Get to know... Abhishek Banerjee

Actor and casting director Abhishek Banerjee (@NowItsAbhi) cooks amazing chicken changezi, loves listening to Electronica music, and wants to see the future

Get to know... Abhishek Banerjee

• Currently I am

  Shooting in Chennai.

• High point in life

  Stree 2 becoming the biggest Hindi blockbuster of all time.

• Low point in life

  The pandemic. Just when my acting career started, work stopped.

• On my playlist

  Electronica. I listen to Korolova, Boris Brejcha and Ben Bohmer.

• One thing I would never buy

  A laptop. A phone can do everything a laptop can.

• Today I’m craving

  Mutton kosha.

• Last thing I ordered online

  A Starbucks Frappuccino with an extra espresso shot and oat milk.

• App I check before going to bed

  Instagram.

• Advice I’d give my 18-year-old self

  Don’t change anything. But go to the gym regularly.

• My favourite subject in school

  English. For the stories.

• I’d swipe right on

  Food.

• My secret skill is

  I cook amazing chicken changezi.

• A superpower/magic tool I wish I had

  Teleportation.

• My favourite Sunday memory

  Eating this special Maggi noodle variation my mom makes. It is a cross between Maggi and chowmein.

• My most star-struck moment

  Meeting Mr Bachchan on the set of Section 84.

• My favourite bad habit

  Snacking at 2 am.

• If I could travel back or forward in time, I’d

  Steal all the great ideas from the future and come back to the present to turn them into films.

• The best thing about fame

  That you feel accepted.

• The worst thing about fame

  You have to behave well at all times, because you are in the public eye.