Anirban Bhattacharyya
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Anirban Bhattacharyya (Bengali: অনির্বাণ ভট্টাচার্য) is a television producer, author, standup comedian, and a movie actor.[1]
Early life
He was born on 26 October in Kolkata. He studied in a boarding school in Kalimpong called Dr. Graham's Homes[2] He then did his Bachelor of Arts in English literature from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata. He acquired his Master's Degree in Mass Communication from the A.J.K. Mass Communication Research Centre, New Delhi
Television career
He began his career in television by working in TV18. He worked in the music channel of Star India called Channel V where he was the Executive Producer and the Head of Content. He worked on various shows, including co-editing and Associate Directing the 2nd season of the Indian version of Popstars. He was the Head of Non-Fiction Content at The Walt Disney Company where he directed the popular flagship show Studio Disney. He partnered in a Production House called RowdyRascal and began to produce content for Indian Television channels. He co-created and produces one of India's most popular crime shows on television called Savdhaan India on Life OK which has subsequently been branded as Star Bharat. He co-created and produced Ishq Kills which aired on Star Plus. He is also the Series Producer of the longest running crime show on Indian television Crime Patrol. He has also written and produced the third season of Fear Files: Darr Ki Sacchi Tasvirein His company also produced the Indian adaptation of the Emmy Award-winning reality show MTV True Life for MTV India. Anirban also directed two music videos. The first was for the song Rok Sako To Rok Lo[3] by Euphoria (Indian band) and the second was for Aasma's superhit song Chandu Ke Chacha[4]
Author
Anirban released his debut book entitled The Deadly Dozen: India's Most Notorious Serial Killers[5] which is published by Penguin India.[6] It went on to become a No.1 bestseller on Amazon India. The book was launched[7] by film-director Anurag Kashyap. The book has been endorsed by sybarite Sonam Ukyab, actors John Abraham, Ayushmann Khurrana, Ronit Roy and film directors Kiran Rao, Shashanka Ghosh, and writer Jayant Kripalani. The book is a true-crime non-fiction account about 12 of the deadliest serial killers of India.
Actor
Anirban made his Bollywood debut in the Yashraj hit "Sui Dhaaga: Made in India"[8] (2018) starring Varun Dhawan and Anushka Sharma, and directed by Sharat Katariya. He also appeared in Mission Mangal[9] (2019) He is also a voice performer and dubbing artist and has dubbed in Hindi for the Indian versions of Walt Disney Pictures movies Cars 2 (2011) and The Wild (2006). In Cars 2 he dubbed for the main villain Professor Zündapp
Standup comedy
Anirban was the winner of the first-ever open mic to be held at The Comedy Store in Mumbai in 2011. Since then he has toured all over the country with his solo show Don't Mess With The Bong[10]
References
- ^ "Anirban Bhattacharyya". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
- ^ "Dr. Graham's Homes".
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