Sarita Joshi

Sarita Joshi (née Bhosle) (born 17 October 1941) is an Indian stage, television and film actress, and is a veteran actress of Gujarati theatre and Marathi theatre and also Marathi cinema. She is widely remembered for her role as Godavari Labhshankar'"Baa" Thakkar in the Star Plus hit dramedy Baa Bahoo Aur Baby, for which she won many awards. She is known for her Gujarati plays done with her husband Pravin Joshi in the 1970s.

In 1988, she was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Acting in Gujarati by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. In 2020, She has been awarded with Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award for her contribution in Art. She was recently seen in (2019) Zee TV—Hamari Bahu Silk as a hard-working business woman who hates films especially'A'grade films . In news, going rounds she will be playing female lead Anupamaa (Rupali Ganguly's ) brother in law's mother as Alpaa in the show (2020–present)Anupamaa- Star Plus in which she has a strong and pivotal role in the show.