Pallavi Joshi
Pallavi Joshi is an Indian actress, screenwriter, and film producer who works primarily in Hindi films and television. In a career spanning across films and television, Joshi is the recipient of such accolades as three National Film Awards, and a nomination for the Filmfare Awards.
Born in Mumbai to Marathi parents who were stage actors, Joshi made her acting debut at age four with a minor role in the Hindi film Naag Mere Sathi. Following numerous film appearances as a child artist, Joshi garnered recognition and acclaim when she ventured into the parallel cinema movement, with roles in critically acclaimed films like; Bhujangayyana Dashavathara, Rihaee, Rukmavati Ki Haveli, and Woh Chokri, for which she won the National Film Award – Special Jury Award. Joshi also appeared in several commercial films, including Insaaf Ki Awaaz, Andha Yudh, which earned her a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress, Mujrim, Saudagar, Panaah.
Joshi's career further expanded with her venture into television, garnering praise and popularity for revered Doordarshan shows as; Talaash, Aarohan, Alpviram, Justujoo. In recent years, Joshi has mainly collaborated with her husband, director Vivek Agnihotri, most notably for the films; The Tashkent Files, and The Kashmir Files '','' both of which she has produced and won her two National Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress.
Career
Films, critical acclaim and accolades
Joshi started performing on stage at an early age. She acted in films like Badla and Aadmi Sadak Ka as a child artist. She played a blind child who reforms a notorious gangster in Dada. In the 1980s and early 1990s she acted in art films like Rukmavati Ki Haveli, Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda, Trishagni, Vanchit, Bhujangayyana Dashavathara and Rihaee. She has also played supporting role in films including Saudagar, Panaah, Tehelka and Mujrim. Her performance as a disabled girl in Andha Yudh earned her a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. She won the National Film Award – Special Jury Award for Woh Chokri. She also appeared as Kasturba Gandhi in Shyam Benegal's The Making of the Mahatma,.Joshi has also worked in regional films, She has played the central character 'Shantha' in the critically acclaimed Malayalam movie Ilayum Mullum, directed by K. P. Sasi and a pivotal role in the Kannada film Bhujangayyana Dashavathara enacted and directed by Lokesh. She has also played a lead role in Rita, a Marathi film directed by Renuka Shahane.
File:PallaviJoshi NationalAward.jpg|thumb|250px|Joshi at the 67th National Film Awards ceremony in New Delhi on 25 October 2021
She is also the recipient of the Excellence In Cinema Award at the 7th Global Film Festival, Noida. She has produced and starred in her husband, director Vivek Agnihotri's directorials, The Tashkent Files and The Kashmir Files, winning two National Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in the films. Joshi was nominated as a member of Film and Television Institute of India society, but she refused to take up the position in view of the students' protest against appointment of actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan as the chief of the institute's governing council, But as of 2024, she is serving as the Vice-President of FTII, Pune where Ranganathan Madhavan is the President.
She will next appear in ''The Delhi Files.''