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Indian actor and director

Deven Bhojani
Bhojani in 2016
Born	1960s Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Actor, Director, Comedian
Years active	1987–present
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)

Deven Bhojani is an Indian actor and director. He is a theatre artist, who is best known for his Gujarati plays. He made his television debut with Shankar Nag’s famous show Malgudi Days in 1987. He mainly gained popularity for his comic roles and for playing some supporting characters. He has won three best director awards for Sarabhai vs Sarabhai, The ITA Award, The Indian Telly Award and The Apsara Award.

Early life

Bhojani is a Gujarati, born and raised in Mumbai.

Education

He completed his schooling from Gokalibai Punamchand Pitamber High School, Vile Parle, Mumbai. Bhojani did his graduation in Commerce from SVKM's NMIMS, Mumbai. He studied film direction at the University of Southern California.

Filmography

Films

As actor

Year	Titles	Role	Notes
1992	Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander	Ghanshyam (Ghansu)	Also assistant director
1994	Aaja Sanam
	Andaz	Ajay
	Kranti Kshetra
1995	Sarhad: The Border of Crime	Deven
1995	Kartavya
1996	Uff! Yeh Mohabbat
1999	Chalo America	Akshay
2004	Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke	Vipul Kothari
2010	Khichdi: The Movie	Brain Hemorrhage Patient	Special appearance
2011	Chala Mussaddi... Office Office	Patel
2012	Agneepath	Azhar Lala
2023	Dunki	Advocate Puru Pardipbhai Patel
2024	Murder Mubarak	Devendra Bhatti

As director

Year	Titles
2017	Commando 2: The Black Money Trail

Television

As actor

Year	Titles	Role	Notes
1987	Malgudi Days	Nitya	Episode 22
1993–1994	Dekh Bhai Dekh	Karima
1993	Tara	Petha
1994	Shrimaan Shrimati	Adult Chintu	Episode 63
1995	V 3 +	Vinny
1997	Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka	Raju Rajkotwala
1998–2001	Hum Sab Ek Hain	Rohan Khachroo
2001–2004	Office Office	Patel
2002	Shree Sifarshilaal	Sifarshilaal
2003	Khichdi	Dr. Praful Shah	Episode 20
2004–2006	Sarabhai vs Sarabhai	Dushyant	Also Creative director
2005–2010	Baa Bahoo Aur Baby	Gopal Thakker (Gattu)	Also Creative director
2005	Instant Khichdi	Genie	Special appearance
2006	Naya Office Office	Patel
2009	Remote Control	Babulnath
2011	Mrs Tendulkar	Mr. Suhaas Tendulkar
2012–2013	Alaxmi Ka Super Parivaar	Gattu
2013	Bh Se Bhade	Bhade
2014	Badi Door Se Aaye Hai	Advocate Jugal Raichura	Special appearance
2014	Gulmohar Grand	Mr. Gopal	Episodic role
2017	Sarabhai vs Sarabhai Take 2	Dushyant
2018	Namune	Murari	Episode 5-6
2019–2020	Bhakharwadi	Balkrishna Gokhale (Anna)	Lead
2021	Wagle Ki Duniya - Nayi Peedhi Naye Kissey	Balkrishna Gokhale (Anna)
2023	Taaza Khabar	Mehboob
2023	Scoop	Mama, Jagruti's maternal uncle	Netflix

As director

Year	Title	Notes
2004–2006	Sarabhai vs Sarabhai	Creative Director
2014–2015	Pukaar - Call For The Hero
2015–2016	Sumit Sambhal Lega

As producer

Year	Titles	Notes
2012	Bhai Bhaiya Aur Brother

References

"Deven Bhojani to direct an action film". IANS. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
^ "Interview with Deven Bhojani". BuddyBits. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
"Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander at 30: Akshay Kumar was rejected for this Aamir Khan film, Pooja Bedi's red skirt sequence acquired a cult status". 22 May 2022.
"Taste Khichdi's magic on the big screen". Rediff.
^ "Had discussed to turn 'Sarabhai vs Sarabhai' into film: Deven". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 26 February 2017 – via Business Standard.
"Have Heard Alok Nath 'Gets Crazy When He Drinks,' Says Vinta Nanda's Tara Actor Deven Bhojani". NDTV.com.
"I hate having my cheeks pulled". Hindustan Times. 28 June 2008.
"Deven Bhojani takes to film direction - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com.
"Deven Bhojani to direct Sumit Sambhal Lega - Times of India". The Times of India.
"SAB TV announces Bhai, Bhaiyya Aur Brother; a show coproduced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah & Deven Bhojani". Adgully.com.

External links

Deven Bhojani at IMDb
Deven Bhojani at Bollywood Hungama

Awards for Deven Bhojani

v t e Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role
Popular	Kiran Karmarkar Shivaji Satam (2002) Aman Varma Shivaji Satam (2003) Hiten Tejwani (2004) Apoorva Agnihotri (2005) Ram Kapoor (2006) Ram Kapoor (2007) Sharad Malhotra (2008) Ronit Roy (2009) Harshad Chopda (2010) Ram Kapoor Samir Soni (2012) Anas Rashid (2013) Gautam Rode Rajat Tokas (2014) Karan Patel (2015) Nakuul Mehta (2019) Harshad Chopda (2023)
Jury	Pawan Shankar (2005) Sharad Malhotra (2007) Deven Bhojani (2010) Manish Wadhwa (2012) Mohit Raina (2013) Anil Kapoor (2014) Not Awarded' (2015) Mohit Raina (2019)

v t e Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role
Popular	Pankaj Kapur (2002) Pankaj Kapur (2003) Rajeev Mehta (2004) Rajesh Kumar (2005) Satish Shah (2006) Deven Bhojani (2007) Deven Bhojani (2008) Dilip Joshi (2009) Dilip Joshi (2010) Dilip Joshi (2012) Dilip Joshi (2013) Kapil Sharma (2014)
Jury	Sumeet Raghavan (2010) Rajesh Kumar (2012) Ali Asgar (2013) Rohitash Gaud Krushna Abhishek (2014)

Indian Television Academy Award for Best Actor in a Lead Role

Popular

Amar Upadhyay (2001)
Cezanne Khan (2002)
Ronit Roy (2003)
Ronit Roy (2004)
Hiten Tejwani (2005)
Ronit Roy (2006)
Rajat Tokas (2007)
Angad Hasija (2008)
Karan Mehra (2009)
Sushant Singh Rajput (2010)
Arhaan Behl (2011)
Barun Sobti and Samir Soni (2012)
Karan Singh Grover (2013)
Harshad Arora (2014)
Karan Mehra (2015)
Shabir Ahluwalia (2016)
Nakuul Mehta and Vivian Dsena (2017)
Harshad Chopda (2018)
Dheeraj Dhoopar (2019)

Jury

Kanwaljit Singh (2001)
Mohnish Bahl (2002)
Mohnish Bahl (2003)
Harsh Chhaya (2004)
Varun Badola (2005)
Ram Kapoor (2006)
Darshan Dave (2007)
Deven Bhojani (2008)
Ronit Roy (2009)
Jay Soni (2010)
Ram Kapoor (2011)
Ram Kapoor (2012)
Anas Rashid (2013)
Anil Kapoor (2014)
Karan Patel (2015)
Anil Kapoor (2016)
Purab Kohli (2017)
Mohit Raina (2018)
Mudit Nayar (2019)

v t e Indian Television Academy Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role
Jury	Farooq Sheikh (2001) Pankaj Kapur (2002) Pankaj Kapur (2003) Pankaj Kapur (2004) Satish Shah (2005) Deven Bhojani (2006) Pankaj Kapur (2007) Cyrus Broacha (2008) Cyrus Broacha (2009) Rohitash Gaud (2010) Cyrus Broacha (2011) Dilip Joshi (2012) Kapil Sharma (2012) Kapil Sharma (2013) Dilip Joshi (2014) Kapil Sharma (2015)

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