born |
Sarita Bhosle 17 October 1941 Pune, Maharashtra |
| Other names | Godavari Thakkar |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1950- |
| Spouse(s) | Praveen Joshi |
| Children |
Ketki Dave Purbi Joshi |
Sarita Joshi (née Bhosle) (born 17 October 1941) is an Indian stage, television and film actress, and is a veteran actress of Gujarati theatre and Marathi theatre and also Marathi cinema. She is best known for her role as Godavari Thakkar in the hit Star Plus TV series Baa Bahoo Aur Baby.
In 1988, she was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Acting in Gujarati by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.
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.
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.
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