Abhijat Joshi (born 1 December 1969)[1] is an Indian screenwriter, film director, producer and editor who works in Hindi cinema.
His is known for collaboration with Vinod Chopra Productions and director Rajkumar Hirani, as the screenwriter for Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), 3 Idiots (2009), PK (2014) and Sanju (2018).
He obtained his higher education and qualifications from shri H.K.Arts College,(With Bagal thela group) Gujarat University.
[3] Apart from English, he can fluently read, write and speak Gujarati language as he was born and brought up amidst Gujarati-speaking people.
Shah Arts College situated in western part of Ahmedabad city, as a professor of English for a while before moving to the US for his MFA degree[citation needed].
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.