Kanu Banerjee (Kanu Bandyopadhyay) (20 June 1905 – 27 January 1983) was an Indian actor and director of Bengali cinema and

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...

.Soumitra Das and Dalia Mukherje (5 August 2012)
"The matter-of-fact actor of many parts"

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, India: ''

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''. He is best known for his portrayal of Harihar Ray, father of Apu, in

Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. One of the greatest auteurs of fil ...

's classic ''

Pather Panchali ''Pather Panchali'' (; ) is a 1955 Indian Bengali (language), Bengali-language Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray and produced by the Government of West Bengal. It is an adaptation of Bibhutibhushan Ba ...

'' (1955) and ''

Aparajito ''Aparajito'' ( bn, অপরাজিত ''Ôporajito''; ''The Unvanquished'') is a 1956 Indian Bengali-language drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray (1921–1992), and is the second part of ''The Apu Trilogy''. It is adapted from ...

'' (1956), part of the

Apu Trilogy ''The Apu Trilogy'' comprises three Indian Bengali-language drama films directed by Satyajit Ray: ''Pather Panchali'' (1955), ''Aparajito'' (1956) and ''The World of Apu'' (1959). The original music for the films was composed by Ravi Shankar. ...

. He was born in

Jodhpur Jodhpur (; ) is the second-largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan and officially the second metropolitan city of the state. It was formerly the seat of the princely state of Jodhpur State. Jodhpur was historically the capital of the Ki ...

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. He first appeared as an amateur artiste with

Sisir Kumar Bhaduri Shishir Kumar Bhaduri or Sisir Kumar Bhaduri (2 October 1889 – 30 June 1959) was an Indian stage actor and theatre founder, who commonly referred to as the pioneer of modern Bengali theatre, where he was an actor, director, playwright and eve ...

in ''Biraj Bou'' (1934) as Netai at Naba Natyyamandir. In 1955, he also appeared as saint

Ramakrishna Ramakrishna Paramahansa ( bn, রামকৃষ্ণ পরমহংস, Ramôkṛṣṇo Pôromohôṅso; , 18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886),——— — also spelled Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, born Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya,, was an In ...

in Prafulla Chakraborty’s biographical film ''Bhagaban Sri Sri Ramakrishna''.

Legacy

In 2012, his memoirs titled, ''Hariharer Panchali'', based on his long interview published in Sharadiya (

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) magazine ''Baro Maas'' in 1979 and other interviews was published by ''Sutradhar'' and released by

Sandip Ray Sandip Ray (born 8 September 1953) is an Indian film director and music director who mainly works in Bengali cinema. He is the only child of the famous Bengali director Satyajit Ray and Bijoya Ray. Life and education Sandip Ray was born in C ...

, son of Satyajit Ray, at Nandan theater in Kolkata. Previously, on 20 June 2012, on the occasion of his 108th birth anniversary, his statue was unveiled on Banamali Chatterjee Street in Tala neighbourhood of North

, where he used to stay.

Filmography

* ''Durgesh Nandini'' (1927) * ''Rajgee'' (1937) * ''Desher Mati'' (1938) * ''Chanakya'' (1939) * ''Rikta'' (1939) * ''Shap Mukti'' (1940) * ''Nandini'' (1941) * ''Mayer Pran'' (1941) * ''Epar Opar'' (1941) * ''Pashan Devata'' (1942) * ''Garmil'' (1942) * ''Sahadharmini'' (1943) * ''Jogajog'' (1943) * ''Sahar Thekey Durey'' (1943) * ''Pratikar'' (1944) * ''Bideshini'' (1944) * ''Nandita'' (1944) * ''Mane Na Mane'' (1945) * ''Kato Door'' (1945) * ''Grihalakhmi'' (1945) * ''Bhabhi Kaal'' (1945) * ''Mandir'' (1946) * ''Swapna-o-Sadhana'' (1947) * ''Sadharan Meye'' (1948) * ''Purabi'' (1948) * ''Jayjatra'' (1948) * '' Kuasha'' * ''Abhijatya'' (1949) * ''Digbhranta'' (1950) * ''Mandanda'' (1950) * ''Pandit Mashai'' (1951) * ''Palli Samaj'' (1952) * ''Bindur Chheley'' (1952) * ''Natun Yahudi'' (1953) * ''Sadanander Mela'' (1954) * ''Mantra Shakti'' (1954) * ''Dukhir Imaan'' (1954) * ''Champadangar Bou'' (1954) * ''Upahar'' (1955) * ''Aparadhi'' (1955) * '' Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna'' (1955) * ''

'' (1955) — Harihar Ray * ''Saheb Bibi Golam'' (1956)In English this film is title
"King, Queen, Knave (1956)"
and there is also a West German film entitled ''King, Queen, Knave'' (1972) * ''Nabajanma'' (1956) * ''Daner Maryada'' (1956) * ''Bhola Master'' (1956) * ''

'' (1956) — Harihar Ray * ''Aaj Kal Parshu'' (1961) * ''Kathin Maya'' (1961) * ''Ke Tumi?'' (1964) * ''Banajyotsana'' (1969) * ''Eai Korecho Bhalo'' (1971) * ''Alo Amar Alo'' (1971)

References

External links

*
Kanu Bandopadhyay filmography
at Gomolo
Kanu Bandopadhyay moviestills slideshow
{{DEFAULTSORT:Banerjee, Kanu 1905 births 1985 deaths Male actors in Bengali cinema People from Rajasthan University of Calcutta alumni Indian male stage actors Bengali theatre personalities Indian male film actors 20th-century Indian male actors