Karuna Banerjee

Karuna Banerjee

Karuna Banerjee (Bengali: করুণা ব্যানার্জী) was a Bengali actress best known for her role in Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy (1955–1959) as the long suffering mother, Sarbajaya. She was nominated for Best Actress at the 1959 BAFTA Awards for her performance in Aparajito (1956), the second part of The Apu Trilogy. She appeared in a number of other films after that, including Ray's Devi (1960) and Kanchenjungha (1962). She graduated from the Jogamaya Devi College, an affiliated women's college of the University of Calcutta. Banerjee's acting career expanded over more than two decades in Bengali cinema and theatre. She is best known for her memorable performance as Sarbajaya, the mother in the first two parts of Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (1955) and Aparajito (1956). Her performance in the latter earned her a Best Actress nomination at the 1959 BAFTA Awards. She acted in a few more films, including two more by Ray, two by Mrinal Sen, and one by Ritwik Ghatak that was never officially released.

  • Title: Karuna Banerjee
  • Popularity: 1.537
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1919-12-25
  • Place of Birth: Khulna, Bangladesh
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  • Also Known As: Karuna Banerji, Karuna Bandopadhyay, Karuna Bandyopadhyay, Kanu Bannerjee
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Karuna Banerjee Movies

  • 1956
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    Aparajito

    Aparajito

    7.9 1956 HD

    Aparajito picks up where the first film leaves off, with Apu and his family having moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of...

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  • 1970
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    The Apu Trilogy

    The Apu Trilogy

    1 1970 HD

    The Apu collection is a trilogy consisting of three Bengali films directed by Satyajit Ray: Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road), Aparajito (The...

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  • 1958
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    Manmoyee Girls' School

    Manmoyee Girls' School

    1 1958 HD

    Deciding to start a school for girls named after his wife, a zamindar looks for a married couple to manage the establishment. They apply for and get...

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  • 1962
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    Kanchenjungha

    Kanchenjungha

    7.4 1962 HD

    Played out in real time, several complex family dramas intersect in the landscape of the Himalayan foothills, allowing the Bengali auteur to examine...

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  • 1972
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    Calcutta 71

    Calcutta 71

    8.7 1972 HD

    The spirit of a condemned 20-year-old student wanders through time, linking together four stories of people struggling for survival in this gritty...

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  • 1960
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    Devi

    Devi

    7.4 1960 HD

    A devout upper-class Hindu has a vision in a dream that his daughter-in-law is the human incarnation of the Goddess Kali and begins worshipping her. ...

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  • 1971
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    Interview

    Interview

    6.5 1971 HD

    Ranjit is a young man who has been assured a lucrative job. All he has to do is turn up for the interview dressed in a western style suit, but all...

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  • 1955
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    Pather Panchali

    Pather Panchali

    7.9 1955 HD

    Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work. Preserved...

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  • 1970
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    Shubha Bibaha

    Shubha Bibaha

    1 1970 HD

    When a bride vanishes on her wedding day, a web of secrets and forbidden love is exposed. Caught in the crossfire are two young women, each battling...

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  • 1967
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    The Creative Person: Satyajit Ray

    The Creative Person: Satyajit Ray

    1 1967 HD

    In 1967, Canadian documentarian James Beveridge traveled to Kolkata to film director Satyajit Ray at work. The resulting program, produced for the...

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  • 1959
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    Headmaster

    Headmaster

    1 1959 HD

    The school of a remote and poor village shut down, the head master Krishna Prasanna (Chhabi) migrates to city in search of job. He moves with family,...

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  • 2014
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    Apur Panchali

    Apur Panchali

    5.6 2014 HD

    Arko, a film student, invites Subir Banerjee, who played the legendary role of Apu, to attend an award ceremony in Germany. But the old man hesitates...

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  • 1970
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    Kanchenjunga

    Kanchenjunga

    1 1970 HD

    An upper-class Bengali family is on vacation in Darjeeling, a popular hill station and resort near Kanchenjungha.

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