Victor Banerjee

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Victor Banerjee (Bengali: ভিক্টর ব্যানার্জি, Hindi: विक्तोर बानेर्जि, Urdu: وِچتور بانیرجِ ), born 15 October 1946, is a British educated Calcutta based Indian film actor.

He was born in a distinguished Bengali family. He is the descendant of W.C.Banerjee, a leading intellectual, a prominent man of his time and the first president of the Indian National Congress (1885).

He had his schooling in St.Edmunds', Shillong and graduated in English Literature from St.Xaviers' College, Calcutta.

His most visible role has been in David Lean's A Passage to India (1984). He has also acted in Merchant Ivory Productions Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures and Satyajit Ray's Ghare Baire.

Though in recent years he has largely been involved with Bollywood, he is also affiliated with the Bengali film industry. He also plays 'character actor' roles from time to time in the British cinema. He was also cast in the role of Jesus by director Stephen Pimlott in the 1988 production of the York Mystery Plays.

When not in Calcutta, he is to be found in the hill station of Landour in the Lower Western Himalaya in northern India. His wife's name is Maya Banerjee.

He has dabbled from time to time in human rights and labor issues, having helped form the Screen Extras Union of India, and also having campaigned for the creation of Uttarakhand and for the rights of Garhwali farmers. He has dabbled in Indian politics, and was once a parliamentary candidate for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from West Bengal.

[edit] Filmography

• Ta Ra Rum Pum (2007) (filming)
• The Bong Connection (2006) (pre-production)
• Yatna (2005) (filming)
• Home Delivery (2005)
• Amavas (2005)
• My Brother... Nikhil (2005)
• It Was Raining That Night (2005)
• Bow Barracks Forever (2004)
• Joggers' Park (2003)
• Bhoot (2003)
• Antarghaat (2002)
• Bitter Moon (1992)
• True Adventures of Christopher Columbus
• Mahaprithivi (1992)
• Dadah Is Death (1988) (TV)
• Foreign Body (1986)
• A Passage to India (1984)
• Ghare Baire (1984)
• Doosri Dulhan (1983)
• Arohan (1982)
• Jaipur Junction (1982)
• Pikoor Diary (1981)
• Kalyug (1980)
• Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978) (TV)
• Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977)

[edit] External links

• Victor Banerjee at the Internet Movie Database