Vinayak Joshi is a popular Cine Artiste, theater personality & Radio jockey

Radio jockey

A radio jockey is a person who hosts a radio talk show where the RJ selects the music to be played, or topic of discussion, by interacting with the audience; the interaction is often via telephone, but may also be online, or via email....

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Born on 25 August 1987, Bangalore. His ancestral roots trace back to Dharwad district

Dharwad District

Dharwad District is an administrative district of the state of Karnataka in southern India. Dharwad is the cultural headquarters of North Karnataka....

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He was a child artiste in the Kannada film industry.
Before his radio career, he was an actor in Kannada films since 14 years.
Started as a child artiste with his most remembered and unforgettable character of a chubby kid from the 1997 Superhit movie Nammoora Mandara Hoove

Nammoora Mandara Hoove

-Plot details:Shivrajkumar comes to Ramesh's , home town and falls in love with the girl whom Ramesh loves .Although the rest of the movie is about this love triangle, the movie is generally noted for effectively capturing and utilising the natural beauty of the forests of Yana it's shoot in Malenadu...

 by Sunil Kumar Desai

Sunil Kumar Desai

Sunil Kumar Desai is a Kannada film director. In most of his movies, Desai blends art and commercial cinema. He has written and directed suspense/thrillers and love stories. He has won the Karnataka state awards in the Best Screenplay & Best Dialogs categories. He has also won the Filmfare awards...

 starring Shivrajkumar

Shivrajkumar

Shivaraj Kumar is a Kannada film actor. He is the son of Kannada thespian Dr. Rajkumar. After graduating in B.Sc...

, Ramesh

Ramesh

Ramesh is a common name in India and Nepal as well as other parts of the world where Hindu are living.The Sanskrit meaning of words Ramesh is Ruler of Rama....

 & Prema

Prema

Prema may refer to:*Prema – actress in the Kannada Film Industry*Prema – 1952 Telugu film*Prema – Telugu film starring Venkatesh and Revathi*Prema – British recording artiste...

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His other notable hit movies include Amrutavarshini,Laali, Simhada mari, Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu, Appu (2002 film)

Appu (2002 film)

Appu is a Kannada Super hit movie made in 2002. It stars Rakshita and Puneet Rajkumar and is directed by Puri Jagannath.It was remade into Telugu as Idiot and later in Tamil as Dum....

, Kanti, Nanna Kanasina Hoove, Minchina Ota

Minchina Ota

Minchina Ota is a 2008 Kannada film directed by M. R. Ramesh and produced by S. R. Govind. It stars Lakshmi Rai, Vijaya Raghavendra and Sri Murali in the lead roles. Music was composed by V. Manohar. The film released statewide on 10 July 2008. The movie is inspired by the 1971 Hollywood film Duel....

, Chitra, etc.

Also acted in several Tele-serials like:
Mussanje by T. S. Nagabharana

T. S. Nagabharana

T. S. Nagabharana is an Indian filmmaker in the Kannada film industry. He has been the recipient of international, national, state and other awards for 20 of his 30 Kannada movies in the last 26 years. He holds a degree in in Science and Law...

 and
Trin Trin Trin by Phani Ramachandra

Phani Ramachandra

H. S. Phani Ramachandra is a Kannada film and television director. He is known for directing such classic Kannada comedy films as Ganeshana Maduve and Gauri Ganesha and the TV serial Dandapindagalu...

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“Dandapindagalu", a hilarious Comedy series about the youths of today's generation.
All together Vinayak was featured in more than 45 films and 70 serials.

2 Karnataka State Film Awards

Karnataka State Film Awards

Karnataka State Film Awards are the most notable and prestigious film awards given for Kannada film industry in Karnataka, India. These are considered the highest awards for Kannada language films...

, 1 national award as the best director in the national level theatre festival (THESPO 8).
1 Karnataka State Film Award

Karnataka State Film Awards

Karnataka State Film Awards are the most notable and prestigious film awards given for Kannada film industry in Karnataka, India. These are considered the highest awards for Kannada language films...

 for the movie Nammoora Mandara Hoove

Nammoora Mandara Hoove

-Plot details:Shivrajkumar comes to Ramesh's , home town and falls in love with the girl whom Ramesh loves .Although the rest of the movie is about this love triangle, the movie is generally noted for effectively capturing and utilising the natural beauty of the forests of Yana it's shoot in Malenadu...

 and Aryabhata award for Amrutavarshini.
Vinayak is actively involved in executing films and have produced 4 films under the banner “Joshi Chitra”.
Latest is Sudeep

Sudeep

Sudeep is an Indian actor, director, producer and singer from Shimoga, Karnataka, known in the Kannada film industry and Bollywood. He is also founder owner of his production company Kiccha Creations.Hence he is also famously known as 'Kiccha' Sudeep....

's “Just Math Mathalli

Just Math Mathalli

Just Math Mathalli is a 2010 Indian romance film directed by Sudeep starring himself, Ramya and Rajesh. The film follows the search of Siddharth's search for Tanu to confess his feelings towards her....

” as a production designer.

He is a graduate from National College, Bangalore

National College, Bangalore

The National College, Bangalore is the name given to two sister institutions in Bangalore, India: the National College Basavanagudi, founded in 1945, and the National College, Jayanagar, founded in 1965...

, Jayanagar.
Vinayak was one of the youngest directors to win the National Award as the best director for a play, “Shraddha” at the age of 19.
A fitness freak who once weighed 110 kg, is now just 80 kg.
Currently he is one among the renowned voices on air in Bangalore

Bangalore

Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

, as a Radio Jockey he was hosting an evening drive show called "City Maatu" and now he is hosting Breakfast (Morning show) show name "Aithalakadi Morning" for Radio City 91.1 (Indian radio station).

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