Victor Banerjee
| Victor Banerjee ভিক্টর ব্যানার্জী |
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Victor Banerjee in 2013
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Partho Sarathi Banerjee পার্থসারথি ব্যানার্জী 15 October 1946 (age 70) Calcutta, India |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Children | 2 |
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.
Banerjee was born to a Zamindari Bangali Hindu family and is a descendant of The Raja Bahadur of Chanchal of Malda District and the Raja of Uttarpara.
He received his schooling at St. Edmund's School, Shillong, and graduated in English Literature from St. Xavier's College, Calcutta and did Post Graduate studies in Comparative Literature at Jadavpur University.
He turned down a scholarship to the Trinity College in Dublin who had offered, through the Irish Christian Brothers, to admit him as an Operatic Tenor. He was the lead tenor in the "Calcutta Light Opera Group" production of The Desert Song and played Jesus in Bombay Theatre's first ever musical production, Godspell.
He has a daughter who is a VFX supervisor.
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