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Abhijat Joshi Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 4, 2026 • 3 min read

Quick Info

Date of birth12 January 1969

BirthplaceAhmedabad, Gujarat

ProfessionScreenwriter, Producer, Director, Editor, Professor

NationalityIndian

Marital statusMarried

SpouseShobha Joshi

FamilyDaughter: Anushka Joshi; Father: Jayant Joshi; Mother: Neela Joshi; Brother: Saumya Joshi

Abhijat Joshi Biography

Abhijat Joshi is an Indian screenwriter, producer, director, editor and English professor best known for his collaborations on major Hindi films including

Early life and background

Abhijat Joshi was born on 12 January 1969 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. He grew up in the city and attended Shree Vidyanagar High School before moving on to Shri H.K. Arts College, Gujarat University, where he completed his B.A. and M.A. in English. He later pursued a Master of Fine Arts at the University of Texas, Austin.

Before leaving for higher studies, Joshi worked as an English professor at C.U. Shah Arts College in Ahmedabad. He has also been active in theatre from an early age, writing skits and plays in both Gujarati and English. One of his stage works, a drama about communal violence titled A Shaft of Sunlight, gained attention after the 1992 Gujarat riots and brought him to the notice of film-makers.

Career

Joshi made his film-writing debut with the 1998 movie Kareeb. Early in his film career he collaborated with director Vidhu Vinod Chopra, working on projects that included Kareeb and Mission Kashmir. A later long-running collaboration with director Rajkumar Hirani produced several widely seen films for which Joshi received screenwriting credit, including Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), 3 Idiots (2009), PK (2014) and Sanju (2018).

His film work has covered multiple roles in screen production; credits listed for him include screenwriter, producer, director and editor. In 2015 Joshi scripted Broken Horses for Vidhu Vinod Chopra, a project connected to the director’s international work and loosely related to earlier Hindi material.

Alongside his screen work, since 2003 Joshi has been employed as a professor of English at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio, maintaining an academic career in parallel with film projects.

Recognition

Joshi’s screenwriting has been honoured with several major Indian film awards. For Lage Raho Munna Bhai he received National Film Awards in 2007 for Best Screenplay, Best Story and Best Dialogue, and the film also earned him multiple awards from other Indian award bodies the same year. For 3 Idiots he was recognised with Filmfare, Screen and IIFA awards in 2010 for Best Screenplay and Best Dialogue. He received additional Filmfare, Screen and Star Guild awards for his work on PK in 2015.

Public profile

Joshi is a private person whose professional life is most visible through his film credits and teaching. His family background includes his father Jayant Joshi, noted as a professor and social reformer, and his mother Neela Joshi. He is married to Shobha Joshi and they have a daughter, Anushka Joshi. His brother Saumya Joshi is involved in Gujarati theatre and film as an actor, director and writer.

Joshi has said in interviews that some lines used in his films were inspired by family sayings; for example, a line delivered by a character in 3 Idiots was noted by him as coming from his father. He has also commented on the often limited recognition and compensation that screenwriters receive in the film industry despite the commercial success of many of the films he has co-written.

Personal details and interests

Physically, Joshi’s height is listed at approximately 170 cm (about 5 feet 7 inches) and his weight around 75 kg (165 lbs). He has black hair and black eyes. He identifies with Hinduism and the Brahmin caste. His listed hobbies include writing poems and reading. Directors he admires include Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani and Guru Dutt, and a favourite actor noted is Ranbir Kapoor.

Latest updates

Recent entries in his filmography include co-writing Sanju (2018). His continuing academic post at Otterbein University and ongoing collaboration with established Indian directors indicate that he remains active in both education and film writing. Information in this profile is drawn from publicly available biographical details and award records.

Editorial Review and Sources

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Recent Work

Sanju

Co-writer on the 2018 film Sanju

2018
PK

Co-writer on the 2014 film PK

2014
3 Idiots

Co-writer on the 2009 film 3 Idiots

2009
Lage Raho Munna Bhai

Co-writer on the 2006 film Lage Raho Munna Bhai

2006
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Career Highlights

  1. Co-writer on blockbuster Hindi films including Lage Raho Munna Bhai, 3 Idiots, PK and Sanju
  2. National Film Awards winner for Lage Raho Munna Bhai (Best Screenplay, Best Story, Best Dialogue)
  3. Multiple Filmfare, Screen and IIFA awards for screenwriting work
Reviewed by F4U Editorial Desk

F4U profile pages are prepared from public career information, checked for readability, and updated when reliable correction sources are shared with the editorial team.

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