Abhishek Banerjee (actor)

Abhishek Banerjee
Banerjee in 2024
Born	(1985-05-05) 5 May 1985 (age 39) Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
Occupations	Actor casting director
Spouse	Tina Noronha ​ (m. 2014)​

Abhishek Banerjee (born in 1985) is an Indian actor and casting director. He is best known for his roles in the Maddock Supernatural Universe films Stree , Bhediya and Stree 2 and as Hathoda Tyagi in Amazon Prime Video series Paatal Lok . ^[1] Banerjee's other notable films include Dream Girl , Dream Girl 2 , Rashmi Rocket and Vedaa .

Early life and education

Abhishek Banerjee was born in Kharagpur, West Bengal in the Bengali family of Aloke Kumar Banerjee, a former assistant commandant of the Central Industrial Security Force and Sumira Banerjee. ^[2] He received his higher education in Delhi. He initially took computer science, but dropped out. He subsequently took admission in the English honours course in Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, a college he chose because of its dramatics society, "The Players". ^[2]

Career

He began his acting career with Delhi theatre. He worked in dd show school days. His first film appearance was in Rang De Basanti , as one of the students auditioning for a documentary role. ^[3] He moved to Mumbai from Delhi in 2008. He worked in Knock Out as a casting director in 2010. ^[4] He also acted in Soul of Sand in 2010. ^[3]

In 2011, he worked as a casting director in The Dirty Picture and No One Killed Jessica . ^{[4] [5]} He also acted in No One Killed Jessica in 2011. ^[6] He worked as casting director in Bajatey Raho and Mickey Virus in 2013. ^{[4] [7]} He also acted in Bombay Talkies in 2013. ^[8]

Banerjee acted in short films Fuddu Boys and Agli Baar in 2015. ^[4] He also worked as casting director in Umrika and Gabbar Is Back in 2015. ^{[4] [9]} He worked as a casting director in Dear Dad , Do Lafzon Ki Kahani , Rock On 2 and You Are My Sunday in 2016. ^{[4] [10]} He worked as a casting director in Ok Jaanu , Toilet: Ek Prem Katha , Secret Superstar, and Ajji in 2017. ^[4] In this year he acted in Phillauri and Ajji . ^{[11] [12] [13]} He worked as casting director of Brij Mohan Amar Rahe in 2018. ^[14] He acted in Stree in 2018. ^[15] For this film, he was nominated for Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role in 2019. ^[16] In 2019 he worked as a casting director of Kalank . ^[4] In 2019 he also acted in Arjun Patiala , Dream Girl, and Bala . ^{[17] [18] [19]}

Besides films, he also acted in web series like TVF Pitchers in 2015, Mirzapur in 2018, ^[20] and Typewriter in 2019 where he played a key role as 'Fakeer'. ^{[3] [21]} He runs "Casting Bay" along with his friend Anmol Ahuja where they cast actors in advertisements, films as well as web series. ^{[22] [23] [24]} It was established in 2017. ^[3]

He played the role of Jin Liang in "Kaali 2 (2020)", in the ZEE5 web series in 2020. He played the role of lead antagonist and dreaded hitman Vishal Tyagi (Hathoda Tyagi) in the Amazon Prime web series Paatal Lok. ^[6] He was also the casting director for the web series. ^[25] In 2021, he was seen in the Varun Dhawan starrer, Bhediya in a supporting role. ^[26] Banerjee will next be seen in the Tara Sutaria led Apurva. ^[27]

Filmography

As casting director

Year	Film
2010	Knock Out
2011	No One Killed Jessica
	The Dirty Picture
2013	Bajatey Raho
	Mickey Virus
2015	Gabbar Is Back
2016	Dear Dad
	Do Lafzon Ki Kahani
	Rock On 2
	Tu Hai Mera Sunday
2017	Ok Jaanu
	Toilet: Ek Prem Katha
	Secret Superstar
	Ajji
2018	Brij Mohan Amar Rahe
2019	Kalank
	The Sky Is Pink
2020	Paatal Lok [25]

As actor

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Rang De Basanti	Auditioner
2010	Soul of Sand	Daya
2011	No One Killed Jessica	Pickpocket
2013	Bombay Talkies	Man sitting at Bhurji Stand
	Go Goa Gone	Pharmacist
2017	Phillauri	Soma
	Ajji	Vilasrao Dhavle
2018	Stree	Jana
	Asees
2019	Arjun Patiala
	Dream Girl	Mahinder Rajput
	Bala	Ajju
	Made In China	Officer
2020	Bhonsle	Rajendra
	Unpaused	Manish
2021	Ajeeb Daastaans [28]	Sushil
	Helmet	Sultan
	Ankahi Kahaniya	Pradeep Loharia
	Rashmi Rocket [29]	Eeshit
2022	Highway	D	Telugu film
	Bhediya	Jana
	Vakeel Babu	Shiraz Hassan
2023	Dream Girl 2	Shahrukh
	Aankh Micholi	Harbhajan Singh
	Apurva	Sukha	[30]
2024	Munjya	Jana	Cameo
	Vedaa	Jitendar Pratap Singh	[31]
	Stree 2	Jana	[32]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015—2022	TVF Pitchers	Bhati	The Viral Fever
2016	Humorously Yours [33]	Bhushi
2018	Mirzapur	Subodh aka Compounder	Amazon Prime
2019	Typewriter	Fakeer	Netflix
2020	Paatal Lok [25]	Vishal "Hathoda" Tyagi	Amazon Prime
	Kaali 2	Jin Liang	ZEE5
	PariWar	Munna	Disney+Hotstar
2022	The Great Weddings of Munnes	Munnes	Voot
2023	Rana Naidu	Jaffa	Netflix [34]
2023	Aakhri Sach	Bhuvan Rajawat	Disney+ Hotstar

Short film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Fuddu Boys	Lambu
	Agli Baar	Mahinder
2020	Second Hand	Prakasham
2021	Paash - Trapped	Truck Driver

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
2019	Zee Cine Awards	Best Actor in a Comic Role	Stree	Nominated
2020	Filmfare OTT Awards	Best Supporting Actor (Male) (Drama Series)	Paatal Lok
2022	Filmfare Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Rashmi Rocket
2023	Filmfare OTT Awards	Best Actor in a Series (Male): Comedy	The Great Weddings of Munnes	Won	[35]

References

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