Pankaj Kesari is an Indian film actor who worked for

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

, Tollywood, and

Bhojpuri Bhojpuri (;Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries
, Oxford U ...

Career

He was a television anchor of a music channel. Pankaj worked as a theatre artist in

Patna Patna ( ), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...

. He was a theatre artist from Mumbai and Patna. Kesari then became a lead actor in various Bhojpuri films. Along with the Bollywood and Bhojpuri film industry, he established himself in the

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nativ ...

and Telugu film industries. He appeared in more than 17

and

Telugu language Telugu (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken by Telugu people predominantly living in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, where it is also the official language. It is the most widely spoken member of the Dravidian language fami ...

films as lead actor. He starred in more than forty Bhojpuri films before debuting in Telugu with ''

Kaalicharan ''Kaalicharan'' is a 2013 Indian Telugu-language political drama film that stars Chaitanya Krishna, Chandini Tamilarasan and Pankaj Kesari. The film marks the Telugu debut of Tamilarasan and Kesari. The film was dubbed into Tamil as ''Por Kuthir ...

'' in a negative role. Some movies by Pankaj Kesari in Tamil and Telugu language are ''Kalicharan'', ''Mosagallaku Mosagadu'', ''Bam Bholenath'', ''Shivam'', ''Where is Vidyabalan'', ''Araku road Lo'', ''Where is the Venket Lakshmi'', ''Ranarangam'', ''City Maar'', ''Ganla Gonda Ganesh'', ''Driver Ramdu'', and ''Por Kudrai''. After ''Kaalicharan'', Pankaj went on to portray negative roles in other Telugu films including ''

Where Is the Venkatalakshmi ''Where Is the Venkatalakshmi'' is a 2019 Indian Telugu-language horror comedy film starring Raai Laxmi. The film was released on 15 March 2019. The film received negative reviews with criticism for the characters, direction and screenplay. Cas ...

'' (2019).

Filmography

Bhojpuri films

Telugu films

Hindi films

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kesari, Pankaj Date of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Actors from Patna Male actors in Bhojpuri cinema Male actors in Telugu cinema