Banerjee | |
Birth Name: | Maganti Venu Banerjee |
Birth Place: | Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India |
Yearsactive: | 1980–present |
Spouse: | M. Sailaja |
Occupation: | Actor |
Banerjee (born Maganti Venu Banerjee)[1] is an Indian actor who primarily works in Telugu films. He has over 40 years of experience in films. He is the son of character actor Maganti Raghavaiah. Banerjee started his career as an assistant director.[2] He played antagonistic and supporting roles in many films.
He is born in Vijayawada, Governorpeta.[3] He studied in Montessori children school headed by Vege Koteswaramma. His father also an actor Maganti Raghavaiah was an official in Information and broadcasting ministry. As he was transferred to Delhi, he stayed in Delhi for some time. He completed his intermediate education in A.C College in Guntur. After that he did Hotel management course in Chennai. He also completed B.A in Chennai. Later he worked as branch manager in a company in Vizianagaram. He has an elder sister who lives in Chennai. He lives with his wife and daughter in Hyderabad.
He first started working in films with U. Visweswara Rao.