Victor Banerjee

Victor Banerjee is an Indian actor who has appeared in nearly 100 films in English, Hindi, Bengali, and Assamese cinema. 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. Victor Banerjee (born October 15, 1946) is a renowned Indian actor born into a distinguished Zamindari Bengali Hindu family in Calcutta, with lineage from the Raja of Uttarpara and Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee , the first president of the Indian National Congress. He was educated at St. Edmund's School , Shillong, graduated in English Literature from St.

Xavier's College , Calcutta, and pursued post-graduate studies in Comparative Literature at Jadavpur University . 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. 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 .