Abhishek Banerjee

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. Banerjee's other notable films include Dream Girl, Dream Girl 2, Rashmi Rocket, Vedaa, and Stolen.

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. 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". He also acted in Soul of Sand in 2010.

In 2011, he worked as a casting director in The Dirty Picture and No One Killed Jessica. He worked as casting director in Bajatey Raho and Mickey Virus in 2013. He then acted in Bombay Talkies in 2013.

Banerjee acted in short films Fuddu Boys and Agli Baar in 2015. He further worked as a casting director in Dear Dad, Do Lafzon Ki Kahani, Rock On 2 and You Are My Sunday in 2016. He worked as a casting director in Ok Jaanu, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, Secret Superstar, and Ajji in 2017.

He then returned to the role of a casting director for the film Brij Mohan Amar Rahe in 2018. He starred alongside Rajkummar Rao and Aparshakti Khurana in Stree in 2018. For this film, he was nominated for Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role in 2019.

In 2019, he worked as a casting director of Kalank.

Besides films, he also acted in web series like TVF Pitchers in 2015, Mirzapur in 2018, and Typewriter in 2019 where he played a key role as 'Fakeer'. He runs "Casting Bay" along with his friend Anmol Ahuja where they cast actors in advertisements, films as well as web series. It was established in 2017. In 2021, he was seen in the Varun Dhawan starrer, Bhediya, reprising his role from Stree. He reprised the role again in the movies Munjya, Stree 2 and Thamma.

Banerjee received critical acclaim for his performance in the film Stolen, which premiered in the 2023 Venice Film Festival on 31 August 2023. It premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 4 June 2025. 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."

Filmography

As casting director

Television Year Title Role Notes 2015—2022 TVF Pitchers Bhati The Viral Fever 2016 Humorously Yours Bhushi 2018 Mirzapur Subodh aka Compounder Amazon Prime 2019 Typewriter Fakeer Netflix 2020 Paatal Lok 2023 Aakhri Sach Bhuvan Rajawat Disney+ Hotstar

Short film YearTitleRoleNotes2015 Fuddu Boys Lambu Agli Baar Mahinder 2020 Second Hand Prakasham 2021 Paash - Trapped Truck Driver

Awards and nominations