Ankush Hazra

Ankush Hazra
Born	14 February 1989 Bardhaman, West Bengal, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2010–present
Height	5'9.5"
Awards	Big Bangla Rising Star Award – Best Dancer for film kellafate

Ankush Hazra (born 14 February 1979) is an actor who appears in Bengali Films and is one of the most leading actors of Tollywood. He made his acting debut in the film Kellafate, opposite actress Rupashree, which was released in the year 2010. Though this film had an average Hit run in the box office, his very next film Idiot, opposite Srabanti Chatterjee was a average. Ankush making his 4th film first time with Nusrat under the banner of Eskay Movies. This film will release in Puja 2013

Early Life and Biography

Ankush was born in Badamtala in Bardhaman, West Bengal. He studied in Holy Rock School and East West Model School, both in Talit, Bardhaman. Acting was his passion from childhood. After his schooling, Ankush got a chance to study Electronic engineering in Durgapur, but his actual dream was to become an actor. So, he came to Kolkata(Hazra) and settled here. Presently, besides his acting career, he is studying BBA at The Heritage Academy in Kolkata. Ankush prepared himself with acting training from an acting school at Bhowanipore. He also learned dancing from the renowned dance choreographer Baba Yadav.

Film career

Since 2010, Ankush has appeared in three films.

2010 – 2013 : Breakthrough and Success

Ankush 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 Pijus Saha. He was paired opposite newcomer Rupashree.Film released with huge publicity, focused on hero and the Tollywood industry get a New Star.After its release on 10 December, this film quite attracted a large audience, but due to some dirty politics of Film Industry, it didn't do that well business as expected. The backdrops of the song sequences was appreciated a lot which ultimately led to the conclusion in the minds of viewers that Ankush was an extraordinary dancer and enhanced his popularity as a great dancer in Tollywood. Later on, Ankush was starred in the blockbuster Bengali romantic drama film Idiot of Eskay Movies, directed by Rajib Biswas. In this film, Ankush was paired opposite famous Bengali actress Srabanti Chatterjee. This film played a key role in his life as after this film, Ankush gained a huge popularity all over Bengal. Since the film released on 14 November, Ankush became the frequent hot topic of the media. His awesome dancing skills was again proved in this film in popular songs like Toke Havvy Lagche and Pagli Toke Rakhbo Boro Aadore. After gaining a stable position in the Bengali film industry, he again came back with his Bengali film Kanamachi.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Opposite	Director	Banner	Language	Notes	Remake
2010	Kellafate	Shibu	Ruposhree	Pijus Saha	Prince Entertainment	Bengali	Through the year 2009 Pijus Saha groomed Ankush as a Fresh Face New Comer hero for his film. average Hit	Writer N.K.Salil
2012	Idiot	Samrat	Srabanti Chatterjee	Rajib Biswas	ESKAY MOVIES	Bengali	Below Average	Telegu film takkari
2013	Kanamachi	Abir	Srabanti Chatterjee	Raj Chakraborty	ESKAY MOVIES	Bengali	Average	Tamil film "KO"
2013	Khiladi		Nusrat Jahan	Ashok Pati	ESKAY MOVIES	Bengali	Average
2014	Boss 2	Boss	Jeet,Subhasree Ganguly	Baba Yadav	Reliance Entertainment and Grassroot Entertainment	Bengali	Upcoming film
2014	Ami Sudhu Tomakey Valobesesi		Subhashree Ganguly	Ashok Pati	ESKAY MOVIES

Awards and Nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result
2011	Big Bangla Rising Star Award	Big Bangla Rising Star Award for Best Dancer (Male)	Kellafate	Won

External links

• Ankush Hazra at IMDb