Victor Banerjee filmography

Victor Banerjee at the Closing Ceremony of the North East Films, during the 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI-2013), in Panaji

Victor Banerjee is an internationally acclaimed Indian actor known for his work in Bengali, Hindi, Assamese and English-language cinema. He began his film career with Shatranj Ke Khilari, directed by Satyajit Ray, in 1977. Banerjee gained global recognition for portraying Dr. Aziz in A Passage to India, directed by David Lean.[1][2] His performance earned him a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor, along with the Evening Standard British Film Award and the National Board of Review Award.

Over the course of his career, Victor Banerjee has collaborated with renowned filmmakers such as Roman Polanski, James Ivory, Mrinal Sen, and Shyam Benegal. In Bengali cinema, some of his notable performances include Ghare Baire, Mahaprithivi, and Lathi. He received the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Ghare Baire.

In recognition of his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema, the Government of India honored him with the Padma Bhushan in 2022. With a career spanning more than four decades, Victor Banerjee remains an important figure bridging Indian and international cinema.

Films

Year Title Role Director Language Note
1977 Shatranj Ke Khilari Prime Minister Satyajit Ray Hindi, English debut film[3]
1978 Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures Maharaja James Ivory English British Indian film
1980 Dui Prithibi Kunal Dutta Pijush Basu Bengali
1981 Pikoo Hitesh Satyajit Ray Bengali
Kalyug Dhan Raj / Duryodhana Shyam Benegal Hindi
1982 Jaipur Junction Werner Schaefer German West Germany film
Arohan Jotdar Bibhutibhushan Ganguly Shyam Benegal Hindi
1983 Doosri Dulhan Anil Lekh Tandon Hindi
Protidan Prabhat Roy Bengali
1984 Ghare Baire Nikhilesh "Nikhil" Choudhury Satyajit Ray Bengali
A Passage to India Dr. Aziz David Lean English UK, US film[1]
1985 Pratigya Asit Sen Bengali
1986 Foreign Body Ram Das Ronald Neame English United Kingdom film
1987 Pratikar Prabhat Roy Bengali
Ekanta Apon Biresh Chatterjee Bengali
1988 Dadah Is Death Karpal Singh Jerry London English Australian film
Aagoon Victor Banerjee Bengali
1989 Aakrosh Samrat Sujit Guha Bengali
1990 Byabodhan Dilip Mukherjee Bengali
Debota Abhijit Sen Bengali
1991 Mahaprithibi Elder Son Mrinal Sen Bengali
1992 Bitter Moon Mr. Isaiah Singh Roman Polanski Frence, English French film
1996 Lathi Atindra Mohan Banerjee Prabhat Roy Bengali
Mahaan Haranath Chakraborty Bengali
1998 Moner Moto Mon Rani's father Montazur Rahman Akbar Bengali Indo-Bangladesh joint production
1999 Tumi Ele Tai Bengali
2001 Dada Thakur Haranath Chakraborty Bengali
2002 Deva Prabhakar Chowdhury Sujit Guha Bengali
Chandramallika Anjan Choudhury Bengali
Antarghaat Pratap Tathagata Bhattacherjee Bengali
Ferari Fauj Prasanta Bal Bengali Guest appearance[4]
2003 Bhoot Dr. Rajan Ram Gopal Varma Hindi
Jogger's Park Justice Jyotin Prasad Chatterjee Anant Balani Hindi [5]
2004 Aabar Asbo Phire Ravi Ojha Bengali
Bandhan Pratap Narayan Chowdhury Rabi Kinnagi Bengali
Bow Barracks Forever Peter the Cheater Anjan Dutt English, Hindi, Bengali
2005 Parinam Tanmoy Mukhopadhyay Bengali [6]
My Brother... Nikhil Navin Kapoor Onir Hindi
It Was Raining That Night Jai Banerjee Mahesh Manjrekar Benglish, English
Home Delivery Sujoy Ghosh Hindi [7]
2006 Ho Sakta Hai Mohan's grandfather Wilson Louis Hindi
Bradford Riots Azad Neil Biswas English
The Bong Connection Gary Anjan Dutt Bengali
2007 Aloy Phera Subhash Sen Bengali [8]
Ta Ra Rum Pum Shubho Shekhar Rai Banerjee Siddharth Anand Hindi
Bandhu Prashanta Nanda Bengali
Apne Ehsaan Ali Anil Sharma Hindi
Chaurahen Dr. Bose Rajshree Ojha English
Kali Shankar Grandfather of Kali and shankar Prashant Nanda Bengali [9]
2008 Sarkar Raj Mike Rajan Ram Gopal Varma Hindi
Tahaan Tahaan's Grandfather Santosh Sivan Hindi
2009 Chowrasta: Crossroads Of Love Anjan Dutt English, Hindi
Aladin Aladin's grandfather Sujoy Ghosh Hindi
Aparadhi Subhash Sen Bengali
2010 Gumshuda Jalaluddin Ashoke Viswanathan Hindi [10]
Bondhu Eso Tumi Parthasarathi Joarddar Bengali
2011 Meherjaan Khwaja Saheb Rubaiyat Hossain Bengali
Punorutthan Rishi Mukherjee Bengali
Gosain Baganer Bhoot Ram Kabiraj Nitish Roy Bengali
2012 Jaal Amit Samanta Bengali
Om Shanti Satabdi Roy Bengali [11]
Delhi In A Day Dhanbir Prashant Nair English, Hindi
Ekhon Nedekha Nodir Xhipare Grandfather of Sudakshina Bidyut Kotoky Assamese [12]
Tor Naam Swapna's father Satabdi Das Bengali
2013 Shabdo Dr Sen Kaushik Ganguly Bengali
Kagojer Nouka Raman Parthasarathi Joarder Bengali
Shantiniketaney Ashok Biswanathan Bengali [13]
2014 Amavas Sidharth Srinivasan Hindi
Gunday SP Avijit Dutt Ali Abbas Zafar Bengali, Hindi [14]
Children Of War Baba Mrityunjay Devvrat Hindi
Jeeya Jurir Xubax Dhon Sanjib Sabhapandit Assamese
It Was Raining That Night Jai Banerjee Mahesh Manjrekar Bengali, English
2015 Unfreedom Fareed Rahmani Raj Amit Kumar English
2016 Tui Je Amaar Prodyut Bhattacharya Bengali
Fever Dr. David Roy Rajeev Jhaveri Hindi
Land of the Gods Rahul Negi Goran Paskaljević Hindi, English [15]
Love Express Shibo Prasad Ganguly Rajiv Kumar Biswas Bengali
2017 Biporjoy Sourav Chakraborty Bengali
Golmaal Narayan Roy Bengali
The House Next Door Milind Rau Hindi, Tamil [16]
2018 Alifa Deep Choudhury Bengali [17]
The Answer Paramahansa Yogananda Pavan Kaul English [18][19]
Ami Sudhu Tor Holam Subrata Halder Bengali
High Life Indian Professor Claire Denis English
Xhoixobote Dhemalite Bidyut Kotoky Assamese
2019 Josef: Born in Grace Father O' Hara Susant Misra Hindi
E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey Self (archive footage) Vance Goodwin English
2022 Thinking of Him Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore Pablo Cesar English Indo- Argentinian film[20][21][22]
Master Moshai Abhijit Sen Bengali [23]
Sannyasi Deshonayok Subhas Chandra Bose Amlan Kusum Ghosh Bengali [24]
Josef - Born in Grace Father O'Hara Susant Misra Hindi [25]
Tryst with Destiny Prashant Nair Hindi
2023 Akorik Tathagata Bhattacherjee Bengali [26]
Raktabeej Animesh Chatterjee Nandita-Shiboprosad Bengali
2024 City of Small Blessings Prakesh Chen­‐Hsi Wong English Singaporean film[27]
2025 5th September Kunal Shamshere Malla Hindi
Raktabeej 2 Animesh Chatterjee Nandita-Shiboprosad Bengali
Roi Roi Binale Victor Sir Rajesh Bhuyan Assamese

Series

Year Title Role Language Network/TV Note
2021 Tryst with Destiny Mr. Ashwa Hindi SonyLIV

References

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  2. ↑ "The return of Victor Banerjee". The Times of India. 2003-07-29. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2026-05-11.
  3. ↑ "Victor Banerjee receives the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award from Sandip Ray". Telegraphindia. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  4. ↑ Ferari Fauj (2002) | MUBI. Retrieved 2026-05-06 – via mubi.com.
  5. ↑ Srivastava, Simran (2025-09-12). "Joggers' Park clocks 22 years; Looking back at Victor Banerjee's movie". News24. Archived from the original on 2026-05-18. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
  6. ↑ Parinam (2004) | MUBI. Retrieved 2026-05-06 – via mubi.com.
  7. ↑ "Home Delivery (2005) - Cast & Crew on MUBI". mubi.com. Retrieved 2026-05-06.
  8. ↑ Aloy Phera (2007) | MUBI. Archived from the original on 2026-05-19. Retrieved 2026-05-06 – via mubi.com.
  9. ↑ Hungama, Bollywood (2009-01-01). "Kali-Shankar Cast List | Kali-Shankar Movie Star Cast | Release Date | Movie Trailer | Review". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
  10. ↑ "Gumshuda - Movie - - Box Office India". boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 2026-05-06.
  11. ↑ "Premiere of movie 'Om Shanti'". The Times of India. 2012-07-01. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 2023-04-19. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
  12. ↑ "Victor Banerjee starrer wins audience choice award in US fest". The Indian Express. 2014-03-19. Archived from the original on 2025-09-10. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
  13. ↑ "Shantiniketaney (2013) - Movie | Reviews, Cast & Release Date". BookMyShow. Retrieved 2026-05-06.
  14. ↑ "Victor Banerjee defends brief role in Gunday". ndtv. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  15. ↑ Land of the Gods (2016) | MUBI. Archived from the original on 2026-05-17. Retrieved 2026-05-06 – via mubi.com.
  16. ↑ Hungama, Bollywood (2017-11-03). "The House Next Door Cast List | The House Next Door Movie Star Cast | Release Date | Movie Trailer | Review". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 2019-01-01. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
  17. ↑ "Alifa | Deep Choudhury | Kolkata International Film Festival 2016". www.kff.in. Archived from the original on 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2026-05-07.
  18. ↑ "Victor Banerjee turns spiritual guru in upcoming biopic". The Times of India. 2018-08-17. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
  19. ↑ "'The Answer' first look: A biographical account featuring Victor Banerjee as Parmahansa Yogananda". The Times of India. 2018-07-05. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 2022-09-25. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
  20. ↑ "Interview | Doing a Paramhansa Yogananda or a Rabindranath Tagore is my biggest challenge: Victor Banerjee". Firstpost. Retrieved 9 May 2026.
  21. ↑ "'Mountains keep coming to me': Victor Banerjee". The Hindu. 2016-09-02. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
  22. ↑ "Victor Banerjee quite excited to play the role of Rabindranath Tagore". The Times of India. 2017-01-12. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 2025-08-31. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
  23. ↑ "Master Moshai (2022) - Movie | Reviews, Cast & Release Date". BookMyShow. Retrieved 2026-05-07.
  24. ↑ "Victor Banerjee shoots for a film on Subhash Chandra Bose near Lucknow". The Times of India. 2019-01-12. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
  25. ↑ "Actor Victor Banerjee wins award at Ontario film festival". The Times of India. 2020-10-28. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 2020-12-19. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
  26. ↑ "'Akorik' trailer: Rituparna, Victor Banerjee's film is a moving tale of existential crisis". The Times of India. 2023-03-22. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 2025-07-05. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
  27. ↑ "City of Small Blessings - The Film Verdict". 2024-12-09. Archived from the original on 2026-03-11. Retrieved 2026-05-08.
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