Arunoday Banerjee (born 16 October 1983), better known as Rahul Banerjee, is an Indian actor works in Bengali language films and television. He made his stage appearance at the age of three with his father's (Biswanath Banerjee) theatre troupe Bijoygarh Atmaprakash play entitled Raj Darshan. Since then, he has acted in almost 450 stage shows, with his father's troupe and with Theatron. He was married to co-actress Priyanka Sarkar. He was catapulted to stardom for his role opposite Priyanka Sarkar in Chirodini Tumi Je Amar, directed by Raj Chakraborty. The film was a massive box-office success. He has subsequently appeared in films including Love Circus, Shono Mon Boli Tomay and Poti Poromesshor. His television debut was in the series Tumi Asbe Bole. He has received a number of awards, such as the Anandalok Award for the Best Actor for his role in Chirodini Tumi Je Amar.

Personal life

He was born to a family of theatre artists. His father was a director of a theatre troupe named Bijoygor Atmaprakash. He attended Naktala High School and graduated from Ashutosh College. After having a long relationship with his co-actor Priyanka Sarkar, the couple got married.They have a son, Shohoj Banerjee. The couple divorced in 2017.

Career

Before coming into films and television Rahul did a number of theatre programmes. After doing it he opted for a career in television and got a breakthrough after appearing in a famous show on Zee Bangla titled Khela in the role of Aditya. After that, he got a film in offer which gave him widespread recognition.

Filmography

Web series

Television