Abhinay Banker

Abhinay Banker was born and brought up in Ahmedabad city of Gujarat, India. He is a graduate in Bachelor of Performing Arts in theatre and was awarded a Gold Medal from Gujarat University in 2009. Abhinay Banker is a renowned name of Gujarati theatre. He has earned accolades as an actor, director and scriptwriter. He has also won the Transmedia Award for Best actor (2013) for the critically acclaimed drama 'Kasturba' in which he played the character of Mahatma Gandhi.. He entered into Indian cinema with path breaking Gujarati feature film Kevi Rite Jaish (2012) which has won more than 20 awards. He has also acted in many short films like a short fiction film Gujarati Frock (2012) which was screened at Berlin Film Festival and also at FTII on celebration of completing 100 years of Indian Cinema, a Marathi short film Bhinti Maage (2013) (Behind the Wall) which has won Dada Saheb Phalke Award for best short. He acted in Ajay Phansekar's Dhantya Open (2017), He played the antagonist in MIJAAJ (2018) which is considered as the first action packed film in Gujarati. He has also acted in a television commercial (TVC) for the nations most eagerly awaited television show Kaun Banega Crorepati (2014). Abhinay Banker is actively working as an actor / director in Indian theatre since 2006, he has experience with the directors from various countries like France, Italy, Australia, USA, Germany etc. He has performed leading roles under direction of renowned directors like Saumya Joshi, Mallika Sarabhai, Aditi Desai, Dinesh Khanna (National School of Drama), Astrid Bas (France), Abhishek Jain, Nitesh Tiwari, Ajay Phansekar, Tapan Vyas, Rahul Bhole and many others.