Deven Bhojani

Deven Bhojani is an Indian actor. 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.^[1]

Deven Bhojani
Bhojani in 2016
Born	(1969-09-19) 19 September 1969 (age 55) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation(s)	Actor, director
Years active	1987–present

Early life

Bhojani is a Gujarati, born and raised in Mumbai.^[2]

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.^[2]

Filmography

Films

As actor

Year	Titles	Role	Notes
1992	Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander	Ghanshyam (Ghansu)	Also assistant director[3]
1994	Aaja Sanam
	Andaz	Ajay
	Kranti Kshetra
1995	Sarhad: The Border of Crime	Deven
	Kartavya
1996	Uff! Yeh Mohabbat
1997	Dil Kitna Nadan Hai	Daddu	[4]
1999	Chalo America	Akshay
2004	Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke	Vipul Kothari
2010	Khichdi: The Movie	Brain Hemorrhage Patient	Special appearance[5]
2011	Chala Mussaddi... Office Office	Patel
2012	Agneepath	Azhar Lala
2023	Dunki	Advocate Puru Pardipbhai Patel
2024	Murder Mubarak	Devendra Bhatti
	Udan Chhoo	Hasmukh Mehta	Gujarati cinema debut

As director

Year	Titles
2017	Commando 2: The Black Money Trail[6]

Television

As actor

Year	Titles	Role	Notes
1987	Malgudi Days	Nitya	Episode 22
1993–1994	Dekh Bhai Dekh	Karima
1993	Tara[7]	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
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[8]	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
2019–2020	Bhakharwadi	Balkrishna Gokhale (Anna)	Lead
2021	Wagle Ki Duniya - Nayi Peedhi Naye Kissey		Guest
2023	Taaza Khabar	Mehboob
	Scoop	Mama
2025	Black, White & Gray - Love Kills	Rao

As director

Year	Title	Notes
2004–2006	Sarabhai vs Sarabhai[9]	Creative Director
2014–2015	Pukaar - Call For The Hero[6]
2015–2016	Sumit Sambhal Lega[10]

As producer

Year	Titles	Notes
2012	Bhai Bhaiya Aur Brother[11]