Rahul Banerjee (actor)

Arunoday Banerjee, known as "Rahul", (born 16 October 1983), is a Indian Bengali male actor. He has worked in films and TV. Banerjee made his stage appearance at the age of three with his father’s (Biswanath Banerjee) theater troupe Bijoygarh Atmaprakash play entitled Raj Darshan. Since then, he has acted in almost 450 stage shows, with his father’s troupe and with Theatron. He is married to co-actress Priyanka Sarkar. His first film, Chirodini Tumi Je Amar, directed by Raj Chakraborty, was a box-office success. He has subsequently appeared in films including Love Circus, Shono Mon Boli Tomay and Poti Poromesshor. His television debut was in the series Tumi Asbe Bole. He has received a number of awards such as Anandalok Award for the Best Actor for his role in Chirodini Tumi Je Amar.

Personal life
He was born to a family of theatre artists. His father was a director of a theatre troupe named Bijoygor Atmaprakash. He attended Naktala High School and graduated from Ashutosh College. After having a long relationship with his co-actor Priyanka Sarkar, the couple got married. They have a son, Shohoj Banerjee.

Career
Before coming into films and television Rahul did a number of theatre programmes. After doing it he opted for a career in television and got a breakthrough after appearing in a famous show on Zee Bangla titled Khela in the role of Aditya. After that, he got a film in offer which gave him widespread recognition.

Previous projects

 * ''Tumi Asbe Bole (2014–2016) as Rahul Debroy, Star Jalsha
 * Swapno Udaan (2017) as Roop
 * ''Ardhangini (January 2018-November 2018) as Umapati, Star Jalsha

Ongoing projects

 * ''Aye Khuku Aye (2019–present) as Abir, Sun Bangla
 * Desher Mati as Raja 

Upcoming projects

 * ''Desher Mati, Star Jalsha