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Sarita Joshi (née Bhosle) is an Indian stage, television and film actress and is a veteran actress of Gujarati theatre and Marathi theatre and also Marathi cinema. In 2020, she was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, by the Government of India for her contribution to arts. She is widely remembered for her role as Godavari Labhshankar Thakkar a.k.a. Baa in the Star Plus hit dramedy Baa Bahoo Aur Baby, for which she won many awards. She is known for her Gujarati plays done with her husband Pravin Joshi in the 1970s.

Sarita Joshi
Born	Sarita Bhosle Pune, Bombay Presidency, British India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1950–present
Spouses	Rajkumar Khatau Pravin Joshi
Children	Ketki Dave Purbi Joshi
Relatives	Rasik Dave (son-in-law) Sharman Joshi (nephew) Manasi Joshi Roy (niece) Padmarani (sister)

In 1988, she was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Acting in Gujarati by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.[1] In 2020, she has been awarded with Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award for her contribution in Art.[2] She was recently seen in (2019) Zee TV's Hamari Bahu Silk as a hard-working business woman who hates films especially 'A' grade films . Sarita Joshi is currently seen on Anupama: Namaste America a prequel web series to Star Plus show Anupamaa as Rupali Ganguly portraying Anupamaa's grandmother-in-law and Arvind Vaidya portraying Hasmukh's mother Moti Baa, with whom she worked in Star Plus show Baa Bahoo Aur Baby where she was played mother and wife to Ganguly and Vaidya's characters respectively. Arvind Vaidya and Sarita Joshi collaborated and portrayed the characters of husband and wife respectively in the hit classic show Baa Bahoo Aur Baby.[3][4][5]

She is currently playing the character of Radha Limaye aka Radha Tai/Kaku in Sony Sab's Pushpa Impossible.

Early life

Sarita was born in a middle class Marathi family in Pune, though she grew up in Vadodara.[6] Her father, Bhimrao Bhosle, was a barrister and mother, Kamlabai Rane, was from Goa. She began acting on stage at the age of nine along with her sister Padmarani, due to financial problems that her family found itself in. Though she started with traditional theatre, she soon started working with noted artists like Shanta Apte.[6] She is often confused with her sister, Padmarani, who is also an actress.

Career

After working as child actor for six years, Joshi got her first lead role at age 16. She went to act with Indian National Theatre Gujarati, and it was here that she met her future husband Pravin Joshi.[6]

She made television debut in the 1980s, with the TV series, Titliyan (Butterflies), directed by Nadira Babbar, followed by numerous series in the 90s, including, Zee TV's Zee TV's Hasratein.[6] She is best known for portraying Baa aka Godavari Labhshankar Thakkar a tough yet fair and loving matriarch in the household hit serial Baa Bahoo Aur Baby in which she was cast opposite a renowned theatre, film and television actor Arvind Vaidya with whom she also did the play named Masala Mami, which stopped on 28 March 2009 for a temporary seasonal break, but was renewed on popular demand. It is a popular show among masses and is still loved by the audience and are waiting for its next season. It ran for five years on television owing to its cast, storyline and performances. In 2009, Joshi played in the serial Kuchh Kook Hota Hai as Rani on 9X. Joshi played Asha Parekh's friend in the movie Kanyadaan in 1968 and also appeared in the song "Mil Gaye Milgaye Aaj Mere Sanam" from the same film. Joshi played Vijayanthimala's friend in the movie Pyar Hi Pyar in 1969. She also portrayed Abhishek Bachchan's mother in Guru, directed by filmmaker Mani Ratnam. She also played a central character in the 2008 movie Dasvidaniya. Joshi then travelled to the United States that year to be part of the crossover film, Bollywood Beats, starring alongside Lilette Dubey and Pooja Kumar, in a film directed by Mehul Shah. Out of all the mediums, she holds a special corner for theatre and stage performances. She claims that the joy of performing on stage is any time better than anything else and that theatre will always be her first love.^{[citation needed]}

She stars in Star Plus' Chand Chupa Badal Mein, which is produced by Rajan Shahi as the caring, confident grandmother of female lead Nivedita, played by Neha Sargam. Her film Gangoobai has been released in theatres in January 2013 in which she plays the protagonist. She appeared in Meri Aashiqui Tumse Hi in 2015 as female lead (Radhika Madan's) grandmother aka Hansa Govardhan Parekh. She was also seen playing the character of Lalita Swamy "Amma" and as "daadi maa"in the episodic story 9 saal ki dadi maa in Sab TV's serial Khidki. She played the character of Bakula - the lead role in the &TV serial Bakula Bua Ka Bhoot in 2017.She also played cameo as Champa Kaki in (2005-2006) Star Plus's Khichdi Returns.

She played the character of Subhadra in the Colors TV show Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka (2018). She was seen in Zee TV's Hamari Bahu Silk (2019) in pivotal role as Aruna Parekh aka Baa— a wealthy and hardworking business woman who hates films especially 'A' grade films, she was also reunited with her onscreen son (Subodh) played by Rajesh Kumar in Baa Bahoo Aur Baby after 9 years on television.

Personal life

Joshi was first married to Rajkumar Khatau. Later, she married to theatre director and playwright Pravin Joshi.[7] She is the mother of actresses Ketki Dave, who played the role of Daksha in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and of Purbi Joshi, who appears on Comedy Circus as a host. Aruna Irani is her sister's niece from husband side.^{[citation needed]} Her niece is Manasi Joshi Roy (wife of Rohit Roy) and nephew is actor Sharman Joshi (son in law of Prem Chopra), son of theatre veteran Arvind Joshi.[6][8]

Plays

• Ame Paranyaa (1948-50)
• Aaj ni Vaat (1948-50)
• Dil ki Pyaas, Aankh ka Nasha
• Ra Mandalik
• Malavpati Munj
• Prithvi Raaj Chauhan
• Kuleen Kanya
• Bal Kanaiyo
• Gunhegaar
• Inquilaab (Hindi)
• Anokhi Pooja
• Mangal Moorty
• Jojo Moda Na Padaota (1962)
• Prithvi Vallabh
• Saccha Bola Jutha Laga
• Balwant ni Baby
• Moti Veraana Chok ma
• Mograna Saap (1963)
• Chandarvo (1963)
• Saptapadi
• Veni Ma Char Phool
• Evam Indrajit
• Dhummas
• Sapna na Vavetar
• Sahebo Gulab no Chod
• Kaanch no Chandramaa
• Vaishaki Koyal
• Sharat
• Manju Manju
• Santu Rangili (1973)
• Kumarni Agashi (1975)
• Mausam Chalke
• Lady Lalkunwar
• Savita Damodar Paranjpe
• Do Diwane Shaher Mein
• Devaki
• Masala Mami (Gujarati)– with Arvind Vaidya and Disha Vakani in the cast
• Avsar Aavi ne Ubho Aangane
• Sakubai (Hindi)
• Shyamchi Aai (Marathi)

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Titliyan
1993	Junoon	Ranibai	Episodes 1-3
	Hasratein	Shanta Ben
1999-2002	Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka.	Sumitra
2000	CID	Suhasini Khandra	2 episodes
2005	Khichdi	Champa Kaki	Guest appearance
2005-2010	Baa Bahoo Aur Baby	Godavari Labhshankar Thakkar
2009	Kuch Kook Hota Hai	Rani
2010-2011	Chand Chupa Badal Mein	Naintara Sharma
2012	Savdhaan India		Season 1; Episode 209
	Byaah Hamari Bahoo Ka	Tuljabai Dolkar
2013	Adaalat	Kavita
	Bh Se Bhade	Kalyani Joshi
2014-2016	Meri Aashiqui Tumse Hi	Hansa Govardhandas Parekh
2016	Khidki	Lalita Swami / Gomati
2017	Bakula Bua Ka Bhoot	Bakula
	Ayushman Bhava	Payal	Cameo
2018	Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka	Subhadra (Cameo)	Cameo
	Khichdi	Champa Kaki	Guest
2019	Hamari Bahu Silk	Aruna Parekh
2022–present	Pushpa Impossible	Radha Limaye aka Tai or Kaku

Films

Year	Title	Role	Language
1967	Parivar	Amba	Hindi
1968	Kanyadaan		Hindi
1972	Janam Tip		Gujarati
1974	Trimurti		Hindi
1983	Khamma Mara Lal		Gujarati
1988	Main Zinda Hoon		Hindi
1992	Karm Yodha	Mrs. Dasgupta	Hindi
2005	Nazar		Hindi
2006	Darna Zaroori Hai	Satish's Mother	Hindi
2007	Guru	Mrs. Desai	Hindi
2008	Dasvidaniya	Maa	Hindi
2009	Bollywood Beats	Vina	English
2010	10ml LOVE		Hindi
2013	Gangoobai	Gangoobai	Hindi
2014	Singham Returns	Mrs. Jadhav	Hindi
2016	Samuel Street	Sarita Joshi	English
2018	Simmba	Bharti Ranade	Hindi
2021	Roohi	Budhiya	Hindi

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2021	Metro Park 2	Mummy
2022	Anupama: Namaste America	Moti Baa		[9]

Awards

• In 2020, the Government of India honoured her with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India.[10]
• In 1988, she was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Acting in Gujarati.[7][11] In 2007, for her role as Godavari Labhshankar Thakkar in Baa Bahoo Aur Baby, she was awarded a Best Actress in a Drama award by the IDEA Indian Television Academy Awards.

Other awards include:

• Lifetime Achievement Award for Gujarati Theatre in 2007 by Transmedia (Organization felicitating artist on Gujarati Theatre & TV)
• Mumbai Nagar Palika – Gold Medal
• Marathi Natya Parishad – 1988
• Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar – 1990
• Bank of India- Utkrushta Puraskar – 1997–98
• Indo-American Society Award for Excellence – 1998
• Gujarat Government Award – 1998
• Bruhad Mumbai Gujarati Samaj – 2000
• National School of Drama – (Delhi 2001)
• RAPA Award – 2008
• Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar – 2010

References

External links

• Sarita Joshi at IMDb

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