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Tollywood’s Anirban Bhattacharya believes his best time as an actor is yet to come

Actor Anirban Bhattacharya is among those few new-age actors who are quietly making a mark in Tollywood. Be it as the religious Hindu neighbour in Uma, the over-protective and revengeful brother in Ek Je Chhilo Raja, or the spoilt rich son of an industrialist in Shah Jahan Regency, Anirban’s brilliance as an actor has shone through all these films. His latest act as a hot-headed police officer, named Bijoy Poddar, in Srijit Mukherji’s superhit Vinci Da — which is still running to full houses in theatres — has earned him accolades from one and all.

This stands in comparison to his portrayal of the truth-seeker in Season 4 of the Hoichoi web series Byomkesh, which is considered to be one of the best portrayals of the sleuth so far. He will be seen in a Hoichoi web film, Manbhanjan, opposite Sohini Sarkar on May 31. The 32-year-old, soft-spoken actor sat down for a chat with Indulge to speak about his future projects, and why he still doesn’t feel that he’s going through his best phase as an actor. Excerpts:

In the past two years, we have seen you in very different roles. Do you consciously choose them?

Yes, I consciously choose the roles I play. But it’s equally true that the filmmakers have also explored my versatility as an actor. I still believe this is just net practice, and my best times as an actor are yet to come. I think it requires enormous practice rendering an extraordinary performance as an actor….Click here to read the full story