Victor Banerjee Biography

Victor Banerjee is a television and Bollywood actor.

Victor

This Bengali Babu was born on 15 Oct 1946 in Calcutta, India. He was born to the famous family of the first president of the Indian National Congress (1885), Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee. After completing his schooling from St. Edmund's, Shillong he graduated from St. Xavier's College in Calcutta, majoring in English Literature.

Maya Banerjee is his wife. Dia and Keya are his daughters.

Did you Know?

Victor is a social activist and has spoken up for the rights of Garhwali farmers and for the state of Uttarakhand.

He was beside a candidate for Bharatiya Janata Party from West Bengal.

Career

Victor has worked in Hindi, English, and Bengali films along with famous directors like Roman Polanski, Jerry London, Satyajit Ray, David Lean, Shyam Benegal, James Ivory, and Mrinal Sen. He began his film career in 1970 with films like Dui Prithibi (1970) and Shatranj Ke Khiladi (1977).

He played the role of Dr. Aziz Ahmed in the film A Passage to India (1984) based on David Lean's book. It was a turning point in his career as this role brought him a lot of success and numerous awards like BAFTA Award, Evening Standard British Film Award, and National Board Review Award.

The actor was beside noticed for his performance in Satyajit Ray's Ghare Baire, James Ivory's Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures, and Mrinal Sen's Mahaprithivi. He played character roles in many of the English films and has actively worked in Bengali cinema too. For Stephen Pimlott's York Mystery Plays he was cast as Jesus.

He was beside seen in the Saif Ali Khan starrer Tara Rum Pum (2007) and also in Amitabh Bachchan's Sarkar Raj (2008). Victor has also reckoned in a number of Indian television serials.