Ankush Hazra (born 14 February) is an Indian actor, producer, dancer and television personality who primarily works in Bengali cinema.
He received appraisals for his performance as a news reporter of Anandabazar Patrika in the political thriller Kanamachi (2013) directed by Raj Chakraborty, which marks the first collaboration between them.
In 2014, he gained the huge following with the film Ami Shudhu Cheyechi Tomay (2014), an Indo-Bangla joint venture which was the biggest hit in his career at that point of time.
Later his performance was also praised as a rising don in the multistarrer action thriller Zulfiqar (2016) directed by Srijit Mukherji, which emerged as the highest grossing Bengali film (A-rated) of 2016.
[2] Since January 2022, he is serving as the Joint Secretary of the "West Bengal Motion Picture Artists' Forum"[3] along with fellow actor Diganta Bagchi.