Sharman Joshi (born 28 April 1979[1]) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi films.

Following this, he received commercial and critical success with Rang De Basanti (2006), Golmaal (2006), Dhol (2007), Life in a... Metro (2007), 3 Idiots (2009) and Ferrari Ki Sawaari (2012).

Joshi played an unhappy husband who has an affair opposite Soha Ali Khan and Riya Sen.

[22] Sukanya Verma called him the real star of the film for his "uninhibited and winsome" act.

He first played a call centre employee in Life in a... Metro opposite Kangana Ranaut, which was a surprise box office success.

[24] Rajeev Masand noted, "Sharman springs a pleasant surprise as he effortlessly slips into the role of the conflicted lover.

"[25] Following his role in Raqeeb, he played an ambitious young man in Dhol opposite Tanushree Dutta.

[27] 2009 saw Joshi play his career's most notable character of an engineering student in 3 Idiots, which later gained a cult status.

[31] While, Rajeev Masand noted: "Joshi has a meatier role, hence succeeds in fleshing out more competently.

[35] Joshi then played a middle class Parsi who wants to fulfil his son's cricket dream in the 2012 film Ferrari Ki Sawaari.

He made his digital debut with Balaji Telefilms's production Baarish in 2019 as the male lead opposite to Asha Negi.

Joshi has acted, produced and directed stage plays in English, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati languages.

Sharman refers to be type-cast during his career and spoke about it at a TEDx conference in Mumbai in January, 2017.