Abhishek Banerjee recalls being FIRED by Dharma Productions for casting Anurag Kashyap-type actors; Stree 2 actor says, “Thought our career was khatam”

Abhishek Banerjee is more than just an actor. For the unversed, Banerjee – whose recent releases include Vedaa and Stree 2, is also a casting director who has co-founded the casting agency Casting Bay. During a recent interview, Abhishek got candid about being fired by Dharma Productions as the casting agency for Hrithik Roshan and Priyanka Chopra starrer Agneepath. Read on to know all he said.

Abhishek Banerjee on being fired by Dharma Productions

Talking about the time he was fired as the casting director for Dharma Productions film, Abhishek Banerjee told Siddharth Kannan, “We were fired from Agneepath. We were casting for Agneepath, it was then taken over by Jogi (Mallang) bhai. Why were we removed? Because Karan sir didn’t like our casting.” As the film was produced by Karan Johar and directed by Karan Malhotra, it’s unclear which Karan didn’t like the cast.

The Stree 2 actor continued, “We were casting Anurag Kashyap-type actors. He didn’t like it and said, ‘Nikal jaao humaari film se (get out of our film)’. We thought our career was barbaad, khatam (our career was over) because we were thrown out of Dharma (Productions). We thought we were done, but thankfully, we survived.”

Abhishek Banerjee has worked as the casting director for Priyanka Chopra and Farhan Akhtar’s The Sky is Pink as well as the web series Paatal Lok. He’s also done the casting for films like Vidya Balan’s The Dirty Picture and Rani Mukerji’s No One Killed Jessica.

On the work front, Abhishek Banerjee currently has two films – Stree 2 and Vedaa, running in theatres. Both films were released on August 15, 2024.

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