Deeksha Joshi is an Indian actress from

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who primarily works in the

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industry. She made her acting debut in 2017 with the film ''Shubh Aarambh'', followed by ''

Karsandas Pay & Use ''Karsandas Pay & Use'' is a 2017 Indian Gujarati-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Krishnadev Yagnik and produced by Nilay Chotai and Vaishal Shah. The film stars Mayur Chauhan, Deeksha Joshi and Hemang Shah in lead roles ...

'' (2017), ''

Sharato Lagu ''Sharato Lagu'' () is a 2018 Indian Gujarati-language comedy drama film starring Malhar Thakar, Deeksha Joshi, Prashant Barot, Hemant Jha, Chhaya Vora and Alpana Buch. The film is directed by Neeraj Joshi. It was released on 25 October 2018. ...

'' (2018), '' Dhunki'' (2019).

Early life

Deeksha was born in

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as the daughter of Hem Joshi and Rashmi Joshi. 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

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which was acclaimed critically. In 2020, Deeksha received the Critics' Choice Film Awards Best Actress (Gujarati) 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 Hindi Film debut with the

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starrer ''

Jayeshbhai Jordaar ''Jayeshbhai Jordaar'' is a 2022 Indian comedy-drama film written and directed by Divyang Thakkar, and produced by Aditya Chopra and Maneesh Sharma under Yash Raj Films. The film stars Ranveer Singh in the titular role as the son of a tradition ...

'' directed by

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. She will be also seeing in Chandresh Bhatt's untitled venture opposite

Esha Kansara Esha Kansara (born August 20, 1992) is an Indian model, dancer, television and film actress. She started her acting career in the Indian TV Serial ''Mukti Bandhan'' in 2011. She made her film debut in 2017 in Gujarati cinema with the film ''Dun ...

and Gaurav Paswala.

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