Vinayak Joshi is an Indian film, television, web-series and theatre actor, Winner of best director in Thespo8.
Former Radio jockey, Former Head of Digital communication at Flipkart, host of Saregamapa season 6, lead host of IPL 2019 in Starsports kannada.
A motivational speaker to many young minds.
He is featured twice on tedx.
He has been a host in more than 1000 live events across 20 countries.
Currently he is a corporate media consultant and an independent film maker.
He recently acted, directed, produced and wrote a web-series called Joshelay.
It features more than 28 stories of differently abled talents.
First ever motivational web-series in India.
It has collectively made a million views on youtube leaving the viewers motivated.
He was born on 25 August 1987, Bangalore.
His ancestral roots trace back to Dharwad district.
He started as a child artiste from the 1996 Superhit movie Nammoora Mandara Hoove, by Sunil Kumar Desai, starring Shivrajkumar, Ramesh and Prema.
Before his radio career, he had been acting in the Kannada industry since he was 7 years old.
His other notable movies include Amrutha Varshini, Laali, Simhada Mari, Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu, Appu, Kanti, Nanna Kanasina Hoove, Minchina Ota, Chitra, Govinadaaya Namaha, Jaguar etc.
He has acted in several Tele-serials like Mussanje, by T.
S.
Nagabharana, Trin Trin Trin by Phani Ramachandra and Dandapindagalu, a hilarious comedy series.
Vinayak has been featured in more than 75 films and 70 television shows.
He was also a participant in the opening season of the reality show Bigg Boss Kannada, aired in April, 2013.
He was also a semi-finalist in a reality dance show called Dancing star 3 on Colors Kannada.