Abhishek Banerjee reveals the shocking truth, says he battled depression despite Stree's success
Abhishek Banerjee reveals his battle with depression after the success of "Stree" despite the popularity of his film and character Janaa. The actor-casting director discusses being typecast in comic roles and how he broke free.
Do you know Abhishek Banerjee is a casting director? He began his journey in the film industry in 2010 and worked on projects like The Dirty Picture, No One Killed Jessica and even the most popular web series Mirzapur. A trained theatre artist, he always wanted to be an actor. His first acting stint was in Rang De Basanti where he played a very small role of an auditioner. He shot to popularity with his antics in Stree, in which he essays the role of Janaa. His ability to balance humour in a quirky setting him a character that audiences adored. Do you know he was depressed after the success of Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor starrer horror-comedy?
Abhishek Banerjee says he depressed after the success of Stree
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While Banerjee agrees it was a "big break" for him, he was depressed because people had typecast him. Stree was released in 2018, and post that, he was only getting offers to play goofy characters. He did Dream Girl and Bala and everybody started offering him comic roles. When the Covid-19 lockdown hit, he was in a depressive phase. "I thought, ¡®Shit, nobody is going to imagine anything more for me.¡¯ Thankfully Sudeep Sharma imagined me as Hathoda Tyagi in Paatal Lok. He imagined that by watching Stree, so full marks to him," the actor was quoted as saying by News 18.
He was once again typecast after Paatal Lok
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After the massive success of Paatal Lok and his character Hathoda Tyagi, the industry finally took him seriously as an actor. He recalled how people from the industry called him and told him, "Oh tu toh actor hai. Tu toh yeh kar sakta hai." However, he was typecast once again. Now, he was getting offers to play psycho characters. This time he took it as a challenge to prove his versatility and show everyone that he can do all genres. "I am very stubborn," he added.
Abhishek Banerjee is currently being lauded for his recently released movie Stree 2 and Vedaa, in which he plays distinct roles. While he plays a comic role in Stree 2, he portrays an antagonist in John Abraham and Sharvari starrer Vedaa.
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