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Did you know Shri Krishna and Ramayan fame Swapnil Joshi has been a comedy king as well?

  • Amid lockdown, all the classic Doordarshan shows are on rerun. Recently, it was announced that the popular mythological show, Shri Krishna will also be re-telecast on the channel. This has given one more opportunity for fans to relive the nostalgia of good old days. But do you remember that Swapnil Joshi played the character of young Krishna in the show?

    Amid lockdown, all the classic Doordarshan shows are on rerun. Recently, it was announced that the popular mythological show, Shri Krishna will also be re-telecast on the channel. This has given one more opportunity for fans to relive the nostalgia of good old days. But do you remember that Swapnil Joshi played the character of young Krishna in the show?

  • Also featuring Deepak Deulkar, Pinky Parikh among others, Shri Krishna chronicled the life of Lord Krishna.

  • Shri Krishna has been written, directed and produced by Ramanand Sagar starred Swapnil Joshi as the young Krishna while Sarvadaman Banerjee played the older version of Lord Krishna. The show aired from 1993 to 1996 on Doordarshan.

  • Swapnil Joshi, who is now a Marathi actor even played Kush in Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan. He was just nine-years-old at that time.

  • Well, Swapnil is also a comedy king. In 2010, he won Comedy Circus Mahasangram with VIP.      

  • For the unversed, everyone loved the duo of Swapnil and VIP. Their performance made their fans go ROFL-ing. The duo even reached the finale of Comedy Circus Season 1, however, they couldn't manage to win the trophy.  

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