Victor Banerjee

Acting

Victor Banerjee

Born 1946-10-16 · Calcutta, West Bengal, India

Victor Banerjee (born Partho Sarathi Banerjee, 15 October 1946) is an Indian actor who appears in English, Hindi, Bengali and Assamese language films. He has worked for directors including Roman Polanski, James Ivory, Sir David Lean, Jerry London, Ronald Neame, Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Montazur Rahman Akbar and Ram Gopal Varma.

Acting credits

High Life poster
5.7

Monte and his daughter are the last survivors of a damned and dangerous mission to deep space. The crew—death-row inmates led by a doctor with sinister motives—has vanished. As the mystery of what happened onboard the ship is unraveled, father and daughter must rely on each other to survive as they hurtle toward the oblivion of a black hole.

High Life

2018

Bitter Moon poster
7.1

A passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.

Bitter Moon

1992

A Passage to India poster
6.8

Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

A Passage to India

1984

Meherjaan poster
NR

During the war in 1971, Meher falls in love with a soldier from the enemy side. When her love is discovered, she is shamed and silenced by her family and society. Today 38 years after the war, Meher has a visitor she cannot turn down.

Meherjaan

2011

The Answer poster
9.0

In the quest for finding a deeper meaning to life, this is a true story of an American seeker who forsakes the worldly life to enter upon an amazing spiritual journey of self realisation.

The Answer

2018

Roi Roi Binale poster
NR

Roi Roi Binale is a soul-stirring Assamese musical that weaves together themes of love, art, identity, and the lingering shadows of a region scarred by past turmoil. Set against the backdrop of a region recovering from the scars of terrorism, Roi Roi Binale subtly explores the enduring impact of trauma. Its central question, whether art should serve the artist or the people, drives the narrative, as each character seeks their own truth. This film breaks all previous records of Assamese movies and collected over 42 crore Indian rupees

Roi Roi Binale

2025

Tumi Eley Tai poster
NR

Tumi Eley Tai is a family movie about moral values in society. A strong-willed Akash shares a special bond with his grandfather. When a dejected Arundhati faces failure in her relationships, Akash and his family come forward to support her. Why has fate brought Arundhati to Akash and his family?

Tumi Eley Tai

1999

Rainbow Fields poster
NR

Rainbow Fields is an Assamese movie starring Dipannita Sharma and Victor Banerjee in prominent roles. The movie also stars Nakul Vaid, Naved Aslam, Nipon Goswami and Panchi Bora. It is a drama directed by Bidyut Kotoky with Anurag Saikia as musician, forming part of the crew.

Rainbow Fields

2019

David Lean: A Life in Film poster
6.0

A documentary video that profiles the life of David Lean, the director of Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia.

David Lean: A Life in Film

1985

Lathi poster
NR

Atindranath Bannerjee, a retired teacher, faces harassment from his family members and decides to discipline them. Later, he shifts to a slum and starts teaching underprivileged children.

Lathi

1996

Dadah Is Death poster
5.0

On 9th of November 1983 two Australians, Kevin Barlow and Geoff Chambers were arrested at Penang Airport in Malaysia carrying 179 grams of Heroin. A crime which in Malaysia carries a mandatory sentence of death... Dadah Is Death (A Long Way From Home) is the true story of Barbara Barlow's desperate attempt to save her son from the Hangmans rope - a courageous effort that involved impassioned pleas to President Reagan, The British Prime Minister, and even the Pope. By July 1986 this international struggle had seemed to reach a hopeless conclusion and all that was left was a mother's love for her son.

Dadah Is Death

1988

Tor Naam poster
NR

Tor Naam is a 2012 Bengali movie directed by Jaya Sankar and produced by Weird Industries. The film is a remake of the Telegu movie Kotha Bangaru Lokam.

Tor Naam

2012

Gunday poster
4.9

The lives of Calcutta's most powerful gangsters - Bikram and Bala, changes when Nandita enters it. Then a counter-force takes charge and a thriller unfolds.

Gunday

2014

Aladin poster
6.1

Aladin, an orphan tormented by bullies, discovers a magic lamp that grants him incredible powers. Later, with the help of a genie, he embarks on thrilling adventures to defeat the evil Ringmaster.

Aladin

2009

Unfreedom poster
5.2

A Muslim fundamentalist in New York kidnaps a liberal Muslim scholar with intent to kill. A closeted lesbian in New Delhi kidnaps her activist bisexual lover with intent to marry. The resulting torture and violence evokes a brutal struggle of identities against unfreedom.

Unfreedom

2015

Ta Ra Rum Pum poster
6.2

Ace car racer RV and his wife have the world at their feet. But he has an accident and his world is turned upside down. Can he reclaim his lost glory?

Ta Ra Rum Pum

2007

Love Express poster
6.0

In a family that's equal parts strict and strange, a young man is allowed to make up to a hundred mistakes. Once he reaches that magic number, he will be disowned. The story begins when he is on the verge of making his hundredth mistake.

Love Express

2016

Amar Maa poster
NR

This film is a complex family drama based on the theme of a mother's immense love and sacrifice. The plot is about a woman who is ill-treated by her husband and in-laws and is forced to abandon her newborn son. The son is adopted by a wealthy family and grows up to be a handsome young man (Prosenjit Chatterjee). The film explores the journey of the separated family members, the hardships the mother faces, and their eventual reunion, highlighting the profound bond between a mother and her child

Amar Maa

1998

The Chess Players poster
7.0

In the year 1856, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah is the King of Awadh, one of the last independent kingdoms of India. The British intend to control this rich land and send General Outram to clear way for an annexation. Pressure is mounting amidst intrigue and political maneuvers, but the Nawab whiles away his time in pursuit of pleasure and religious practice. The court is of no help either — noblemen Mir and Mirza ignore all duties and spend their days playing endless games of chess.

The Chess Players

1977

Apne poster
6.1

An ex-boxer Baldev Choudhary (Dharmendra) has had a stain in his boxing career. He wanted to wash it with his son Angad's (Sunny Deol) success, but times were hard and a financial crunch kept him from achieving this dream. Though Angad pulled through fine, Baldev never forgot who ruined his chance to wash the stain. An opportunity strikes Baldev in the form of a T.V. Show. He trains a local boy to get into this media hyped boxing show, but is ditched for a better coach at the last minute. Baldev's younger son Karan (Bobby Deol) has just launched his first music album. Realizing his father is in crises of his life, he gives up his dream of a musical career to get into the game of boxing.

Apne

2007

Kali Shankar poster
NR

Kali, Shankar and Tithi are the motherless children of a priest. Their father gets murdered by a local don and the trio reunites years later to avenge his death.

Kali Shankar

2007

Tahaan poster
6.5

A tender fable about childhood innocence amid the realities of war is set against the rugged landscape of Kashmir, so long a flash point for the territorial claims of neighboring India and Pakistan. The title character, an eight year old mountain boy, often hears distant gunfire. But it is not until he goes on a quest to reclaim his beloved donkey, which has been confiscated as payment of his poor family's debts, that he is drawn toward a violence he has no capacity to understand.

Tahaan

2008

Sound poster
7.0

The film revolves around the life of Tarak, a foley artist of Bengali film. Tarak's job is to create ambient sounds for films, but, he gradually gets trapped in his own world, a world full of sound.

Sound

2013

Chaurahen poster
10.0

It is an evocative and poignant composition consisting of three separate stories set in Mumbai, Kolkata and Kochi. Every story revolves around love, life and loss.

Chaurahen

2007

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