Abhishek Banerjee | |
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 Banerjee in 2024 | |
| Born | 5 May 1985 Kharagpur, West Bengal, India |
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| 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 .
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]
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]
| 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] |
| † | 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] |
| 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 |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Fuddu Boys | Lambu | |
| Agli Baar | Mahinder | ||
| 2020 | Second Hand | Prakasham | |
| 2021 | Paash - Trapped | Truck Driver |
| 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] |
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