Deeksha Joshi


Deeksha Joshi is an Indian actor from Gujarat who primarily works in the Gujarati film industry. She made her acting debut in 2017 with the film Shubh Aarambh, followed by Karsandas Pay & Use, Sharato Lagu, Dhunki, establishing herself as a leading actress in Gujarati cinema.

Early life

Deeksha was born in Lucknow, UP as the daughter of Hem Joshi and Rashmi Joshi on 4 December 1992. Later her family moved to Ahmedabad, she did her schooling from Eklavya School, Ahmedabad and studied English Literature from St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad

Career

Deeksha debuted with the movie Shubh Aarambh, directed by Amit Barot in 2017. She then starred in other two movies Karsandas Pay & Use and Colorbaaj in the same year. Karsandas Pay & Use was her first Commercially successful film.
Her next project was Sharato Lagu alongside Malhar Thakkar. This was also a commercial success. She won the GIFA best actress of the year in 2018 for her role in Sharato Lagu. The film and her performance was both critically and commercially acclaimed. Her next venture was Dhunki starring with Pratik Gandhi which was acclaimed critically. In 2020, Deeksha received the Critics' Choice Film Awards Best Actress for Dhunki. Deeksha did the titular role in the romantic comedy film Luv Ni Love Storys directed by Durgesh Tanna which was also released in 2020.
She will make her Bollywood debut with the Ranveer Singh starrer Jayeshbhai Jordaar directed by Divyang Thakkar. She will be also seeing in Chandresh Bhatt's untitled venture opposite Esha Kansara and Gaurav Paswala.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleDirectorLanguageNotes
2017Shubh AarambhRiddhimaAmit BarotGujaratiDebut film
2017Karsandas Pay & UseJayaKrishnadev YagnikGujarati
2017ColorbaajZanane RajsinghGujarati
2018Sharato LaguSavitriNeeraj JoshiGujarati
2019DhunkiShreyaAnish ShahGujarati
2020Luv Ni Love StorysPreetiDurgesh TannaGujarati
2020Jayeshbhai Jordaar TBADivyang ThakkarHindiDebut in Bollywood
2020Untitled TBAChandresh BhattGujaratiFilming

Awards

2018 International Gujarati Film Festival - Best Actress - Karsandas Pay and Use