):रसिका जोशी) was a noted Marathi

Marathi cinema

Marathi cinema refers to films produced in the Marathi language in the state of Maharashtra, India. It is the oldest and pioneer film industry in India...

 and Hindi film actress. A celebrated Marathi theatre and Indian television actress, she was known for Maharashtrian

Maharashtrian

Maharashtrian may refer to:*Maharashtrians or Marathi people*Relating to Maharashtra, India*A speaker of the Marathi language...

roleplays in Bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

movies.

Personal life

Rasika was born in a Marathi Brahmin family in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

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Rasika was suffering from Cancer

Cancer

Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...

, and passed away on 7 July 2011 in a nursing home in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

. She was 39. She is survived by her husband Girish Joshi and her family.

Career

She began her career with A Marathi play by Lata Narvekar. Her last movie is in post-production stage with Ram Gopal Verma names Not A Love Story

Not a Love Story

Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography is a documentary about the pornography industry. It was directed by Bonnie Sherr Klein.It remains one of the landmark works from the Studio D, the women's studio of the National Film Board of Canada...

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Hindi

She was first noticed and applauded in Ek hasina thi. She became quite a favorite of RGV and Priyadarshan

Priyadarshan

Priyadarshan is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter. In a career spanning over two decades, Priyadarshan has directed over 80 films in several Indian languages including Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu...

 Some of her Hindi movies include:

• Billu
• Dhol
  Dhol (2007 film)
  Dhol is a 2007 Hindi movie directed by Priyadarshan, and produced by the Percept Picture Company starring Sharman Joshi, Kunal Khemu, Rajpal Yadav, Tusshar Kapoor, Arbaaz Khan, Payal Rohatgi, Om Puri, and Tanushree Dutta in lead roles. The screenplay written by Manisha Korde is a partial...
  
  
• Bhool Bhulaiya
• Gayab
  Gayab
  Gayab is a Hindi film released in the summer of the year 2004. It stars Tusshar Kapoor and Antara Mali as the lead protagonist. It was remade in Tamil as Githan.- Plot :...
  
  
• Ek Hasina Thi
  Ek Hasina Thi
  Ek Hasina Thi is a 2004 Indian psychological thriller film noir by Sriram Raghavan, produced by Ram Gopal Varma, and starring Urmila Matondkar and Saif Ali Khan in the lead roles. The screenplay was by Sriram Raghavan and Pooja Ladha Surti...
  
  
• Vaastu Shastra
• Malamaal Weekly
  Malamaal Weekly
  Malaamal Weekly is a 2006 Bollywood comedy film starring Paresh Rawal and Om Puri and written and directed by Priyadarshan. The storyline has similarities with Waking Ned Devine....
  
  
• Ek Haseena Thi

Television

She became a household name with Ekta Kapoor

Ekta Kapoor

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's Bandini where she essayed Tara Fui, a role with a negative tinge.

Marathi

Rasika Joshi was a talented Marathi actor with lots of importance in films, theater as Well as television.
Jabardast, Khabardaar are some of her notable works. T.V. shows like Ghadlay Bighadlay, Prapanch made her popular. She has also authored a Marathi movie Yanda Kartavya Aahe. Her self written, directed, essayed play, White Lily & Night Rider along with Milind Phatak won many awards, praises as well as accolades.