Ankush Hazra

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{{short description|Indian actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ankush Hazra
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| birth_date = 14 February<ref>{{cite web |title=Ankush Hazra - Verified Twitter Handle |url=https://twitter.com/AnkushLoveUAll |website=[[Twitter]] |access-date=28 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524120945/https://twitter.com/AnkushLoveUAll |archive-date=24 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| nationality = Indian
| education = AIEEE RANK 100
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|dancer}}
| yearsactive = 2010–present
| notable_works = [[Ankush Hazra#Filmography|See filmography]]
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'''Ankush Hazra''' is an Indian actor associated with [[Bengal language|Bengali]] language films. One of the leading & most popular actor in Tollywood.<ref>{{cite news |title=Actor Ankush Hazra excited about his new comedy show; speculations are high who might host it |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/bengali/actor-ankush-hazra-excited-about-his-new-comedy-show-speculations-are-high-who-might-host-it/articleshow/78204343.cms |access-date=18 October 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=18 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> His debut film was ''[[Kellafate]]'' released in 2010.

==Career==
Hazra caught the attention of film director Pijus Saha who starred him in his [[Romantic film|romantic]] [[Comedy film|comedy]] film ''[[Kellafate]]'' of Banner-Prince Entertainment P4. This film was also produced by Saha. Hazra was paired opposite newcomer Rupashree. The [[Filming location|backdrops]] of the [[Sequence (music)|song sequences]] were appreciated a lot which ultimately led to the conclusion by viewers that Hazra was an extraordinary dancer and enhanced his popularity as a great dancer in [[Cinema of West Bengal|Tollywood]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Kellafate Review |url=http://www.calcuttaweb.com/cinema/review/kellafate.shtml |access-date=21 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809140621/http://www.calcuttaweb.com/cinema/review/kellafate.shtml |archive-date=9 August 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Romeo vs Juliet Exclusive Show|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OinXUOwrC7M|website=YouTube|access-date=28 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723212345/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OinXUOwrC7M|archive-date=23 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

Later, Hazra starred in the Bengali [[Romantic film|romantic]] [[Drama film|drama]] film ''[[Idiot (2012 film)|Idiot]]'' of Eskay Movies, directed by Rajib Biswas. In this film, Hazra was paired opposite Bengali actress [[Srabanti Chatterjee]]. He returned with his Bengali film ''[[Kanamachi (film)|Kanamachi]]''. His recent success includes the multistarrer-romantic-comedy film ''[[Jamai 420]]''.

==Personal life==
Ankush Hazra was born in Bardhaman, West Bengal. He graduated from Heritage institute of technology, Kolkata, India.

As of July 2020, Hazra is in a relationship with fellow actress [[Oindrila Sen]].<ref>{{cite news |title=When actor Ankush Hazra lost a bet to girlfriend Oindrila Sen |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/bengali/when-actor-ankush-hazra-lost-a-bet-to-girlfriend-oindrila-sen/articleshow/76977011.cms |access-date=17 August 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=15 July 2020 |language=en |archive-date=11 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011120030/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/bengali/when-actor-ankush-hazra-lost-a-bet-to-girlfriend-oindrila-sen/articleshow/76977011.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
| style="background:#ffc;"|
| Denotes films that have not released
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"| '''Year'''
! style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"| '''Film'''
! style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"| '''Role'''
! style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"| '''Co-Actress'''
! style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"| '''Director'''
! style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"| '''Banner'''
! style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"| '''Note'''
|-
| 2010
| scope=row| ''[[Kellafate]]''
| Shibu
| Rupashree
| [[Pijush Saha]]
| P4 Entertainment
| Remake of Telugu Movie ''[[Aata (2007 film)|Aata]]''
|-
| 2012
| scope=row|''[[Idiot (2012 film)|Idiot]]''
| Samrat
| [[Srabanti Chatterjee]]
| [[Rajiv Kumar Biswas]]
| [[Eskay Movies]]
| Remake of Tamil Movie ''[[Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam]]''
|-
|rowspan=2| 2013
| scope=row| ''[[Kanamachi (film)|Kanamachi]]''
| Abir
| [[Srabanti Chatterjee]]
| [[Raj Chakraborty]]
| [[Eskay Movies]]
| Remake of Tamil Movie ''[[Ko (film)|Ko]]''
|-
| scope=row| ''[[Khiladi (2013 film)|Khiladi]]''
| Suleman/<br/>Krishna
| [[Nusrat Jahan]]
| [[Ashok Pati]]
| [[Eskay Movies]]
| Remake of Malayalam Movie ''[[Udayapuram Sulthan]]''
|-
| 2014
| scope=row| ''[[Ami Shudhu Cheyechi Tomay]]''
| Abhijeet
| [[Subhashree Ganguly]]
| [[Ashok Pati]]
| [[Eskay Movies]] & [[Jaaz Multimedia]]
| Remake of ''[[Arya 2]]''
|-
| rowspan=3| 2015
|scope=row| ''[[Romeo vs Juliet]]''
| Romeo
| [[Mahiya Mahi]]
| [[Ashok Pati]]
| [[Eskay Movies]] & [[Jaaz Multimedia]]
| Remake of ''[[Singh vs Kaur]]''
|-
| scope=row|''[[Jamai 420]]''
| Joy
| [[Nusrat Jahan]]
| [[Rabi Kinagi]]
| [[Shree Venkatesh Films]] & [[Surinder Films]]
| Inspired by Hindi movies ''[[Housefull (2010 film)|Housefull]]'', ''[[Housefull 2]]'' & Bengali Movie ''[[Bye Bye Bangkok]]''.
|-
| scope=row| ''[[Aashiqui (2015 film)|Aashiqui]]''
| Rahul
| [[Nusrat Faria]]
| [[Ashok Pati]]
| [[Eskay Movies]] & [[Jaaz Multimedia]]
| Remake of Telugu movie ''[[Ishq (2012 film)|Ishq]]''
|-
| rowspan=4|2016
| ''[[Ki Kore Toke Bolbo]]''
| Akash
| [[Mimi Chakraborty]]
| [[Rabi Kinagi]]
| [[Shree Venkatesh Films]]
| Remake of Kannada movie ''[[Milana (film)|Milana]]''
|-
| ''[[Kelor Kirti]]''
| Apurbo
| [[Koushani Mukherjee]]
| [[Raja Chanda]]
| [[Shree Venkatesh Films]] & [[Surinder Films]]
| Remake of Tamil Movie ''[[Charlie Chaplin (2002 film)|Charlie Chaplin]]'' & Hindi Movie ''[[No Entry]]''
|-
| ''[[Zulfiqar (film)|Zulfiqar]]''
| Akhtar Ahmed
| [[Nusrat Jahan]]
| [[Srijit Mukherji]]
| [[Shree Venkatesh Films]]
| Based on adaptation of two of [[William Shakespeare]]’s ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'' & ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]''
|-
| ''[[Haripada Bandwala]]''
| Haripada
| [[Nusrat Jahan]]
| Pathikrit Basu
| [[Shree Venkatesh Films|SVF Entertainment]]
| Remake of ''[[Disco Singh]]''
|-
| rowspan=2| 2017
| scope=row| ''[[Ami Je Ke Tomar]]''
| Aditya
| [[Nusrat Jahan]], [[Sayantika Banerjee]]
| [[Rabi Kinagi]]
| [[Shree Venkatesh Films|SVF Entertainment]]
| Remake of Marathi Movie ''[[Mitwaa]]''
|-
| scope=row| ''[[Bolo Dugga Maiki]]''
| Sammyo
| [[Nusrat Jahan]]
| [[Raj Chakraborty]]
| [[Shree Venkatesh Films|SVF Entertainment]]
| Partially adapted from Malayalam Film ''[[Oru Vadakkan Selfie]]''
|-
| 2018
| scope=row| ''Villain''
| Joy/Raja
| [[Mimi Chakraborty]], [[Rittika Sen]]
| [[Baba Yadav]]
| [[Shree Venkatesh Films|SVF Entertainment]]
| Based on Telugu movie ''[[Gentleman (2016 film)|Gentleman]]''
|-
| 2019
| scope=row| ''[[Bibaho Obhijaan]]''
| Anupam
| [[Nusrat Faria]]
| [[Birsa Dasgupta]]
| [[Shree Venkatesh Films|SVF Entertainment]]
| Writer - [[Rudranil Ghosh]] & A Masala Film<ref>{{cite web |author=TNN |title=Nusraat Faria to replace Mimi in 'Bibaho Obhijaan' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/nusraat-faria-to-replace-mimi-in-bibaho-obhijaan/articleshow/68447592.cms |access-date=22 March 2019 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=17 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328102055/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/nusraat-faria-to-replace-mimi-in-bibaho-obhijaan/articleshow/68447592.cms |archive-date=28 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=6| 2021
| ''[[Magic (2021 film)|Magic]]''
| Indrajit
| [[Oindrila Sen]]
| [[Raja Chanda]]
| [[SSG Entertainment]]
| Arnab Bhoumik Bibhas Das Anubhab Ghosh
|-
| style="background:#ffc;"| ''[[Bhoy (2021 film)|Bhoy]]''
| TBA
| [[Nusrat Faria]]
| [[Raja Chanda]]
| Echo Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
|
|-
| style="background:#ffc;"| ''[[Surinder Films|Super Natural Thriller]]''
| Krishna
| [[Subhashree Ganguly]]
| [[Baba Yadav]]
| [[Surinder Films]]
| New Concept
|-
| style="background:#ffc;"| ''[[F.I.R (2021 film)|F.I.R]]'' <ref>{{cite news |title=Ankush, Ritabhari shooting for Joydeep's thriller 'FIR' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/ankush-ritabhari-shooting-for-joydeeps-thriller-fir/articleshow/79317994.cms |access-date=16 January 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=20 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
|
| [[Ritabhari Chakraborty]]
| [[Joydeep Mukherjee]]
| [[Roadshow Films]]
| Murder mystery by Aniruddha Dasgupta
|-
|style="background:#ffc;"|''Mrigoya''
| Anjan Sengupta
| [[Darshana Banik]]
| Souvik Bhattacharjee
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffc;"| ''Mon Kharap''
| TBA
| [[Riddhi Sen]], [[Aparajita Adhya]], Abantika Biswas
| [[Pavel (film director)|Pavel]]
|
|}

==Television==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ff9; text-align:center;"
! Year !! Serial !! Character !! Channel
|-
| 4 July 2016 - 23rd November 2016 || ''[[Dance Bangla Dance ]]'' || (Season 9) Judge || [[Zee Bangla]]
|-
| 19th September 2017|| ''[[Didi No. 1]]'' || (Season 7) Guest || [[Zee Bangla]]
|-
| 10th February 2021|| ''[[Didi No. 1]]'' || (Season 8) Guest || [[Zee Bangla]]
|-
| 3 March 2018 - 9th September 2018|| ''[[Dance Bangla Dance ]]'' || (Season 10) Judge || [[Zee Bangla]]
|-
| 22nd May 2021 - Present|| ''[[Dance Bangla Dance ]]'' || (Season 11) Host along with ''[[Vikram Chatterjee]]'' || [[Zee Bangla]]
|-
|}
2020-2021 Hasiwala and company (season 1,Host) Star jalsha.

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#cfc; text-align:center;"
| '''Year'''
| '''Award'''
| '''Category'''
| '''Film'''
| '''Result'''
|-
| 2011
| Big Bangla Rising Star Award{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}}
| Big Bangla Rising Star Award for Best Dancer (Male)
| ''[[Kellafate]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| 2015
| Kalakar Awards<ref>{{cite news|url=https://cricket.yahoo.com/photos/kolkata-actor-ankush-hazra-receives-best-actor-award-photo-171554701.html|title=Actor Ankush Hazra receives Best Actor Award during the 23rd Kalakar Awards in Kolkata on Jan 11, 2014.|publisher=Yahoo Movies|access-date=11 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402151031/https://cricket.yahoo.com/photos/kolkata-actor-ankush-hazra-receives-best-actor-award-photo-171554701.html|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/kalakar-award-honours-tollywood-stars-mainstream-film-115011601358_1.html|title=Kalakar award honours Tollywood stars, mainstream film|publisher=[[Business Standard]]|access-date=16 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402163043/http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/kalakar-award-honours-tollywood-stars-mainstream-film-115011601358_1.html|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
| Best Actor
| ''[[Ami Shudhu Cheyechi Tomay]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| 2016
| Kolkata Desirable Actor Award{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}}
| Best Actor (Male)
| ''[[Ki Kore Toke Bolbo]]''
| {{won}}
|-
|2016
|Star Jalsha Paribaar Awards{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}}
|Best Jodi
(Ankush & Nusrat Jahan)
|''[[Jamai 420]]''
|{{Won}}
|-
|2017
|Star Jalsha Paribaar Awards{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}}
|Best Jodi
(Ankush & Mimi)
|''[[Ki Kore Toke Bolbo]]''
|{{Won}}
|-
|2017
|IBFA Awards{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}}
|Best Jodi (Ankush & Nusrat Jahan)
|''[[Haripada Bandwala]]''
|{{Won}}
|-
|2019
|Telecine Awards (Popular Choice)
|Best Actor (Male)
|''[[Villain]]''
|{{Won}}
|-
|2020
| Kalakar Awards
|Best Actor (Male)
|''[[Bibaho Obhijaan]]''
|{{Won}}
|-
|2020
| [[Films And Frames Digital Film Award]]
|Best Actor (Comic Role)
|''[[Bibaho Obhijaan]]''
|{{Won}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|4232416}}
* {{facebook|iamankushofficial}}

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