Anirban Bhattacharyya is an Indian television producer, author, standup comedian, and actor.

Early life

He was born on 26 October in

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. He studied in a boarding school in

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called

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. He then did his Bachelor of Arts in English literature from

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. He acquired his Master's Degree in Mass Communication from the

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, New Delhi.

Television career

He began his career in television by working in

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. He worked in the music channel of

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called

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where he was the Executive Producer and the Head of Content. He worked on various shows, including co-editing and Associate Directing the 2nd season of the Indian version of ''

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''. He was the Head of Non-Fiction Content at

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where he directed the popular flagship show ''

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''. He partnered in a Production House called RowdyRascal and began to produce content for Indian Television channels. He co-created and produces one of India's most popular crime shows on television called ''

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'' on

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which has subsequently been branded as ''

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''. He co-created and produced ''

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'' which aired on

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. He is also the Series Producer of the longest running crime show on Indian television '' Crime Patrol''. He has also written and produced the third season of '' Fear Files: Darr Ki Sacchi Tasvirein'' His company also produced the Indian adaptation of the Emmy Award-winning reality show MTV ''

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'' for

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. Anirban also directed two music videos. The first was for the song Rok Sako To Rok Lo by

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and the second was for

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's superhit song Chandu Ke Chacha.

Author

Anirban released his debut book entitled '' The Deadly Dozen: India's Most Notorious Serial Killers'' which is published by

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. It went on to become a No.1 bestseller on Amazon India. The book was launched by film-director

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. The book has been endorsed by actors

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, Ayushmann Khurrana,

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and film directors

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, and writer

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. The book is a true-crime non-fiction account about 12 of the deadliest serial killers of India. Dec 2021 Anirban's second book Mumblings & Musings was published by Petals Publishers and Distributors. It is a collection of modern poetry and photographs. The book has received rave reviews from celebrities like actor

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, actor and supermodel

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, actor and author

, bestselling author

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and poet Dr. Santosh Bakaya. June 2022: Anirban's third book was published entitled The Adventurous 6: The Sinister Summer Holiday by Om Books International. It is the debut adventure for the 5 siblings and their dog. Anirban had written the book in 1985 when he was 11 years old in

. It is a tribute to the adventures of

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which he read while growing up. Instead of getting celebrities to endorse the book, Anirban shipped the manuscript to kids across the world who reviewed the manuscript and gave their quotes which are printed in the book. August 2022: Anirban's fourth, true crime book India's Money Heist: The Chelembra Bank Robbery was published by

. The book is about one of India's biggest bank robberies - '' Chelembra Bank Robbery'' which took place in

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district in

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and the investigation that was led by ''

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'' The book was launched in

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by superstar actor ''

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'' and ''

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'' The book became a No.1 Bestseller on Amazon India within 1 week of its publication.

Actor and voice actor

Anirban made his Bollywood debut in the Yashraj hit " Sui Dhaaga: Made in India" (2018) starring ''

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'' and ''

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'', and directed by ''

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''. He also appeared in ''

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'' (2019). He is also a voice performer and dubbing artist and has dubbed for the Indian (Hindi language) versions of

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and

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movies

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(2011)

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(2013) and

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(2006). In

he dubbed for the main villain

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. Anirban has acted in Opium (2022) along with ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

Manu Rishi Manu Rishi Chadha (born 3 January 1971) is an Indian actor, lyricist, script and dialogue writer who works in Hindi films. Rishi is trained under theatre director Arvind Gaur for six years. He won the Filmfare Best Dialogue Award, 2009 for ''Oy ...

'' which premiered at the 2022 '' Tokyo International Film Festival''

Standup comedy

Anirban was the winner of the first-ever open mic to be held at ''

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'' in Mumbai in 2011. Since then he has toured all over the country with his solo show Don't Mess With The Bong.

References

External links

Anirban's Amazon Author Page

Anirban Bhattacharyya
at

BooksByAB on Facebook

Anirban's Standup Comedy on Youtube

Anirban's Standup Comedy on Facebook

Anirban Bhattacharyya on IMDB

Anirban's Twitter
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