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Mukesh Chhabra is the driving force behind streamlining the casting field in the Hindi Film Industry. After training for 2 years to understand the craft of acting from Shri Ram Centre, he completed a 9 year acting and teaching stint with the 'Theatre in Education' Company (TIE) affiliated with the National School of Drama in India. Mukesh Chhabra Casting Company incepted in 2008 and in a very short span has evolved into becoming one of the finest casting companies catering to worldwide clientele. Having worked in the industry for 15 years, Mukesh Chhabra has cast for 300+ movies, 100 + web series, numerous TV commercials and is the man who discovered faces like Rajkummar Rao, Sushant Singh Rajput, Mrunal Thakur, Pratik Gandhi, Sanya Malhotra, Fatima Sana Shaikh among-st many others. MCCC believes in nurturing new talents to carve a niche in the big bustling world of Hindi Cinema. Today, the biggest directors in the industry like Rajkumar Hirani, Nitesh Tiwari, Richie Mehta, Imtiaz Ali, Kabir Khan, Abhishek Kapoor, Aanand L. Rai, Anurag Kashyap, Raj Nidimoru, Krishna D.K., Anubhav Sinha, Hansal Mehta, Vishal Bhardwaj, Sooraj Barjatya, A.R. Rahman, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and producers like Sajid Nadiadwala, Karan Johar, Bhushan Kumar, Ekta Kapoor and many more all choose MCCC for their casting needs. Mukesh and his team take pride in themselves in bringing attention to detail to all projects in their care.- Casting Director
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Abhishek Banerjee is an Indian actor and has worked in the casting team of many movies. Banerjee did his schooling at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Andrews Ganj, Delhi. He graduated from Kirori Mal College, a constituent college of the University of Delhi. There, he enrolled in the Kirori Mal's dramatic society.
In his acting career, Banerjee got his first break in the popular Hindi film Rang De Basanti (2006), where he portrayed the character of a college student who auditioned for a role in a documentary.
Banerjee also started working as a casting assistant in the film, Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010) and was a part of the casting team in Knock Out (2010). Noticing his work in Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, Milan Luthria offered him the post of in the casting team for The Dirty Picture (2011), starring Vidya Balan, Emraan Hashmi, and Naseeruddin Shah.
Banerjee went on to work as the casting associate for the movie No One Killed Jessica (2011) in which he also played a small role. He then worked in the casting team in Bajatey Raho (2013), Mickey Virus (2013), Umrika (2015), Gabbar Is Back (2015), Dear Dad (2016), Rock on 2 (2016), OK Jaanu (2017), Toilet: A Love Story (2017), Secret Superstar (2017), Long Live Brij Mohan (2017), Ajji (2017), Phillauri (2017), Arjun Patiala (2019), Bala (2019) and Bhediya (2022).
Banerjee has also worked in the casting team for web series and TV series, including Inside Edge (2017), Mirzapur (2018), Hostel Daze (2019), and Paatal Lok (2020).
While working in the casting team, Banerjee also acted in various movies. He played the role of Daya in Soul of Sand (2010). He also acted in Bombay Talkies (2013), Fuddu Boys (2015), Agli Baar (2015), Ajji (2017), Phillauri (2017), Stree (2018), Dream Girl (2019), and Bala (2019), Arjun Patiala (2019), Ajeeb Daastaans (2021), Rashmi Rocket (2021) and Bhediya (2022).
Banerjee also acted in web series and TV series like TVF Pitchers (2015), Inside Edge (2017), Mirzapur (2018), Typewriter (2019), and Paatal Lok (2020).- Casting Director
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