Sarita Joshi

Sarita Joshi
Born
Sarita Bhosle

Pune, Bombay Presidency, British India (present-day Maharashtra, India)
OccupationActress
Years active1950–present
Spouses
  • Rajkumar Khatau
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    (m. 1957; div. 1958)​
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    (m. 1958; died 1979)​
Children
Relatives

Sarita Joshi (née Bhosle) is an Indian actress. Cited amongst the finest and most significant actors of Gujarati and Marathi theatre, Joshi is known for her Gujarati plays done with her husband Pravin Joshi in the 1970s. She garnered widespread recognition for her role as the matriarch Godavari Thakkar in the Star Plus hit dramedy Baa Bahoo Aur Baby (2005-2010). 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.[1] In 2020, she has been awarded with Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award for her contribution in Art.[2] She was recently seen in (2019) Zee TV's Hamari Bahu Silk as a hard-working business woman who hates films especially 'A' grade films . Sarita Joshi is currently seen on Anupama: Namaste America a prequel web series to Star Plus show Anupamaa.[citation needed]

She is currently playing the character of Radha Limaye aka Radha Tai/Kaku in Sony Sab's Pushpa Impossible.

  1. ^ "Theatre - Acting (Language Theatre-wise) - Gujarati". Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. Archived from the original on 28 June 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Press Note" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. 25 January 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.