Stree 2 Actor Abhishek Banerjee Was 'Thrown Out' Of Dharma Productions For THIS Reason

Abhishek Banerjee had two releases on Independence Day - Rajkummar Rao starrer Stree 2 and John Abraham's Vedaa. Now, both the movies are performing well at the box office with Stree 2 leading the chart with ₹135.7 crore at the box office. Basking in the success of both movies, the actor recently opened up about his struggling days and recalled an unpleasant event which forced him to think that his career was over.

DYK Abhishek Banerjee was fired by Dharma Productions?

Abhishek started his career as a casting director in 2010 before starring in movies. He did the casting for movies, including The Dirty Picture, No One Killed Jessica, Gabbar Is Back and Rock On 2. However, there was a moment in his life when he thought his career was over. In an interview with Siddharth Kannan, Abhishek revealed that he was fired as casting director by Dharma Productions from Hrithik Roshan starrer Agneepath.

"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. 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,” he added.

Abhishek Banerjee owns his casting agency

In 2017, Abhishek co-founded a casting agency called Casting Bay along with his friend Anmol Ahuja. Through this, he has served as a casting director for movies such as The Sky Is Pink, Paatal Lok, Kalank, Panchayat, Bhediya and Vikram Vedha.

Stree 2 achieves a milestone by raking in ₹135.7 crore in 3 days

Helmed by Amar Kaushik, the horror-comedy has become the first movie to enter ₹100 crore club in just 3 days. On Saturday (August 18), Stree 2 racked ₹44 crore, according to early estimates reported by Sacnilk. Adding the 3-day collection, the total stands at ₹135.7 crore at the Indian box office.