Mumbai, May 5 -- There's something quite disruptive about what Abhishek Banerjee has been doing on-screen with the kind of projects he's taking up and the kinds of characters he's playing. He's not disappearing behind the loud drama but he is letting his performances talk for themselves, be it as the comical Janaa (Stree franchise) or the stone-cold Hathoda Tyagi (Paatal Lok) - the wide range of performance and the sheer intent to level up is visible. Banerjee is flipping the idea of a character actor, and it's working flawlessly in the modern Hindi cinema.

From starting his acting journey on stage in theatre, moving to casting and then becoming one of the most versatile performers in Indian cinema, it'd be safe to say that Banerjee is c...