Victor Banerjee

Victor Banerjee genuinely impresses me. Nearly a hundred films across English, Hindi, Bengali, and Assamese cinema, plus collaborations with Satyajit Ray, David Lean, Roman Polanski, and James Ivory, place him in rare company. That is not a regional career; that is a global one. His National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor only confirms the range. Add directing and politics to the resume and you have an artist unwilling to stay in one lane. To me, he embodies the depth and reach of Indian cinema, and he deserves quiet, lasting respect for it.

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Name (English)

Victor Banerjee

Name (Japanese)

ヴィクター・バナルジ

Reading

ゔぃくたー・ばなるじ

Born

October 15, 1946 (age 80)

Origin

Kolkata, India

Occupation

film actor / film director / television actor / actor / politician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dog

University

University of Calcutta

Awards & achievements

• National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor%20Banerjee
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q962572

Tags

• film actor
• film director
• television actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.