https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Kanu_Banerjee Kanu Banerjee - Revision history 2026-07-30T13:20:02Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.4 https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Kanu_Banerjee&diff=460898&oldid=prev TreyHarbison at 23:24, 7 February 2026 2026-02-07T23:24:01Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian actor and director (1905–1983)}}<br /> {{more citations needed|date=December 2011}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}<br /> &lt;!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Pather Panchali (1955) 1CD DVDRip XviD MP3(www.mastitorrents.com).avi 004818119.jpg|thumb| Kanu Banerjee in &#039;&#039;[[Pather Panchali]]&#039;&#039; (1955)]] --&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Infobox person<br /> | name = Kanu Banerjee<br /> | image = Kanu Banerjee.jpg<br /> | alt = Kanu Banerjee in &#039;&#039;[[Pather Panchali]]&#039;&#039; (1955)<br /> | caption = Kanu Banerjee in &#039;&#039;[[Pather Panchali]]&#039;&#039; (1955)<br /> | birth_name = &lt;!-- only use if different from name --&gt;<br /> | birth_date = {{birth date|1905|06|20|df=y}}<br /> | birth_place = [[Jodhpur]], [[Jodhpur State]], [[British India]]<br /> | death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|01|27|1905|06|20|df=y}}<br /> | death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[India]]<br /> | other_names = <br /> | occupation = Theatre actor and director<br /> | years_active = <br /> | known_for = <br /> | notable_works = &#039;&#039;[[Pather Panchali]]&#039;&#039; (1955)&lt;br&gt; &#039;&#039;[[Aparajito]]&#039;&#039; (1956)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Kanu Banerjee&#039;&#039;&#039; (Kanu Bandyopadhyay;&lt;ref&gt;Also credited as Kanu Banerji and Kanu [[Bandyopadhyay]]&lt;/ref&gt; 20 June 1905 – 27 January 1983) was an Indian actor and director of [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali cinema]] and [[Bengali theatre|theatre]].&lt;ref name=teleg2012&gt;Soumitra Das and Dalia Mukherje (5 August 2012). [https://web.archive.org/web/20140202204357/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120805/jsp/calcutta/story_15814191.jsp#.UPRhJO9COSo &quot;The matter-of-fact actor of many parts&quot;] [[Kolkata]], India: &#039;&#039;[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]&#039;&#039;. {{OCLC|27171794}}&lt;/ref&gt; He was best known for his portrayal of Harihar Ray, father of Apu, in [[Satyajit Ray]]&#039;s classic &#039;&#039;[[Pather Panchali]]&#039;&#039; (1955) and &#039;&#039;[[Aparajito]]&#039;&#039; (1956), part of the [[Apu Trilogy]].&lt;ref&gt;[https://archive.today/20130216140719/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/206921/Kanu-Banerji/filmography Kany Banerji] New York Times.&lt;/ref&gt; He was born in [[Jodhpur]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]. He first appeared as an amateur artiste with [[Sisir Kumar Bhaduri]] in &#039;&#039;Biraj Bou&#039;&#039; (1934) as Netai at Naba Natyyamandir.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book |title=The story of the Calcutta theatres, 1753-1980|author=Sushil Kumar Mukherjee|publisher=K.P. Bagchi |year=1982|pages=698 }}&lt;/ref&gt; In 1955, he also appeared as saint [[Ramakrishna]] in Prafulla Chakraborty’s biographical film &#039;&#039;Bhagaban Sri Sri Ramakrishna&#039;&#039;.&lt;ref name=teleg2012/&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Legacy==<br /> In 2012, his memoirs titled, &#039;&#039;Hariharer Panchali&#039;&#039;, based on his long interview published in Sharadiya ([[Durga puja]]) magazine &#039;&#039;Baro Maas&#039;&#039; in 1979 and other interviews was published by &#039;&#039;Sutradhar&#039;&#039; and released by [[Sandip Ray]], son of Satyajit Ray, at [[Nandan (Kolkata)|Nandan]] theater in [[Kolkata]].&lt;ref name=teleg2012/&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |title=Kolkata Notebook:Honouring Harihar |url=http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;show=archive&amp;id=418411&amp;catid=84&amp;year=2012&amp;month=07&amp;day=30&amp;Itemid=66 |publisher=The Statesman |access-date=14 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222093816/http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;show=archive&amp;id=418411&amp;catid=84&amp;year=2012&amp;month=07&amp;day=30&amp;Itemid=66 |archive-date=22 February 2013 |df=dmy-all }}&lt;/ref&gt; Previously, on 20 June 2012, on the occasion of his 108th birth anniversary, his statue was unveiled on Banamali Chatterjee Street in [[Tala, Kolkata|Tala]] neighbourhood of North [[Kolkata]], where he used to stay.&lt;ref name=teleg2012/&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://calcutta-kolkata-asim.blogspot.in/2012/06/statue-of-harihar-of-pather-panchali.html Statue of &#039;Harihar&#039; of Pather Panchali] 11 June 2012.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Filmography==<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=20em}}<br /> * &#039;&#039;Krishnakanter Will&#039;&#039; (1926)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Durgesh Nandini&#039;&#039; (1927)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Rajgee&#039;&#039; (1937) - Ramjadu<br /> * &#039;&#039;Desher Mati&#039;&#039; (1938)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Chanakya&#039;&#039; (1939) - Kaulak<br /> * &#039;&#039;Rikta&#039;&#039; (1939)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Shap Mukti&#039;&#039; (1940) - Astrologer<br /> * &#039;&#039;Mayer Pran&#039;&#039; (1941)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Epar Opar&#039;&#039; (1941) - Charan<br /> * &#039;&#039;Nandini&#039;&#039; (1941)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Pashan Devata&#039;&#039; (1942)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Garmil&#039;&#039; (1942) - Nilmani Ghatak<br /> * &#039;&#039;Avayer Biye&#039;&#039; (1942)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Sahar Thekey Durey&#039;&#039; (1943)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Dampati&#039;&#039; (1943)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Sahadharmini&#039;&#039; (1943)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Jogajog&#039;&#039; (1943) - Jayanta&#039;s friend<br /> * &#039;&#039;Bideshini&#039;&#039; (1944)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Nandita&#039;&#039; (1944)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Pratikar&#039;&#039; (1944)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Kato Door&#039;&#039; (1945)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Bhabhi Kaal&#039;&#039; (1945)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Mane Na Mane&#039;&#039; (1945) - Priest<br /> * &#039;&#039;Grihalakhmi&#039;&#039; (1945)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Mandir&#039;&#039; (1946)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Swapna-o-Sadhana&#039;&#039; (1947)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Purabi&#039;&#039; (1948)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Jayjatra&#039;&#039; (1948)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Sadharan Meye&#039;&#039; (1948)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Abhijatya&#039;&#039; (1949)<br /> * &#039;&#039;[[Kuasha]]&#039;&#039; (1949)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Mandanda&#039;&#039; (1950)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Baikunther Will&#039;&#039; (1950)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Digbhranta&#039;&#039; (1950)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Pandit Mashai&#039;&#039; (1951)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Bindur Chheley&#039;&#039; (1952) - Priyababu<br /> * &#039;&#039;Palli Samaj&#039;&#039; (1952)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Siraj-Ud-Dowla&#039;&#039; (1952)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Natun Yahudi&#039;&#039; (1953)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Champadangar Bou&#039;&#039; (1954) - Setap Moral<br /> * &#039;&#039;Mantra Shakti&#039;&#039; (1954)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Moner Mayur&#039;&#039; (1954)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Sadanander Mela&#039;&#039; (1954) - Jagadish<br /> * &#039;&#039;Bhangagara&#039;&#039; (1954) - Biren (Sulata&#039;s brother)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Dukhir Imaan&#039;&#039; (1954)<br /> * &#039;&#039;[[Bir Hambir (film)|Bir Hambir]]&#039;&#039; (1955)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Sajher Pradip&#039;&#039; (1955)<br /> * &#039;&#039;[[Pather Panchali]]&#039;&#039; (1955) - Harihar Ray<br /> * &#039;&#039;Upahar&#039;&#039; (1955) - Kangalibabu<br /> * &#039;&#039;Aparadhi&#039;&#039; (1955)<br /> * &#039;&#039;[[Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna]]&#039;&#039; (1955)&lt;ref<br /> name=teleg2012/&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{YouTube|KD1TsRBZnn8|&quot;The film - Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna - revised file&quot;}}; English subtitles give credits for Kanu Banerji ([[Ramakrishna|Sri Ramakrishna]], 0:08), Bibhuti Chakravarty (photography, 0:11), Baidyanath Chaterji (producer, 0:30), Pulin Ghosh (stage setting, 0:44), [[New Theatres|New Theatre Studio]] (production location, 0:53), Officials of [[Dakshineshwar Kali Temple]] (thanks, 1:05), [[Chhabi Biswas|Chabi Bishwas]] (Mathur, 1:23), [[Shobha Sen]] ([[Sarada Devi|Sri Ma Saradadevi]], 1:23), Kalyani Films (production, 1:38), [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1374741/ Prafulla Chakravarty] (script writer and director, 1:43) (accessed 14 Jan 2013); See also [http://www.gomolo.com/bhagaban-sree-sree-ramkrishna-movie/13517 &#039;&#039;Bhagaban Sree Sree Ramkrishna&#039;&#039;] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514153145/http://www.gomolo.com/bhagaban-sree-sree-ramkrishna-movie/13517 |date=14 May 2016 }} listing at Gomolo.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> * &#039;&#039;Tonsil&#039;&#039; (1956)<br /> * &#039;&#039;[[Aparajito]]&#039;&#039; (1956) - Harihar Ray<br /> * &#039;&#039;Saheb Bibi Golam&#039;&#039; (1956)&lt;ref&gt;In English this film is titled [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049708/ &quot;King, Queen, Knave (1956)&quot;] and there is also a West German film entitled [[King, Queen, Knave (film)|&#039;&#039;King, Queen, Knave&#039;&#039; (1972)]]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> * &#039;&#039;Nabajanma&#039;&#039; (1956)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Bhola Master&#039;&#039; (1956)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Daner Maryada&#039;&#039; (1956) - Prasanna Babu<br /> * &#039;&#039;Subharatri&#039;&#039; (1956)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Punar Milan&#039;&#039; (1957)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Neelachaley Mahaprabhu&#039;&#039; (1957)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Marmabani&#039;&#039; (1958)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Pankatilak&#039;&#039; (1961)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Kathin Maya&#039;&#039; (1961)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Aaj Kal Parshu&#039;&#039; (1961)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Ke Tumi?&#039;&#039; (1964)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Mahashweta&#039;&#039; (1967) - Pandit Moshai (Mahashweta&#039;s father)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Banajyotsana&#039;&#039; (1969)<br /> * &#039;&#039;Eai Korecho Bhalo&#039;&#039; (1970) - Abhayankar<br /> * &#039;&#039;Alo Amar Alo&#039;&#039; (1971) - Atashi&#039;s father<br /> * &#039;&#039;Agnibhramar&#039;&#039; (1973) - (final film role)<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * {{IMDb name|id=0052333|name=Kanu Banerjee}}<br /> * [http://www.gomolo.com/kanu-bandyopadhyay-movies-list-filmography/585 Kanu Bandopadhyay filmography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314140709/http://www.gomolo.com/kanu-bandyopadhyay-movies-list-filmography/585 |date=14 March 2012 }} at Gomolo<br /> * [http://www.gomolo.com/585/kanu-bandyopadhyay-pics-2258981 Kanu Bandopadhyay moviestills slideshow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102337/http://www.gomolo.com/585/kanu-bandyopadhyay-pics-2258981 |date=4 March 2016 }}<br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Banerjee, Kanu}}<br /> [[Category:1905 births]]<br /> [[Category:1983 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Male actors in Bengali cinema]]<br /> [[Category:People from Rajasthan]]<br /> [[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]<br /> [[Category:Indian male stage actors]]<br /> [[Category:Bengali theatre personalities]]<br /> [[Category:Indian male film actors]]<br /> [[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]</div> TreyHarbison