Karuna Banerjee
Indian actress (1919-2001) · India · On the map · Actors · Died at 81
Karuna Banerjee 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.
Karuna Banerjee is read about 85 times a day, in 11 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 25 August 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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2001Died13 November 20011972
Calcutta 71Film1971
InterviewFilm1967
The Creative Person: Satyajit RayFilm1962
KanchenjunghaFilm, Labanya Roy Chaudhuri1960
DeviFilm, Harasundari1959
HeadmasterFilm, Labanya
Shubha BibahaFilm, 1959Meja-boudi1958
Manmoyee Girls' SchoolFilm1956
AparajitoFilm, Sarbojaya Ray1955
Pather PanchaliFilm, Sarbojaya Ray1919Born25 December 1919
Calcutta 71Film1971InterviewFilm1967The Creative Person: Satyajit RayFilm1962KanchenjunghaFilm, Labanya Roy Chaudhuri1960DeviFilm, Harasundari1959HeadmasterFilm, LabanyaShubha BibahaFilm, 1959Meja-boudi1958Manmoyee Girls' SchoolFilm1956AparajitoFilm, Sarbojaya Ray1955Pather PanchaliFilm, Sarbojaya Ray1919Born25 December 1919People around Karuna
Close ties
Satyajit Ray Directed Pather Panchali, Aparajito and Devi- Chhabi Biswas Also in Devi, Kanchanjangha and Kato Ajanare
Ravi Shankar Wrote Pather Panchali and Aparajito- Anil Chatterjee Also in Kanchanjangha, Kato Ajanare and Devi
Kanu Banerjee Also in Pather Panchali and The Apu Trilogy
Mrinal Sen Directed Interview (1971)
Ritwik Ghatak Directed Kato Ajanare
N. Viswanathan Also in Kanchanjangha and Kanchenjungha
Known for
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Aparajito 1956
Pather Panchali 1955
Devi 1960
Filmography 11
About this person
She appeared in a number of other films after that, including Ray's Devi (1960) and Kanchenjungha (1962).
Country
India
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 2001 · aged 81
