Dilip Joshi

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Dilip Joshi
Dilip Joshi.jpg
Joshi in 2012
Born (1968-05-26) 26 May 1968 (age 55)[1]
OccupationActor
Years active1989 – present
Known for
Spouse(s)Jaymala Joshi[2]
Children2

Dilip Joshi (born 26 May 1968)[3] is an Indian film, television actor and a firm devotee of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha. He has appeared in several Indian movies and television series. Joshi has performed mostly in comedy roles, he initially worked in side roles in Bollywood films and then rose to fame for his role as Jethalal Champaklal Gada in the Indian sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah.[4][5]

Personal life[edit]

Dilip Joshi was born into a Gujarati family originating from Porbandar.[6] While doing BCA, he was awarded the INT (Indian National Theater) Best Actor.[7] He is married to Jayamala Joshi with whom he has two children, Niyati Joshi and Ritwik Joshi.[8]

Career[edit]

Dilip Joshi started his acting career in 1989, playing the character of Ramu in the film Maine Pyar Kiya. Since then, he has appeared in several Gujarati dramas, one of them being Bapu Tame Kamaal Kari with Sumeet Raghavan and Amit Mistry, the trio known for their television show Shubh Mangal Savadhan. Joshi starred in the show Yeh Duniya Hai Rangeen and Kya Baat Hai in which he played a South Indian. He also appeared in films such as Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani and Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!

Joshi with his co-star Disha Vakani in success bash for completion of 1000 episodes of TMKOC.

Since 2008, Joshi has been playing the role of Jethalal Champaklal Gada in the popular sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah often called TMKOC. For his performance in the show, he received several accolades, including 5 Telly awards and 2 ITA awards.

Notable among his other tele-serials in Hindi are Kabhi Yeh Kabhi Woh, Hum Sab Ek Hain, Shubh Mangal Savadhan, Kya Baat Hai, Daal Mein Kala and Meri Biwi Wonderful. He appeared in the children's comedy Agadam Bagdam Tigdam as Uncle Tappu, as well as in the 2009 films Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge and Ashutosh Gowarikar's What's Your Raashee.

Filmography[edit]

Films[edit]

Year Film Role
1989 Maine Pyar Kiya Ramu
1992 Hun Hunshi Hunshilal Hunshilal
1994 Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! Bhola Prasad
1996 Yash Gopi
1998 Sar Aakhon Par Sunday[9]
2000 Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani Sapney
Khiladi 420 Arora
2001 One 2 Ka 4 Champak
2002 Humraaz Gauri Shankar
Dil Hai Tumhaara Factory CEO
Kya Dil Ne Kahaa Rahul's friend
2008 Firaaq Deven
Don Muthu Swami Fikarchand
2009 Dhoondte Reh Jaaoge Mama Nautanki (director)
What's Your Raashee? Jitubhai

Television[edit]

Year Serial Role Notes
1995 Kabhi Yeh Kabhi Woh Vasu
1997 Kya Baat Hai Rangaswami
1998–1997 Daal Mein Kala Ajay Koshal
Kora Kagaz Varsha's brother
Do Aur Do Paanch Rahul
1998–2001 Hum Sab Ek Hain Sohan Khachroo
1999 Yeh Duniya Hai Rangeen Balkrishna Namudari
2000 Sewalal Mewalal[10] Mohan Joshi
2001 Rishtey – The Love Stories Pappu Pardesi episode "Izzat Ka Falooda"
2002–2004 Shubh Mangal Savadhan Dilip Joshi
2002–2003 Meri Biwi Wonderful[11] Raj
2004 Aaj Ke Shrimaan Shrimati Sanjay Sarfare
Hum Sab Baraati[12] Nathu Mehta
Bhagwan Bachaye Inko[11] Gopi
Malini Iyer[13]
2004–2006 C.I.D Special Bureau Bob
2007–2008 F.I.R. Various characters
2007 Agadam Bagdam Tigdam Uncle Tappu
2008–present Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah Jethalal Champaklal Gada
2014 C.I.D. Guest[14]

Awards[edit]

Joshi at an award show
Year Award Show Category
2009 9th Indian Telly Awards Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah Best Actor in a Comic Role (Popular)
2010 3rd Boroplus Gold Awards Best Comic Actor (Popular)
10th Indian Telly Awards Most Popular Actor in a Comic Role
2011 4th Boroplus Gold Awards Best Comic Actor (Popular)
BIG Star Entertainment Awards Most Entertaining Actor
Apsara Awards Best Actor in Drama Series
2012 11th Indian Telly Awards Most Popular Actor in a Comic Role
5th Boroplus Gold Awards Best Comic Actor (Popular)
People's Choice Awards India Best TV Actor – Comedy
12th Indian Television Academy Awards Best Actor – Comedy
2013 12th Indian Telly Awards Best Actor in a Comic Role (Popular)
2014 Zee Gold Awards Best Actor In Comic Role (Male)
14th Indian Television Academy Awards Best Actor – Comedy
2016 Zee Gold Awards Best Actor In Comic Role (Male)
2018 Zee Gold Awards Best Actor – Comedy
2019 15th Indian Telly Awards Best Actor in a Comic Role (Jury)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Fans wish Dilip Joshi aka Jethalal on 53rd birthday calling tmkoc actor a legend". indiatoday.in.
  2. "Dilip Joshi and Jaymala Joshi – Sunil Grover to Kapil Sharma: Popular Indian comedians and their lesser known life partners". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. "Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah's Shailesh Lodha wishes Dilip Joshi aka Jethalal on his birthday". Times of India.
  4. "Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah: Dilip Joshi on resuming shoots: Missed playing Jethalal for last three months". PINKVILLA. 17 June 2020.
  5. "Taarak Mehta's Dilip Joshi turns 53: Doing side roles in Bollywood films to becoming everyone's favourite as Jethalal, his journey unfolded". The Times of India. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  6. "I feel very blessed to be a part of Taarak Mehta: Dilip Joshi". tellychakkar.com. Retrieved 5 December 2015. The character of Jethalal belongs to a Gujarati family and therefore depicts the happenings of a Gujarati family. You too hail from a Gujarati origin. Is it because of this reason that you have an easy grasp of the character? Yes! That is obvious. I am a typical Gujarati and therefore I am accustomed to speaking the language and acting like a Gujarati. I think the character connects to the people based on the acknowledgments that I have received from our viewers.
  7. "Revealed! You will be shocked to know the educational qualifications of 'Taarak Mehta…' star cast". dailybhaskar. 5 August 2015.
  8. "Dilip Joshi". IMDb. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  9. "Sar Ankhon Par". Sify.
  10. "The Sunday Tribune – Spectrum – Television". www.tribuneindia.com.
  11. 11.0 11.1 "The Sunday Tribune – Spectrum – Television". Tribuneindia.com. 21 March 2004. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  12. "Dilip Joshi played Delnaaz Irani's husband in this old show; watch the throwback video". Times of India.
  13. "The Sunday Tribune – Spectrum – Television". www.tribuneindia.com.
  14. "CID – Mahasangam – Episode 1098 – 5th July 2014". Archived from the original on 8 July 2014 – via www.youtube.com.

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