Stree 2 Actor Was Convinced His Career Was “Barbaad, Khatam” After Being Thrown Out By Dharma Productions
Aug 18, 2024
“Stree 2 is the talk of the town, thanks to its humungous box office figures that have left everyone mind-boggled. Along with Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao, the supporting cast is being raved about. Actor Abhishek Banerjee, who plays Rajkummar Rao’s friend in the horror comedy, now recalls how he was thrown out of Dharma Productions and thought his career was over.
Abhishek is a part of the latter two. Many wouldn’t know, but the 39-year-old actor worked as a casting director before pursuing his acting career. He was one of the team members casting for Hrithik Roshan and Sanjay Dutt led Agneepath (2012). But things went south when Karan Johar did not like his team’s work and ended up firing them!
In an interview with Siddharth Kannan, Abhishek Banerjee recalled, “Agneepath se humein nikaal diya tha. Agneepath ki casting hum log kar rahe the baad mein Jogi bhai aaye. Kyu nikal di kyuki woh casting unko pasand nahi aayi, Karan sir ko pasand nahi aayi. Hum log kuch zyada hi Anurag Kashyap-waale actors la rahe the jo unhe pasand nahi aya. Toh unhone bola, ‘Nikal jao humari film se!’ Hume laga career barbaad, khatam! Dharma se nikal gaye ab ho gaya! But thankfully bach gaye.