Deven Bhojani

Deven Bhojani

Born	Mumbai, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor, Director, Comedian
Years active	1987–present
Home town	Mumbai, India

Deven Bhojani is an Indian Television actor and director. He is a theatre artist, who is best known for his Gujarati plays. He made his television debut with the 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.^[1]

Education

Bhojani completed his Graduation in Commerce from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. He studied film direction at the University of Southern California.^[2]

Filmography

Television

Year	Titles	Role	Awards
1987	Malgudi Days	Nitya (Episode no 22)
1993	Dekh Bhai Dekh	Karima
1993	Shrimaan Shrimati	Adult Chintu (Episode no 62)
1993	Tara	Petha
1995	V 3 +	Vicky
1997	Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka	Raju Rajkotwala
1998-2001	Hum Sab Ek Hain	Rohan Khachroo
2001	Office Office	Patel
2001	Shree Sifarishilal
2004-06	Sarabhai vs Sarabhai	Dushyant	Won many awards as director
2005-10	Baa Bahoo Aur Baby	Gattu/Gopal Thakker	Won many awards for Best Actor in Comic Role
2005	Instant Khichdi	Special appearance as Genie
2009	Remote Control	Babulnath
2011	Mrs Tendulkar	Mr. Suhaas Tendulkar
2012-13	Alaxmi - Hamari Super Bahu	Gattu
2013	Bh Se Bhade	Bhade
2014	Badi Door Se Aaye Hai	Advocate Jugal Raichura (Cameo)
2014	Gulmohar Grand	Mr. Gopal (Cameo)
2015	Sumit Sambhal Lega	Director

Films

Year	Titles	Role
1992	Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander	Ghansu (aka Ghanshyam)- Sanju's friend Nominated - Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
1994	Aaja Sanam
1994	Andaz	Ajay
1994	Kranti Kshetra
1995	Sarhad
1995	Kartavya
1996	Uff Yeh Mohabbat
1999	Chalo America	Akshay Bandelia
2004	Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke
2010	Khichdi: The Movie	Brain Hemorrhage Patient (cameo)
2011	Chala Mussaddi... Office Office	Patel
2012	Agneepath	Azhar Lala (Mentally challenged son of Rauf Lala (Rishi Kapoor))

Awards and nomination

Nominated - Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar

References

↑ "Deven Bhojani to direct an action film". IANS. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
↑ "Interview with Deven Bhojani". BuddyBits.com. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

Awards for Deven Bhojani

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 Chopra (2010) Ram Kapoor Samir Soni (2012) Anas Rashid (2013) Gautam Rode Rajat Tokas (2014) Karan Patel (2015)

Jury	Pawan Shankar (2005) Sharad Malhotra (2007) Deven Bhojani (2010) Manish Wadhwa (2012) Mohit Raina (2013) Anil Kapoor (2014)

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

People's Choice	Karan Mehra (2015)

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)

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)

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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