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Jitendra Joshi is an Indian actor and reality show host who predominantly works in Marathi cinema.[1] He is well known for his lead role as Sant Tukaram Maharaj in the 2012 marathi movie Tukaram. He starred as constable Katekar in the hit Netflix television series Sacred Games.[2]

Jitendra Joshi
Born	(1979-01-27) 27 January 1979 (age 43) Pune, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2003 – present
Spouse	Mitali Joshi ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	1

Career

Joshi also wrote the popular song Kombdi Palali, which was later remixed as Chikni Chameli. He got his first recognition from the Zee Marathi daily soap Ghadlay Bighadlay where he played Krishna. In 2011, he hosted Marathi Paaul Padte Pudhe, a talent reality show on the Zee Marathi.[3] In Marathi he played title role of Sant Tukaram in Tukaram (film released in 2012) and a comic role in Guldasta. Not only as a hero, but he has also appeared as Sai, a villain character in the film Duniyadari (2013).[4] In 2016, he co-starred in the critically acclaimed dramedy Ventilator, which was produced by Priyanka Chopra. His performance in the film was widely praised.[5][6] In 2018, he starred in the Netflix Original Series Sacred Games alongside Saif Ali Khan where he played the role of constable Katekar.

In 2021 Joshi won the Best Actor Award at 52nd International Film Festival of India for his role as Nishikant Deshmukh in Nikhil Mahajan's Marathi film Godavari.

He was also impressive as the devious villager in Netflix's Thar (2022).

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2003	Pran Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye		Hindi
2005	Pak Pak Pakak		Marathi
	No Problem
2006	Majhi Maanas
	Golmal	Soham
	Aaila Re!!	Ranjan
2007	Ghar Doghanch
	Panga Naa Lo		Hindi
2009	Sumbaran	Viru	Marathi
	Gulmohar	Dr.Bhagwan Satpute
	Hai Kai Nai Kai	Sadashiv Dhapane		[7]
2010	Navra Avali Bayko Lovely	Mahesh		[8]
2011	Bharat Majha Desh Aahe			[9]
	Shala	Narumama		[10]
	Guldasta
	Zhakaas
2012	Matter (2012 film)	Babya		[11]
	Kutumb	Namdev		[12]
	Tukaram	Tukaram		[13][14]
2013	Duniyadari	Sai
	The Attacks of 26/11	Constable	Hindi
2014	Singham Returns
2015	Baji	Martand	Marathi
	Kaakan	Kisu
	Shasan
	Mhais
2016	Natsamrat
	Poshter Girl	Up Sarapanch (Bharatrao Zende)
	Ventilator	Prasanna Kamerkar
2017	Baghtos Kay Mujra Kar	Nanasaheb Deshmukh
	Tu.Ka. Patil			[15]
	Poster Boys	Photographer	Hindi
2018	Mauli	Nana Londhe	Marathi
2021	Godavari	Nishikant Deshmukh		IFFI Best Actor winner

Television

Year	Title	Role	Aired On	Notes	Ref(s)
2001	Shriyut Gangadhar Tipre	Pami	Alpha TV Marathi
	Ghadlay Bighadlay	Krishna	Alpha TV Marathi
2004	Campus -A Fair War	Anchor	Alpha TV Marathi	Won : Best Anchor (Male) award at Aapla Alpha Awards, 2004 Won : Best Male Compere award at MaTa Sanman Awards 2004	[16][17]
2009	Home Minister	Anchor	Zee Marathi	Jitendra replaced show's regular anchor Adesh Bandekar while Adesh was contesting Maharashtra State Assembly election	[18]
2008	Hasya Samrat	Anchor	Zee Marathi
2011	Marathi Paaul Padte Pudhe	Anchor	Zee Marathi
2012	Sa Re Ga Ma Pa (Season 11)	Contestant	Zee Marathi
2017	Toofan Aalaya	Anchor	Zee Marathi	This show presented by Aamir Khan's Paani Foundation to fight with the drought situation
2019	Bigg Boss Marathi 2	Himself	Colors Marathi	To spend time with contestants
	Don Special [19]	Anchor	Colors Marathi

Web Series

Year	Title	Role	Aired On
2018	Sacred Games	Katekar	Netflix
2020	Betaal	Ajay Mudhalvan	Netflix
2021	Cartel	Madhu	ALTBalaji
2022	Bloody Brothers	Dushyant	ZEE5

Theatre

Title	Role	Language
Hum To Tere Aashiq Hain[20]	Anil Pradhan	Marathi
Prem Naam Hai Mera... Prem Chopra![21]	Niranjan	Marathi
Mukkam Post Bombilwadi		Marathi
Chhel Chhabilo Gujarati	Shyam	Gujarati
Hamidabaichi Kothi	Sattaar Bhai	Marathi
Don Special	Milind Bhagwat	Marathi

Awards and nominations

Year	Award ceremony	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2021	52nd International Film Festival of India	IFFI Best Actor Award (Male)	Godavari	Won	[22]

References

External links

• Jitendra Joshi at IMDb 
• Jitendra Joshi at Bollywood Hungama

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