Abhishek Banerjee to make his Tamil debut? Shooting underway in Chennai

Abhishek Banerjee

The second half of 2025 is turning out to be busy for Abhishek Banerjee. In June, his film Stolen dropped online to wide praise. Now, it is learnt that the actor has begun shooting his maiden Tamil film in Chennai. The yet-untitled film will apparently have a direct-to-web release.

Sources tell us that while the film went on floors in early June, Banerjee joined the unit mid-June. A source shares, "The project will see him in an avatar far removed from his gritty Hathoda Tyagi act in Paatal Lok [2020] and the goofy Jana from the Stree franchise. The crew has been shooting in Chennai with a crowd of 200 over the past 10 days." The source adds that since Banerjee has spent his formative years in Kalpakkam, a coastal township less than 90 minutes from Chennai, the language came easily to him. "He grew up in Kalpakkam and knows Tamil. So, featuring in a Tamil film has been a homecoming of sorts for the actor," says the source.

If things go as planned, the shoot will be wrapped up by August 10 for a year-end release.