Abhijat Joshi

• Name — Abhijat Joshi • Born — 1 December 1969 • Birthplace — Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India • Known for — Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) 3 Idiots (2009) PK (2014) Sanju (2018) • Occupation — * Screenwriter • producer • director • editor • Spouse — Shobha Joshi • Children — 1 • Relatives — Saumya Joshi (younger brother)

Joshi was born and brought up in Ahmedabad.

He studied at Shree Vidyanagar High School in Ahmedabad, where he took part in the annual competitions for Gujarati dramas in the school. Apart from teaching, he was also involved in theatre activities. His younger brother Saumya Joshi was also professor and is now theatre personality. His father and mother also were professors. During 1992 Gujarat riots, he wrote a theatre production, "A Shaft of Sunlight", which was critically acclaimed; subsequently director Vidhu Vinod Chopra saw the play, which led to them working together in the films, Kareeb and Mission Kashmir. A UK based Tamasha Theatre Company in collaboration with Greenwich Repertory Company performed more than 300 Shows, later the play was also adapted in Gujarati as "Marmbhed". Like his father Jayant Joshi, who is a Sane Guruji (noted Marathi social reformer Pandurang Sadashiv Sane) scholar, Abhijat was deeply influenced by Sane Guruji. His father drew his attention to the profound concept of dharma as Sane Guruji saw it. All these readings have helped him immensely in writing stories. In 2015, he scripted Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Hollywood flick Broken Horses. As of 2016, he is working on two scripts, the third film of the Munnabhai series, and actor Sanjay Dutt's biopic.

He lives in central Ohio, where he teaches at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio. He is married, and has one daughter. His younger brother, Saumya Joshi, is a playwright and screenwriter best known for the 2012 film OMG - Oh My God! and 102 Not Out, both of which were directed by Umesh Shukla. In 2016, Joshi underwent brain surgery at the Mumbai's Hinduja Hospital, performed by neurosurgeon B. K. Misra.

• A Shaft of Sunlight. Nick Hern Books. 2000.. (Hindi: Marmbhed)

• Year — Film — Role(s) • 2023 — Dunki — Co - writer • 2020 — Shikara — Writer • 2018 — Sanju — Co-writer • 2016 — Wazir — Writer, Co-editor • 2015 — Broken Horses — Writer • 2014 — PK — Writer • 2012 — Nanban — Writer (Tamil) • 2009 — 3 Idiots — Writer • 2007 — Eklavya: The Royal Guard — Writer, producer • 2006 — Lage Raho Munna Bhai — Writer • 2000 — Mission Kashmir — Writer • 1998 — Kareeb — Writer