Kanu Banerjee Explained

Kanu Banerjee
Birth Date:20 June 1905
Birth Place:Jodhpur, Jodhpur State, British India
Death Place:Calcutta, India
Nationality:Indian
Occupation:Theatre actor and director
Notable Works:Pather Panchali (1955)
Aparajito (1956)

Kanu Banerjee (Kanu Bandyopadhyay)[1] (20 June 1905 – 27 January 1983) was an Indian actor and director of Bengali cinema and theatre.[2] He is best known for his portrayal of Harihar Ray, father of Apu, in Satyajit Ray's classic Pather Panchali (1955) and Aparajito (1956), part of the Apu Trilogy.[3] He was born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. He first appeared as an amateur artiste with Sisir Kumar Bhaduri in Biraj Bou (1934) as Netai at Naba Natyyamandir.[4] In 1955, he also appeared as saint Ramakrishna in Prafulla Chakraborty’s biographical film Bhagaban Sri Sri Ramakrishna.[2]

Legacy

In 2012, his memoirs titled, Hariharer Panchali, based on his long interview published in Sharadiya (Durga puja) magazine Baro Maas in 1979 and other interviews was published by Sutradhar and released by Sandip Ray, son of Satyajit Ray, at Nandan theater in Kolkata.[2] [5] 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 Kolkata, where he used to stay.[2] [6]

Filmography

References

  1. Also credited as Kanu Banerji and Kanu Bandyopadhyay
  2. Soumitra Das and Dalia Mukherje (5 August 2012). "The matter-of-fact actor of many parts" Kolkata, India: The Telegraph.
  3. https://archive.today/20130216140719/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/206921/Kanu-Banerji/filmography Kany Banerji
  4. Book: The story of the Calcutta theatres, 1753-1980. Sushil Kumar Mukherjee. K.P. Bagchi . 1982. 698 .
  5. News: Kolkata Notebook:Honouring Harihar . The Statesman . 14 January 2013 . dead . https://archive.today/20130222093816/http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&show=archive&id=418411&catid=84&year=2012&month=07&day=30&Itemid=66 . 22 February 2013 . dmy-all .
  6. http://calcutta-kolkata-asim.blogspot.in/2012/06/statue-of-harihar-of-pather-panchali.html Statue of 'Harihar' of Pather Panchali
  7. English subtitles give credits for Kanu Banerji (Sri Ramakrishna, 0:08), Bibhuti Chakravarty (photography, 0:11), Baidyanath Chaterji (producer, 0:30), Pulin Ghosh (stage setting, 0:44), New Theatre Studio (production location, 0:53), Officials of Dakshineshwar Kali Temple (thanks, 1:05), Chabi Bishwas (Mathur, 1:23), Shobha Sen (Sri Ma Saradadevi, 1:23), Kalyani Films (production, 1:38), Prafulla Chakravarty (script writer and director, 1:43) (accessed 14 Jan 2013); See also Bhagaban Sree Sree Ramkrishna listing at Gomolo.
  8. In English this film is titled "King, Queen, Knave (1956)" and there is also a West German film entitled King, Queen, Knave (1972)

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