Subir Banerjee

Subir Banerjee

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Subir Banerjee Biography

Subir Banerjee is an iconic child artist associated with Indian Cinema. He is best known for playing Apu in Satyajit Ray's Bengali film Pather Panchali, the first installment of The Apu Trilogy. After playing the male protagonist in the field, Subir found space in the history of Indian cinema. The movie marked the illustrious beginning of a glorious period of Satyajit Ray films. But surprisingly, after playing the most memorable child artist role on Indian silver screen Banerjee did not appear in any film after Pather Panchali. He disappeared from public eye and was finally traced by India Today in 1980 and published his details in an article.

 

Pather Panchali was the debut movie of Satyajit Ray and the movie was based on Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's 1929 Bengali novel of the same name. Ray put advertisements in newspapers in search of a boy to do the lead role of Apu. Though several boys ranging in the age of 5-7 appeared for auditions, Ray was not impressed by any. Subir Banerjee was spotted by none other than Ray’s wife Bijoya Ray, while he was playing in the terrace of their next door. Ray liked the choice of his wife and thus Subir was accepted to play the male protagonist of Pather Panchali.

 

Subir’s father was at first reluctant to send him for the movie. But Ray convinced him stating that this single movie is going to change the fate of Bengali cinema and the character Apu will remain immortal forever. Subir didn’t have any acting experience and the crew slowly tuned him to the right direction. The movie also got lagged due to financial troubles and finally got released in 1955. The movie is always listed among the best movies ever made in Indian film history. After Pather Panchali, Ray made 36 more films. But Pather Panchali still remains a special one. In 2013 Kaushik Ganguly directed a film titled - Apur Panchali, a biopic of Subir Banerjee, where Parambrata Chatterjee enacted his role.  

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Updated: April 03, 2016

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