Kali Banerjee
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Kali Banerjee | |
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Born | |
Died | 5 July 1993 Calcutta, West Bengal, India | (aged 71)
Occupation | actor |
Years active | 1940–1993 |
Kali Banerjee (20 November 1921 – 5 July 1993) was an Indian film actor, who worked in the 1950s–1970s in Bengali cinema.[1] He is best known for his work with film directors like Satyajit Ray in Parash Pathar (1958) and Ritwik Ghatak in Nagarik (1952) and Ajantrik (1958).
Career[]
Starring in many commercial ventures in the 1960s, his association with the serious film-makers is what has given the actor an imperishable place in the history of Bengali cinema. He starred first in the movie named 'Tatinir Bichar' and 'Barmar Pathe' (On the way to Burma). Further he brought out a convincing portrayal of a young Chinese vendor Lu Wang in the street of Kolkata in time of India's freedom struggle in Mrinal Sen's Neel Akasher Neechey (1959).[2]
He acted in Satyajit Ray's Parash Pathar (1958) and Teen Kanya (1961), but it was his association with Ritwik Ghatak, with whom he worked in Nagarik (1952), Ajantrik (1958) that the cinephiles mostly enjoy and want to commemorate.
He played a Bahurupi in Bari Theke Paliye. Then there was Ajantrik, where he was flawless in the portrayal of an idiosyncratic driver Bimal who is in love with his car. Besides these Arthouse films, he acted with aplomb in the films such as * Kabuliwala (1956), Badsha, Kinu Gowalar Goli, Guru Dakshina and the Hindi films such as Bawarchi (1972) directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
He acted as the leading character 'Totla Ganesh' (stammering Ganesh) in Satyen Bose's popular hit comedy Barjatri (1951) (English title: The Marriage Procession). The Bengali movie-goer fondly remembers his understated comedy and excellent comic timing in the film. After that he worked in hundreds of Bengali commercial movies. Important side roles played by Banerjee in all those movies made him very popular in Tollywood (Bengali film industry).[citation needed]
Selected filmography[]
- (1940)
- (1947)
- (1949)
- (1950)
- (1951) - Gansha
- (1951)
- Nagarik (1952) - The Father
- Rani Bhabani (1952)
- (1952)
- (1952)
- Pathik (1953)
- Nabin Jatra (1953)
- (1954)
- Ankush (1954)
- (1955)
- Sabar Upare (1955) - Inspector Shushil
- Kalindi (1955)
- (1955)
- Raat Bhore (1955)
- Tonsil (1956)
- Aparajito (1956) - Kathak
- Shilpi (1956)
- (1956)
- (1957)
- (1957)
- Kabuliwala (1957)
- (1957)
- (1957)
- (1957)
- (1957)
- (1958)
- (1958)
- Parash Pathar (1958) - Priyotosh Henry Biswas
- Ajantrik (1958) - Bimal
- Bari Theke Paliye (1958) - Haridas
- Nagini Kanyar Kahini (1958)
- (1958)
- (1958)
- Janmantar (1959)
- Neel Akasher Neechey (1959) - Wang Lu
- Sonar Harin (1959)
- (1959)
- (1960)
- (1960)
- (1960)
- (1960)
- (1960)
- Teen Kanya (1961) - Phanibhushan Saha (segment "Monihara")
- (1961)
- (1961)
- Carey Saheber Munshi (1961)
- (1962)
- Hansuli Banker Upakatha (1962) - Banwari
- Shubho Drishti (1962)
- (1963)
- (1963)
- (1963) - Chhoto-Bapi
- (1963)
- Saptarshi (1964)
- (1964) - Moni
- Kantatar (1964)
- (1964)
- (1964)
- (1965)
- (1965)
- (1965) - Peasant Who Learns to Read
- Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar (1966)
- (1967)
- (1968)
- (1968)
- (1968)
- (1968)
- (1968)
- (1969)
- Shasti (1970)
- (1970)
- (1970)
- (1970) - Ekkari - Thakurda
- (1971)
- Nimantran (1971)
- (1971)
- (1972)
- (1972)
- Bawarchi (1972) - Meeta Sharma
- Andha Atit (1972)
- (1972) - Dr. Sarkar
- (1973)
- Aabirey Rangano (1973)
- (1974)
- Sangini (1974)
- (1974) - Haraballav
- Shanginee (1974)
- (1975)
- (1975)
- (1975)
- Swayamsiddha (1975)
- Khudha (1975)
- (1976)
- Harmonium (1976) - Harendra Kumar Chatterjee
- (1976)
- (1976)
- Yugo Manab Kabir (1976)
- Sandhya Surya (1976)
- (1977)
- Ek Je Chhilo Desh (1977)
- (1977)
- (1977)
- (1977)
- (1978) - Nabab
- Tushar Tirtha Amarnath (1978)
- Debdas (1979)
- (1979)
- (1979)
- (1979)
- (1979)
- (1980)
- Batasi (1980)
- (1980)
- Dadar Kirti (1980) - Saraswati's father
- (1981)
- (1981) - Barda
- Durga Durgatinashini (1982)
- (1982)
- (1982)
- (1982)
- Agni sambhaba (1982)
- (1982)
- (1983)
- (1983)
- (1983)
- Arpita (1983)
- (1983)
- (1983)
- (1983)
- (1984)
- (1984)
- (1984)
- (1985)
- (1985)
- (1986)
- (1986)
- Parinati (1986)
- Subho Kamon Aachho? (1986)
- Bouma (1986)
- Prem Bandhan (1986)
- Lalan Fakir (1987)
- (1987)
- Gurudakshina (1987)
- (1988)
- (1988)
- (1988)
- Parashmoni (1988)
- Nayanmoni (1989)
- (1989)
- Shatarupa (1989)
- Sati (1989)
- Satarupa (1989)
- Mangal Deep (1989)
- (1989)
- Jaa Devi Sarva Bhuteshu (1989)
- (1990)
- (1990)
- Mahajan (1990)
- (1990)
- (1990)
- Ahankar (1991)
- (1991)
- (1991)
- (1991)
- (1991)
- Purushottam (1992)
- Ananda (1992)
- Shaitan (1992)
- (1993)
- (1993)
- (1993)
- (1994)
- (1994)
- (1995)
- (1995)
- (1995)
- (1995)
- (1997)
- (2000)
- (2002)
References[]
- ^ ভাঙা বাংলায় ভাঙা মানুষের রূপকার কালী বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় Anandabazar Patrika. Retrieved 13 June 2021
- ^ Kali Banerjee - the legend of realistic films 12 November 2008.
External links[]
- Indian male film actors
- 1921 births
- 1993 deaths
- Male actors from Kolkata
- Male actors in Bengali cinema
- University of Calcutta alumni
- 20th-century Indian male actors