1. Victor Banerjee was born on 15 October 1946 and is an Indian actor.
22 Facts About Victor Banerjee
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Victor Banerjee appears primarily in films in English, Hindi, Bengali, and Assamese.
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Victor Banerjee has collaborated with directors including Roman Polanski, James Ivory, Sir David Lean, Jerry London, Ronald Neame, Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, and Montazur Rahman Akbar.
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Victor Banerjee received the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Ghare Baire.
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Victor Banerjee is a descendant of the Raja Bahadur of Chanchal and the Raja of Uttarpara.
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Victor Banerjee turned down a scholarship to Trinity College in Dublin, which was offered to him, through the Irish Christian Brothers, for admission as an operatic tenor.
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Victor Banerjee had an interest in theatre in the early years.
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Victor Banerjee was the lead tenor in the Calcutta Light Opera Group production of The Desert Song,.
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Victor Banerjee played senior division hockey and football in the Bengal League in the 1960s.
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Victor Banerjee in 1971 is an Institution which Victor Banerjee continues to nurture and develop.
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Victor Banerjee is the Brand Ambassador of the Srimants Sankaradeva Society of Assam and the Bird Watchers Society of Uttarakhand and the Goodwill Ambassador of the Dimasa Tribe of the Northeast Hill Tracts.
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Victor Banerjee has a daughter who was a reputable VFX supervisor for 16 years His other daughter, a former Scientist, is settled in the US.
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Victor Banerjee established The Calcutta Art Gallery in the late 1970s which was the first commercial art gallery in the city.
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Victor Banerjee brought in renowned artists such as M F Husain, Jehangir Sabavala, Anjolie Ela Menon, Bikash Bhattacharjee, Sakti Burman, and many others to exhibit.
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Victor Banerjee actively promoted new talent and artists like Shyamal Roy had their first shows in the Gallery.
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In 1984, Victor Banerjee played Dr Aziz Ahmed in David Lean's film A Passage to India, which brought him to the attention of Western audiences.
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Victor Banerjee won the "Show-a-Rama Award" as a "New International Star" from the Motion Picture Association of America in April 1985.
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Victor Banerjee appeared in Merchant Ivory Productions, Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures, Satyajit Ray's Shatranj Ke Khilari and Ghare Baire, as well as Mrinal Sen's Mahaprithivi.
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Victor Banerjee was cast as "Jesus" in the critically acclaimed 1988 production of the York Mystery Plays, directed by Steven Pimlott.
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Victor Banerjee played a leading role in British theatre, making him the first Asian to do so.
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Victor Banerjee is the only person in India who has won the National Award in three categories: as a cinematographer, for his documentary Where No Journeys End ; as a director, for his documentary The Splendour of Garhwal and Roopkund; and as an actor for his work in Satyajit Ray's Ghare Baire.
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Victor Banerjee has been harshly critical of Navjot Singh Sidhu's pacifist stance towards terrorism, which is exported from Pakistan.