Rahul Banerjee (actor)

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Rahul Banerjee
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Rahul Banerjee
Born
Arunoday Banerjee

(1983-10-16) 16 October 1983 (age 41)
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Actor, Writer
Spouse Priyanka Sarkar (2010–)
Children1

Arunoday Banerjee (born 16 October 1983), better known as Rahul Banerjee, is an Indian actor works in Bengali language films and television. He made his stage appearance at the age of three with his father's (Biswanath Banerjee) theatre troupe Bijoygarh Atmaprakash play entitled Raj Darshan. Since then, he has acted in almost 450 stage shows, with his father's troupe and with Theatron. He was [1] married to co-actress Priyanka Sarkar. [2] [3] He was catapulted to stardom for his role opposite Priyanka Sarkar in Chirodini Tumi Je Amar , directed by Raj Chakraborty. The film was a massive box-office success. He has subsequently appeared in films including Love Circus , Shono Mon Boli Tomay and Poti Poromesshor. His television debut was in the series Tumi Asbe Bole. He has received a number of awards, such as the Anandalok Award for the Best Actor for his role in Chirodini Tumi Je Amar.

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Personal life

He was born to a family of theatre artists. His father was a director of a theatre troupe named Bijoygor Atmaprakash. He attended Naktala High School and graduated from Ashutosh College. After having a long relationship with his co-actor Priyanka Sarkar, the couple got married.They have a son, Shohoj Banerjee. The couple divorced in 2017.

Career

Before coming into films and television Rahul did a number of theatre programmes. After doing it he opted for a career in television and got a breakthrough after appearing in a famous show on Zee Bangla titled Khela in the role of Aditya. After that, he got a film in offer which gave him widespread recognition.

Filmography

YearMovieRoleDirectorCo Stars
2000 Chaka Phatik Nepaldev Bhattacharjee Mithun Chakraborty
2004 Aabar Aashbo Phire UnknownRavi Ojha Saswata Chatterjee, Koneenica Banerjee
2007Chirodini tumi je amar Krishno Raj Chakraborty Priyanka, Rudranil Sengupta
RajarbA
2008 Jackpot Dodo Kaushik Ganguly Koel Mallick, Hiran, Sohin noi Paul
Reshmi Mitra Priyanka
Ankash Talaash Swapan Saha Priyanka
Paran Jai Jaliya Re Ravi Kinagi Dev, Subhashree Ganguly
2009Love CircusDulal Bhowmick Priyanka
Shono Mon Boli TomayPradip Saha Priyanka
Hangover (Guest appearance) Prabhat Roy Prosenjit Chatterjee, Joy Mukherjee, Priyanka Sarkar, Sayantika Banerjee
ScreamSwapan Saha Priyanka Sarkar, Sohini Paul
PratidwandiAnup Sengupta Priyanka Sarkar, Ranjit Mallick, Rajatava Dutta
Get2getherArindam Chakraborty Priyanka Sarkar
Jiyo Kaka Parambrata Chatterjee Abhiraj, Rudranil Ghosh, Rituparna Sengupta
2011Moubone AajRaja Sen Priyanka Sarkar
Bor Bou KhelaJagannath Guha Priyanka Sarkar
Kagojer Bou Bappaditya Bandhyapadyay Priyanka Sarkar, Paoli Dam, Rimjhim Gupta
Bhalobasha Off Route-eArunabha KhasnabishParijat
Ajob Prem AbongArindam Dey Paoli Dam
KatakutiPremangshu RoyJaya Sil
2012Balukabela.comPartha SenAbhiraj, Rudranil Ghosh
Na HanyateRiingo Priyanka Sarkar, Roopa Ganguly
Goray GondogolAniket Chaterjee Sampurna Lahiri
2013 Hoi Choi Debarati Gupta Priyanka Sarkar, Paoli Dam
Meghe Dhaka Tara Kamaleshwar Mukherjee Saswata Chatterjee
A Political MurderAgnidev Chatterjee Priyanka Sarkar, Rituparna Sengupta
Bedroom Mainak Bhowmik Parno Mitra
Rupkatha Noy Atanu Ghosh Soumitra Chatterjee
2014 Obhishopto Nighty Birsa Dasgupta Priyanka Sarkar
Jaatishwar Srijit Mukherji Riya Sen, Swastika Mukherjee, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Jisshu Sengupta
Take One Mainak Bhowmik Swastika Mukherjee
Aamar Aami Orko Sinha Arunima Ghosh
Chotushkon Srijit Mukherji
Pati Parameshwar Joysree Bhattacharyya Rituparna Sengupta
Byomkesh Phire Elo Anjan Dutt Abir Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee, Kaushik Sen
2015 Ebar Shabor Arindam Sil Saswata Chatterjee, Abir Chatterjee, Ritwick Chakraborty, Swastika Mukherjee, Payel Sarkar, June Malia
Otai Last MMS Pele Bhattacharya Shilajit, Supriyo Dutta, Gourab Roy Chowdhury, Abantika Biswas
Tadanto [4] Nitish Roy Rituparna Sengupta, Debshankar Halder, Priyanka Sarkar, Goutam Halder
2016 Khawto Kamaleshwar Mukherjee Prosenjit Chatterjee, Paoli Dam, Raima Sen
Mr. Bhaduri [5] Subrata Sen Malabika Sen, Srabanti Banerjee, Mou Guha
Zulfiqar [6] Srijit Mukherji Prosenjit Chatterjee, Dev, Parambrata Chatterjee, Nusrat Jahan, Ankush Hazra, Kanchan Mallick, Koushik Sen, Jisshu Sengupta, Paoli Dam
2017 Jawker Dhan [7] Sayantan Ghosal Parambrata Chatterjee, Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Priyanka Sarkar, Kaushik Sen, Arindol Bagchi, Samidh Mukerjee
2018 Biday Byomkesh [8] Debaloy Bhattacharya Abir Chatterjee, Sohini Sarkar
Byomkesh Gotro [9] Arindam Sil Abir Chatterjee, Sohini Sarkar
2019Rajlokkhi o ShrikantoPradipta BhattacharyaRitwick Chakraborty, Jyotika Jyoti, Aparajita Ghosh Das
2021 Sleelatahanir Pore [10] Reshmi Mitra Soumitra Chatterjee, Moubani Sorcar
Sohorer Upokotha [11] Bappa Basabdatta Chatterjee, Bidipta Chakraborty, Joy Sengupta, Lama Halder, Subhasish Mukherjee, Anindya Banerjee
2022Mrittyupothojatri
SohobaseAnjan Kanjilal Ishaa Saha , Saayoni Ghosh
Akash Ongsoto MeghlaJoydeep Mukherjee Rudranil Ghosh, Basabdatta Chatterjee
Abar Kanchanjungha [12] Debesh
2023Kolkata'96Himself Ritwick Chakraborty, Sohini Sarkar

Web series

YearSeries/Short FilmDirectorCo StarsNotes
2017Adorshini [13] Rahul SapuiAddatimes
2018Action Area 11B [13] Abhiroop Basu Bidipta Chakraborty, Anindita Bose, Ankan MallickAddatimes
2018Kaali Season 1 Paoli Dam Zee5 original [14]
2019Paap Season 1 Puja Banerjee hoichoi original
2020Kaali Season 2 Paoli Dam Zee5 original
2021Paap Season 2Joydeep Mukherjee Puja Banerjee hoichoi original
2022Feludar Goyendagiri Srijit Mukherji Tota Roy Chowdhury, Anirban Chakrabarti, Kalpan Mitrahoichoi original
2023Indubala Bhater HotelDebaloy Bhattacharya Subhashree Ganguly hoichoi original
2023 Seven Anjan Dutt Gaurav Chakrabarty, Ridhima Ghosh & Suprobhat DasZee5 original

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