Akshay Kapoor (Indian Actor)

Akshay Kapoor (Born - June 22, 1989) is an Indian Actor, director and playwright based out of Kolkata, West Bengal.

Early Life and Education

Akshay Kapoor completed his schooling from St. Thomas Boys School Kidderpore, Kolkata and graduated in BBA from Bhawanipur College under Calcutta University in the year 2010.

He was an active participant in theater from his school days which led to him writing, directing, producing and acting in numerous plays.

Career

Early Career

After graduating from college, Kapoor chanced upon the opportunity to participate on the show Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega(2010) on Sony Entertainment Television. Though eliminated as a contestant, his comedy act was well received and applauded by the audience and he continued on the show as a recurring performer and appeared in the following season (2011) as well.

In Kolkata, he began actively participating in theater and was spotted by acclaimed Director Srijit Mukherji while performing in the play Humpty Dumpty, who later cast him in his directorial Hemlock Society (film)(2012), followed by Mishawr Rawhoshyo(2013) and the national award winning Chotushkone(2014)

Theater

Kapoor was always drawn towards performing on stage and would actively write, direct and act in plays and skits in school and inter-school competitions winning many accolades and awards. Professionally he started directing, writing and acting in his own plays starting with the dark comedy Orange Squash (2012), Tambola (2014), which was among 158 plays from India to be selected for Thespo, an annual youth theater festival at Prithvi Theatre, Mumbai which earned him a best actor nomination, and Behala Bulldogs (2016), another comedy revolving around the sport of Kabaddi. He is associated with various city based theater groups and has been working as an actor in numerous productions.

Films

After bit roles in Hemlock Society (film) and Mishawr Rawhoshyo, Akshay played the character of Samaresh in Chotushkone (2014) directed by Srijit Mukherji . The film won National awards for Best Direction, Cinematography and Screenplay at the 62nd National Film Awards of India.

Since then he has acted in films like Bibaho Diaries (2017), Jawker Dhan (2017), Maacher Jhol (2017 feature film)(2017), Ahare Mon (2018), Network (2019 film), Shantilal O Projapoti Rohoshyo (2019).

Digital Media

Kapoor first appeared in the acclaimed Web series Bose: Dead/Alive alongside Rajkummar Rao streaming on the ALTBalaji. Some of his other notable appearances on digital media include in Gariahter Ganglords (2018) and Rawhoshyo Romancho Series (2019) streaming on the Hoichoi along with TV film Mirchi Malini (Hotstar).

Kapoor has appeared in various advertisements for popular brands such as Combiflam, Emami, Eleven Wickets, Ei Samay, ABP, Rashmi Cement, Mukharachak, etc.

Filmography

Films
Title	Year	Role	Director
Hemlock Society (film)	2012	Invigilator	Srijit Mukherji
Mishawr Rawhoshyo	2013	Hafiz	Srijit Mukherji
Chotushkone	2014	Samaresh	Srijit Mukherji
Bibaho Diaries	2017	Badal	Mainak Bhaumik
Jawker Dhan	2017	Sanjoy	Sayantan Ghosal
Maacher Jhol (2017 feature film)	2017	Hotel Manager	Pratim D. Gupta
Ahare Mon	2018	Boutique Manager	Pratim D. Gupta
Network (2019 film)	2019	Mr. Agarwal	Saptaswa Basu
Shantilal O Projapoti Rohoshyo	2019	Hindol	Pratim D. Gupta
Adda(2019 film)	2019	Pratik	Devayush Chowdhury
Gumnaami	2019	Srikant Sharma Kanha	Srijit Mukherji
Antardhaan(2019 film)	2019	Harjinder Sahni	Arindam Bhattacharya

Webseries
Title	Year	Role	Platform
Bose: Dead/Alive	2017	Pratik	ALTBalaji
Gariahat-er Ganglords	2018	Mangal Ahluwalia	Hoichoi
In Their Life (web series)	2018	Band Manager	Addatimes
Eken babu	2018	Bar Attendant	Hoichoi
Chupkotha (TV Film)	2018	Salim	Hoichoi
Mirchi Malini	2018	Husband	Hotstar
Rawhoshyo Romancho Series	2019	Gambler/Owner	Hoichoi

[1] "Akshay Kapoor". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-10-03.

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