Abhishek Banerjee (actor)
Indian film actor
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Abhishek Banerjee (born in 1985) is an Indian actor and casting director. He is best known for his roles in the Maddock Horror Comedy Universe films as Jana in 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, Vedaa, and Stolen.
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- Actor
- casting director
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) |
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
Banerjee began his acting career with Delhi theatre. He worked in a Doordarshan show during these 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][6] He worked as casting director in Bajatey Raho and Mickey Virus in 2013.[4][7] He then acted in Bombay Talkies in 2013.[8]
Banerjee acted in short films Fuddu Boys and Agli Baar in 2015.[4]
He also worked as a casting director in Umrika and Gabbar Is Back in 2015.[4][9] He further 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 the same year, he acted in the movies Phillauri and Ajji.[11][12][13]
He then returned to the role of a casting director for the film Brij Mohan Amar Rahe in 2018.[14] He starred alongside Rajkummar Rao and Aparshakti Khurana 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 the same year, 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, which released on ZEE5 as a 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, a performance he was much lauded for.[6] He was also the casting director for the web series.[25] In 2021, he was seen in the Varun Dhawan starrer, Bhediya, reprising his role from Stree.[26] He reprised the role again in the movies Munjya, Stree 2 and Thamma.[27][28] Banerjee was next seen in the Tara Sutaria led Apurva.[29]
Banerjee received critical acclaim for his performance in the film Stolen, which premiered in the 2023 Venice Film Festival on 31 August 2023.[30] It premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 4 June 2025.[31] Critics highlighted Abhishek Banerjee's portrayal of Gautam as one of the standout performances of his career. Hardika Gupta of NDTV stated "Abhishek Banerjee delivers what is arguably the best performance of his career, shedding the comic persona often associated with him and slipping into a role that requires restraint, fear and eventual resolve."[32]
Filmography
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
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
| 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[33] | Sushil | |
| Helmet | Sultan | ||
| Ankahi Kahaniya | Pradeep Loharia | ||
| Rashmi Rocket[34] | Eeshit | ||
| 2022 | Highway | D | Telugu film |
| Bhediya | Jana | ||
| Vakeel Babu | Shiraz Hassan | ||
| 2023 | Dream Girl 2 | Shahrukh | |
| Aankh Micholi | Harbhajan Singh | ||
| Apurva | Sukha | [35] | |
| Stolen | Gautam Bansal | [36] | |
| 2024 | Munjya | Jana | Cameo |
| Vedaa | Jitendar Pratap Singh | [37] | |
| Stree 2 | Jana | [38] | |
| 2025 | Thamma | Jana | Cameo[28] |
| 2026 | Toaster | Glenn Dsouza | [39] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015—2022 | TVF Pitchers | Bhati | The Viral Fever |
| 2016 | Humorously Yours[40] | 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" Pawan | Netflix[41] |
| 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 | [42] |
