Ankush Hazra

Ankush Hazra
Ankush Hazra
Personal details
Born	14 February
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor; dancer;

Ankush Hazra is an Indian actor associated with Bengali language films. One of the leading & most popular actor in Tollywood.^[2] His debut film was Kellafate released in 2010.

Career

Hazra caught the attention of film director Pijus Saha who starred him in his romantic comedy film Kellafate of Banner-Prince Entertainment P4. This film was also produced by Saha. Hazra was paired opposite newcomer Rupashree. The backdrops of the 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 Tollywood.^[3]^[4]

Later, Hazra starred in the Bengali romantic drama 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. 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.^[5]

Filmography

	Denotes films that have not released

Year	Film	Role	Co-Actress	Director	Banner	Note
2010	Kellafate	Shibu	Rupashree	Pijush Saha	P4 Entertainment	Remake of Telugu Movie Aata
2012	Idiot	Samrat	Srabanti Chatterjee	Rajiv Kumar Biswas	Eskay Movies	Remake of Tamil Movie Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam
2013	Kanamachi	Abir	Srabanti Chatterjee	Raj Chakraborty	Eskay Movies	Remake of Tamil Movie Ko
2013	Khiladi	Suleman/ Krishna	Nusrat Jahan	Ashok Pati	Eskay Movies	Remake of Malayalam Movie Udayapuram Sulthan
2014	Ami Shudhu Cheyechi Tomay	Abhijeet	Subhashree Ganguly	Ashok Pati	Eskay Movies & Jaaz Multimedia	Remake of Arya 2
2015	Romeo vs Juliet	Romeo	Mahiya Mahi	Ashok Pati	Eskay Movies & Jaaz Multimedia	Remake of Singh vs Kaur
	Jamai 420	Joy	Nusrat Jahan	Rabi Kinagi	Shree Venkatesh Films & Surinder Films	Inspired by Hindi movies Housefull, Housefull 2 & Bengali Movie Bye Bye Bangkok.
	Aashiqui	Rahul	Nusrat Faria	Ashok Pati	Eskay Movies & Jaaz Multimedia	Remake of Telugu movie Ishq
2016	Ki Kore Toke Bolbo	Akash	Mimi Chakraborty	Rabi Kinagi	Shree Venkatesh Films	Remake of Kannada movie Milana
	Kelor Kirti	Apurbo	Koushani Mukherjee	Raja Chanda	Shree Venkatesh Films & Surinder Films	Remake of Tamil Movie Charlie Chaplin & Hindi Movie No Entry
	Zulfiqar	Akhtar Ahmed	Nusrat Jahan	Srijit Mukherji	Shree Venkatesh Films	Based on adaptation of two of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar & Antony and Cleopatra
	Haripada Bandwala	Haripada	Nusrat Jahan	Pathikrit Basu	SVF Entertainment	Remake of Disco Singh
2017	Ami Je Ke Tomar	Aditya	Nusrat Jahan, Sayantika Banerjee	Rabi Kinagi	SVF Entertainment	Remake of Marathi Movie Mitwaa
2017	Bolo Dugga Maiki	Sammyo	Nusrat Jahan	Raj Chakraborty	SVF Entertainment	Partially adapted from Malayalam Film Oru Vadakkan Selfie
2018	Villain	Joy/Raja	Mimi Chakraborty, Rittika Sen	Baba Yadav	SVF Entertainment	Based on Telugu movie Gentleman
2019	Bibaho Obhijaan	Anupam	Nusrat Faria	Birsa Dasgupta	SVF Entertainment	Writer - Rudranil Ghosh & A Masala Film^[6]
2021	Magic	Indrajit	Oindrila Sen	Raja Chanda	SSG Entertainment	Arnab Bhoumik Bibhas Das Anubhab Ghosh
	Bhoy	TBA	Nusrat Faria	Raja Chanda	Echo Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
	Super Natural Thriller	Krishna	Subhashree Ganguly	Baba Yadav	Surinder Films	New Concept
	F.I.R ^[7]		Ritabhari Chakraborty	Joydeep Mukherjee	Roadshow Films	Murder mystery by Aniruddha Dasgupta
	Mrigoya	Anjan Sengupta	Darshana Banik	Souvik Bhattacharjee
	Mon Kharap	TBA	Riddhi Sen, Aparajita Adhya, Abantika Biswas	Pavel

Television

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

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
2011	Big Bangla Rising Star Award^{[citation needed]}	Big Bangla Rising Star Award for Best Dancer (Male)	Kellafate	Won
2015	Kalakar Awards^[8]^[9]	Best Actor	Ami Shudhu Cheyechi Tomay	Won
2016	Kolkata Desirable Actor Award^{[citation needed]}	Best Actor (Male)	Ki Kore Toke Bolbo	Won
2016	Star Jalsha Paribaar Awards^{[citation needed]}	Best Jodi (Ankush & Nusrat Jahan)	Jamai 420	Won
2017	Star Jalsha Paribaar Awards^{[citation needed]}	Best Jodi (Ankush & Mimi)	Ki Kore Toke Bolbo	Won
2017	IBFA Awards^{[citation needed]}	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

↑ "Ankush Hazra - Verified Twitter Handle". Twitter. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
↑ "Actor Ankush Hazra excited about his new comedy show; speculations are high who might host it". The Times of India. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
↑ "Kellafate Review". Archived from the original on 9 August 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
↑ "Romeo vs Juliet Exclusive Show". YouTube. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
↑ "When actor Ankush Hazra lost a bet to girlfriend Oindrila Sen". The Times of India. 15 July 2020. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
↑ TNN (17 March 2019). "Nusraat Faria to replace Mimi in 'Bibaho Obhijaan'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
↑ "Ankush, Ritabhari shooting for Joydeep's thriller 'FIR'". The Times of India. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
↑ "Actor Ankush Hazra receives Best Actor Award during the 23rd Kalakar Awards in Kolkata on Jan 11, 2014". Yahoo Movies. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
↑ "Kalakar award honours Tollywood stars, mainstream film". Business Standard. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.

External links

Ankush Hazra on IMDb
Ankush Hazra on Facebook

[1] "Ankush Hazra - Verified Twitter Handle". Twitter. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.

[2] "Actor Ankush Hazra excited about his new comedy show; speculations are high who might host it". The Times of India. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.

[3] "Kellafate Review". Archived from the original on 9 August 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

[4] "Romeo vs Juliet Exclusive Show". YouTube. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.

[5] "When actor Ankush Hazra lost a bet to girlfriend Oindrila Sen". The Times of India. 15 July 2020. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.

[6] TNN (17 March 2019). "Nusraat Faria to replace Mimi in 'Bibaho Obhijaan'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

[7] "Ankush, Ritabhari shooting for Joydeep's thriller 'FIR'". The Times of India. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.

[8] "Actor Ankush Hazra receives Best Actor Award during the 23rd Kalakar Awards in Kolkata on Jan 11, 2014". Yahoo Movies. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2014.

[9] "Kalakar award honours Tollywood stars, mainstream film". Business Standard. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.

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