Yazdi Naoshriwan Karanjia (born 3 March 1932, Valsad)[1] is a Gujarati theatre person from India.

He is based in Surat and widely noted as one of the doyens of Parsi theatre.

[2][3][4] For more than 60 years, his troupe has performed comedy plays.

With Chandravadan Mehta, he has created Tapitate Tapidas, a comedy radio series on Akashvani, which ran for more than 400 episodes.

[5] Some of his popular comedy plays include Bicharo Barjor, Dinshajina Dabba Gul and Kutarani Punchhadi Vanki.