Abhijat Joshi Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Real Name	Abhijat Joshi
Profession(s)	Screenwriter, Producer, Director, Editor, Professor
Famous For	His work as screenwriter for movies Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), 3 Idiots (2009), and PK (2014), Sanju (2018)
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 170 cm in meters- 1.70 m in feet inches- 5’ 7”
Weight (approx.)	in kilograms- 75 kg in pounds- 165 lbs
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Personal Life
Date of Birth	12 January 1969
Age (as in 2018)	49 Years
Birthplace	Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Capricon
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Ahmedabad, Gujarat
School	Shree Vidyanagar High School, Ahmedabad
College/University	Shri H.K.Arts College, (With Bagal thela group) Gujarat University University of Texas, Austin
Educational Qualification(s)	B.A. & M.A. in English from Shri H.K. Arts College Master of Fine Arts from University of Texas, Austin
Debut	Film (Writer): Kareeb (1998) Film (Producer): Eklavya: The Royal Guard
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	Brahmin
Hobbies	Writing Poems, Reading
Awards, Honours, Achievements	2007: National Film Awards: Best Screenplay, Best Story, Best Dialogue for Lage Raho Munna Bhai Screen Awards: Best Screenplay for 3 Idiots, Best Story & Best Dialogue for Lage Raho Munna Bhai Bollywood Movie Awards: Best Story, Best Dialogue for Lage Raho Munna Bhai Global Indian Film Awards: Best Story, Best Dialogue for Lage Raho Munna Bhai 2010: Filmfare Awards: Best Screenplay, Best Dialogue, Best Screenplay for 3 Idiots Screen Awards: Best Screenplay for 3 Idiots IIFA Awards: Best Screenplay, Best Dialogue for 3 Idiots 2015: Filmfare Awards: Best Screenplay, Best Dialogue for PK Screen Awards: Best Dialogue for PK Star Guild Awards: Best Dialogue for PK
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	Not Known
Family
Wife/Spouse	Shobha Joshi
Children	Son- None Daughter- Anushka Joshi
Parents	Father- Jayant Joshi (Professor, Marathi Social Reformer) Mother- Neela Joshi
Siblings	Brother- Saumya Joshi (Gujarati Actor, Director, Writer) Sister- None
Favourite Things
Favourite Director(s)	Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani, Guru Dutt
Favourite Actor	Ranbir Kapoor
Money Factor
Net Worth (approx.)	₹3 Crore (as in 2011)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Abhijat Joshi

Does Abhijat Joshi smoke?: Not Known

Does Abhijat Joshi drink alcohol?: Not Known

He has a keen interest in writing stories and plays since his childhood and wrote a number of skits and plays in both Gujarati and English.

He started his career as a professor of English at C.U. Shah Arts College situated in western part of Ahmedabad city, before moving to the US for his higher studies.

He is also a theatre artist.

He wrote a drama “A Shaft of Sunlight” based on communal riots (during the 1992 Gujarat riots), which happened to become very popular. When director Vidhu Vinod Chopra saw the play, he approached Abhijat and worked with him in the films- Kareeb (starring Bobby Deol and Shabana Raza) and Mission Kashmir (starring Sanjay Dutt, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, and Jackie Shroff).

When Rajkumar Hirani was placing a rough draft of “Lage Raho Munna Bhai” in front Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Abhijat asked Hirani if he could work with him and mailed him a short scene, Hirani was really impressed by his idea and that’s how they became co-writers in many more movies.

In 2015, he worked for Vidhu Vinod Chopra and scripted his Hollywood flick Broken Horses (a remake of the 1989 Hindi film Parinda).

Since 2003, he has been a professor of English at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio.

He told in an interview that Virus’ dialogue from movie 3 Idiots ‘Life begins with a murder’ was his father’s one-liner.

His co-written movie “PK” became India’s first ever highest grosser film; earning 300 Crore.

In the movie Sanju (2018), Anushka Sharma played the role of a writer which is said to be the real-life role of Rajkumar Hirani’s and Abhijat’s (Co-Writers of Sanju) in Sanjay Dutt’s life. Although she has been presented as a biographer from London, and she comes to India was just to add a bit of fiction.

Though having been credited for some blockbuster movies, he feels that writers in this industry do not get much recognition and appreciation for their good work and are underpaid.