Actor Abhishek Banerjee on being mistaken as Mamata Banerjee's nephew on Twitter

Actor Abhishek Banerjee is best known for his work in films like ‘Stree’, ‘Ajeeb Daastaans’, and ‘Pataal Lok’. In an exclusive conversation with Hindustan Times, Abhishek revealed that he has been confused with the Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee several times and many people have tagged him on Twitter thinking he’s Mamata Banerjee’s nephew.

He also mentioned that there’s another person in the film industry with the same name – the one who wrote Anuskha Sharma’s ‘Pari’. The actor said that people actually thought he lied to them.

‘They thought I didn’t tell them about scriptwriting to avoid working with them. I had to prove it to them. I am happy that slowly and steadily my name is becoming more and more known. But I wouldn’t change my name,’ he chuckled.

Abhishek Banerjee revived his role as Jaana aka JD, from the ‘Stree’ universe, in Amar Kaushik’s latest release ‘Bhediya’. He has shared the screen space with Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon in horror-comedy.

Talking about his film, Abhishek said that he’s thankful to Amar Kaushik that he made him repeat his character in a different universe.

‘This is the first time it has happened. Marvel, Avengers and DC walo ne kiya hain but never in India. Taking that risk was also very challenging,’ he said.

He added that he was quite scared because he was wondering how he could pull off the same character in a different film.

‘I had to be the same character all over again and also not give away too much. This is tremendous pressure for an actor. I didn’t have any examples from Bollywood to look up to. I could only do it just by copying myself but again it can’t be repetitive. I couldn’t fathom this could happen,’ he said.

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