Victor Banerjee

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Template:Short description Template:Use Indian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox person Victor Banerjee (born 15 October 1946) is an Indian actor who appears in English, Hindi, Bengali and Assamese language films. He has worked with directors such as Roman Polanski, James Ivory, Sir David Lean, Jerry London, Ronald Neame, Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, and Montazur Rahman Akbar. He won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Ghare Baire. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, in 2022 for his contribution to cinema by the Indian Government in the field of art.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Personal life

While in Calcutta, Banerjee performed in plays. He also performed during his time in Bombay.

He has a daughter who was a VFX supervisor for 16 years.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Art aficionado

Banerjee established The Calcutta Art Gallery in the late 1970s which was the first commercial art gallery in the city.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Film career

In 1984, Banerjee portrayed Dr. Aziz Ahmed in David Lean's film of A Passage to India, bringing him to the attention of western audiences.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for the role in 1986, and won the Evening Standard British Film Award and NBR Award (National Board Review, USA) for it. In April 1985, Banerjee received the "Show-a-Rama Award" from the Motion Picture Association of America as "New International Star."Template:Citation needed

He acted in Merchant Ivory Productions Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures, Satyajit Ray's Shatranj Ke Khilari and Ghare Baire and in Mrinal Sen's Mahaprithivi. On the set of Gunday starring Priyanka Chopra, Banerjee has said that he feels "all work is a challenge and therefore fun."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

He was also cast in the critically acclaimed role of God in the 1988 production of the York Mystery Plays, by director Steven Pimlott. He was the first Asian to play a lead role in British Theatre.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Filmography

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Awards and nominations

Civilian Awards

Film awards

Year Award Film Category Result Ref.
1986 BAFTA Awards A Passage to India Best Actor in a Leading Role Template:Nom <ref name=BAFTA>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards Ghare Baire Best Actor Template:Won
1997 Lathi Template:Won
1985 Evening Standard British Film Awards A Passage to India Best Actor Template:Won
1984 National Board of Review Awards Best Actor Template:Won <ref>National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 1984</ref>
1985 National Film Awards Ghare Baire Best Supporting Actor Template:Won <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Political career

Banerjee unsuccessfully contested the 1991 Lok Sabha election in Calcutta North West from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He got 89,155 votes and stood third.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

As an active member of the BJP, he was critical of Mulayam Singh Yadav's order to shoot the Karsevaks who had once climbed the Babri Masjid prior to its demolition.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

He has been highly critical of what he called Navjot Singh Sidhu's pacifist attitude to terrorism exported from Pakistan.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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