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{{short description|Indian screenwriter}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2021}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Abhijat Joshi
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| birth_date = {{circa|1969}}
| birth_place = [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]
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| spouse = Shobha Joshi
| children = 1
| parents = Jayant Joshi (father)<br>Neela Joshi (mother)
| known_for = ''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]]'' (2006)<br>''[[3 Idiots]]'' (2009)<br>''[[PK (film)|PK]]'' (2014)<br>''[[Sanju]]'' (2018)
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Screenwriter]]|[[Film producer|producer]]|[[Film director|director]]|[[Film editor|editor]]}}
| relatives = [[Saumya Joshi]] (younger brother)
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'''Abhijat Joshi''' (born {{Circa|1969}})<ref name=co/> is an Indian screenwriter, film director, producer and editor who is known for his work with [[Vinod Chopra Productions]], as the screenwriter for ''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]]'' (2006), ''[[3 Idiots]]'' (2009), ''[[PK (film)|PK]]'' (2014) and ''[[Sanju]]'' (2018). He is a professor of English at [[Otterbein University]] in [[Westerville, Ohio]], since 2003.<ref>[http://www.otterbein.edu/english/faculty.asp Faculty] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527191215/http://www.otterbein.edu/english/faculty.asp |date=27 May 2010 }} [[Otterbein College]].</ref><ref name=to/><ref name=abh>{{cite news |title=Lage Raho Abhijat!|url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad-times/Lage-Raho-Abhijat/articleshow/1738282.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=8 March 2007|first1=Deepika|last1=Sahu}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Born and brought up at [[Ahmedabad]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Abhijat Joshi made 'Gandhigiri' part of India's social lexicon |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/the-sunday-et/special-report/Abhijat-Joshi-made-Gandhigiri-part-of-Indias-social-lexicon/articleshow/5454397.cms |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=17 January 2010 }}</ref> [[Gujarat]] to family of professors, including his father Jayant Joshi. Abhijat received his early education in Gujarati medium. He obtained his higher education and qualifications from shri H.K.Arts College,(With Bagal thela group) [[Gujarat University]]. After doing his M.A. (English) with distinction.

He received his [[Master of Fine Arts]] from the [[Michener Center for Writers]] at the [[University of Texas, Austin|University of Texas at Austin]].<ref name=to>{{cite news |title= Abhijat: why should joy vanish from studies?|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-17/news-interviews/28130686_1_raju-hirani-idiots-success-story |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811025903/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-01-17/news-interviews/28130686_1_raju-hirani-idiots-success-story |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 August 2011 |work= [[The Times of India]]|date=17 January 2010 }}</ref> Apart from English, he can fluently read, write and speak Gujarati language as he was born and brought up amidst Gujarati-speaking people.

==Career==
He studied in one of the very reputable Gujarati schools named Shree Vidyanagar High School in Ahmedabad, where he took part in the annual competitions for Gujarati dramas in the school {{citation needed|date=June 2018}}. He won multiple awards {{citation needed|date=June 2018}}. He enjoyed playing cricket{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}. He joined C.U. Shah Arts College situated in western part of [[Ahmedabad]] city, as a professor of English for a while before moving to the US for his MFA degree{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}. Writing stories and plays was his passion from his childhood. He penned number of plays, skits in Gujarati and English languages{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}.

Apart from teaching, he was also involved in theatre activities. His younger brother [[Saumya Joshi]] was also professor and is now theatre personality. His father and mother also were professors. During 1992 Gujarat riots, he wrote a theatre production, "A Shaft of Sunlight", which was critically acclaimed; subsequently director [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]] saw the play, which led to them working together in films, ''[[Kareeb]]'' and ''[[Mission Kashmir]]''.<ref name=abh/> A UK based [[Tamasha Theatre Company]] in collaboration with Greenwich Repertory Company performed more than 300 Shows, later the play was also adapted in Gujarati as "Marmbhed"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ahmedabadtheatregroup.org/marmbhed.html|title=ATG|website=ahmedabadtheatregroup.org}}</ref>

Like his father Jayant Joshi, who is a [[Sane Guruji]] (noted Marathi social reformer Pandurang Sadashiv Sane) scholar{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}, Abhijat was deeply influenced by Sane Guruji. His father drew his attention to the profound concept of dharma as Sane Guruji saw it. All these readings have helped him immensely in writing stories.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

In 2015, he scripted Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Hollywood flick ''[[Broken Horses]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=I'm taking long drives with Raju for the next script|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/features/the-sunday-et/special-report/Im-taking-long-drives-with-Raju-for-the-next-script/articleshow/5454435.cms |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=17 January 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= It's a benchmark award: After the Best Screenplay award.. |url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/06/22/stories/2008062250310500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107163734/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/06/22/stories/2008062250310500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 November 2012 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=22 June 2008 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> As of 2016, he is working on two scripts, the third film of the [[Munna Bhai (film series)|''Munnabhai'' series]], and actor [[Sanjay Dutt]]'s biopic.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Ranbir Kapoor in Sanjay Dutt's Biopic | last = Britto | first = Anita | last2 = BNS | work = The New Indian Express | date = 25 January 2016 | access-date = 2016-06-19 | url = http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/Ranbir-Kapoor-in-Sanjay-Dutts-Biopic/2016/01/25/article3243061.ece }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title = Rajkumar Hirani to have an extensive session with Sanjay Dutt after his sentence | work = The Indian Express | date = 15 February 2016 | access-date = 2016-06-19 | url = http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/rajkumar-hirani-to-have-an-extensive-session-with-sanjay-dutt-after-his-sentence/}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He lives in central Ohio, where he teaches at [[Otterbein University]] in [[Westerville, Ohio]]. He is married, and has one daughter.<ref name=co>{{cite news |title=Otterbein professor writes for Indian film |url=http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/arts/stories/2010/01/16/1A_OTTERBEIN_PROF.ART_ART_01-16-10_D1_O2G9RKB.html?sid=101 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122133702/http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/arts/stories/2010/01/16/1A_OTTERBEIN_PROF.ART_ART_01-16-10_D1_O2G9RKB.html?sid=101 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 January 2013 |publisher=[[The Columbus Dispatch]] |date=16 January 2010 }}</ref>

In 2016, Joshi underwent brain surgery at the Mumbai's [[Hinduja Hospital]], performed by neurosurgeon [[B. K. Misra]].<ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/scriptwriter-abhijat-joshi-undergoes-brain-surgery-595200-2016-04-23</ref><ref>https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/3-idiots-pk-scriptwriter-abhijat-joshi-undergoes-brain-surgery-2767742/</ref><ref>https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-3-idiots-and-pk-scriptwriter-abhijat-joshi-undergoes-brain-surgery-2205378</ref><ref>https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/scriptwriter-abhijat-joshi-undergoes-brain-surgery-116042300600_1.html</ref><ref>https://www.news18.com/news/movies/scriptwriter-abhijat-joshi-undergoes-brain-surgery-1233908.html</ref><ref>https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/220416/pk-writer-abhijat-joshi-undergoes-brain-surgery-out-of-danger.html</ref>

==Works==
* ''A Shaft of Sunlight''. Nick Hern Books. 2000. {{ISBN|1-85459-449-4}}. (Hindi: ''Marmbhed'')

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#d1e4fd;"
! Year !! Film !! Role(s)
|-
|2020
|[[Shikara (2020 film)|Shikara]]
|Writer
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Sanju]]'' || Co Writer
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Wazir (film)|Wazir]]'' || Writer, Co Editor
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Broken Horses]]'' || Writer
|-
| 2014 || ''[[PK (film)|PK]]'' || Writer
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Nanban (2012 film)|Nanban]]'' || Writer (Tamil)
|-
| 2009 || ''[[3 Idiots]]'' || Writer
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Eklavya: The Royal Guard]]'' || Writer, producer
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]]'' || Writer
|-
| 2000 || ''[[Mission Kashmir]]'' || Writer
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Kareeb]]'' || Writer
|}and guest appearance also

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year || Award || Category || Film
|-
|[[54th National Film Awards|2007]] ||[[National Film Awards]] || [[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] ||rowspan="3"|''[[Lage Raho Munna Bhai]]''
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[52nd Filmfare Awards|2007]] ||rowspan="7"|[[Filmfare Awards]] || [[Filmfare Award for Best Story|Best Story]]
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue|Best Dialogue]]
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[55th Filmfare Awards|2010]] ||Best Story ||rowspan="3"|''[[3 Idiots]]''
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|-
|Best Dialogue
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[60th Filmfare Awards|2015]] || Best Screenplay ||rowspan="2"|[[PK (film)|PK]]
|-
|Best Dialogue
|-
|rowspan="2"|2007 ||rowspan="5"|[[Screen Awards]] || [[Screen Award for Best Story|Best Story]] || rowspan="2"|''Lage Raho Munna Bhai''
|-
|[[Screen Award for Best Dialogue|Best Dialogue]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|2010 ||[[Screen Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] ||rowspan="2"|''3 Idiots''
|-
|rowspan="2"|Best Dialogue
|-
|2015 || ''PK''
|-
|[[8th IIFA Awards|2007]] ||rowspan="5"|[[IIFA Awards]] ||[[IIFA Award for Best Dialogue|Best Dialogue]] ||''Lage Raho Munna Bhai''
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[11th IIFA Awards|2010]] || [[IIFA Award for Best Story|Best Story]] ||rowspan="3"|''3 Idiots''
|-
|[[IIFA Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|-
|[[IIFA Award for Best Dialogue|Best Dialogue]]
|-
|[[16th IIFA Awards|2015]] ||Best Dialogue ||''PK''
|-
|rowspan="7"|2007 ||rowspan="3"|[[Zee Cine Awards]] || [[Zee Cine Award for Best Story|Best Story]] ||rowspan="7"|''Lage Raho Munna Bhai''
|-
|[[Zee Cine Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|-
|[[Zee Cine Award for Best Dialogue|Best Dialogue]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Bollywood Movie Awards]] ||Best Story
|-
|[[Bollywood Movie Award - Best Dialogue|Best Dialogue]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Global Indian Film Awards]] ||[[GIFA Best Story Award|Best Story]]
|-
|[[GIFA Best Dialogues Award|Best Dialogue]]
|-
|2015||[[Star Guild Awards]] || Best Dialogue||''PK''
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0430785|name=Abhijat Joshi}}
* ''[http://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/sep/26joshi.htm How Gandhigiri found a place in Munnabhai (September 2006 interview)]''
* ''[http://www.thefilmjournal.com/issue9/bollywood.html On Bollywood: An Interview With Abhijat Joshi (July 2004)]''

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[[Category:Indian male screenwriters]]
[[Category:Otterbein University faculty]]
[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Writers from Ahmedabad]]
[[Category:Michener Center for Writers alumni]]
[[Category:Indian male dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:Filmfare Awards winners]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:Screenwriters from Gujarat]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]
[[Category:Best Original Screenplay National Film Award winners]]

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