Abhishek Banerjee | |
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 Banerjee in 2019 | |
| Born | 5 May 1985 Kharagpur, West Bengal, India |
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| Spouse | Tina Noronha (m. 2014) |
Abhishek Banerjee (born 5 May 1985) is an Indian actor and casting director, best known for his roles in Stree , Bhediya and as Hathoda Tyagi in Amazon Prime Video series Paatal Lok . [1]
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 and took English honours in Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, where he pursued acting and was a member of Kirori Mal's dramatics society. [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 | Jaana | ||
| Vakeel Babu | Shiraz Hassan | ||
| 2023 | Dream Girl 2 | Shahrukh | |
| Aankh Micholi | Harbhajan Singh | ||
| Apurva | Sukha | [30] | |
| 2024 | Vedaa † | TBA | [31] |
| Stree 2 † | Jana | Filming [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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