Abhishek Banerjee | |
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Born | Kharagpur, West Bengal, India | 5 May 1985
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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2015 | Fuddu Boys | Lambu | |
Agli Baar | Mahinder | ||
2020 | Second Hand | Prakasham | |
2021 | Paash - Trapped | Truck Driver |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
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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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