Abhishek Banerjee, who moved to Mumbai in 2008, got several blink-and-miss roles in movies
SOON after Abhishek Banerjee finished shooting for Paatal Lok in June 2019, he left for a month-long trip to Europe with his wife, Tina Noronha. The actor had found himself uncharacteristically angry, anxious and even possessive of his wife when he was shooting for the web-series as the serial killer, Hathoda Tyagi. Travelling was his way of leaving behind the intensity the character demanded.
Mumbai was under lockdown when Paatal Lok’s release was announced this April. “The announcement brought back memories of Hathoda Tyagi,” recalls Banerjee, whose portrayal of the negative character brought him wide recognition.
Jitendra Kumar never thought he could become an actor.
Jitendra Kumar had never harboured any dreams of being an actor. Theatre and acting happened by chance when he was pursuing civil engineering at IIT Kharagpur. After that, there was no looking back. A fellow student Biswapati Sarkar pushed Kumar, facilitating his entry into the world of online content in 2012-13. As his videos went viral, Kumar became a familiar face. The year 2020 looked promising with two big releases as the romantic lead opposite Ayushmann Khurrana in Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan (the film, directed by Hitesh Kewalya and Rohit Sharma, released in February), and the web-series Panchayat (released on Prime Video this April).
Lata Kutty has a fun and quirky side, something I hadn’t explored on screen: Shalini Vatsa
Once a reluctant film actor, Shalini Vatsa explored her comic potential with Ludo this year and found acclaim Updated: December 21, 2020 10:21:40 am
A decade since her first film, Vatsa still periodically asks herself whether she is enjoying what she does.
First Role: In Class IX, Shalini Vatsa acted in
Yahan Bande Saste Milte Hain, staged at Patna’s Kalidas Rangalaya
Standout Act: Playing nurse Lata Kutty in
Ludo on Netflix
Shalini Vatsa’s journey charted its own course. Her Lata Kutty, who transforms from a no-nonsense nurse into gangster Sattu’s (Pankaj Tripathi) doting lover in Anurag Basu’s