Soumitra Banerjee

Soumitra Bannerjee (1954— 8 January 2000) was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Bengali cinema.^[1] Some of his notable films are Amar Prem, Troyee, Guru Dakshina, IndrajIt, Bhoy, and Badnam.^[2] He is best known for playing villainous roles. He is famous for the quote Maaltake Garite Tol from Nawab.

Soumitra Bannerjee
Born	1954 Pandua, Hooghly, West Bengal, India
Died	8 January 2000 (aged 45) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Nanu Banerjee, Hobu Jamai, Mota Soumitra
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1964–2000
Known for	Troyee, Guru Dakshina

Biography

Soumitra Bannerjee was born in an aristocrat Zamindar family (Banerjee family of Damdama at Pandua, Hooghly). He was multitalented from his childhood. He began his career at the age of eight in Subha O Debotar Grash in 1964 and eventually appeared in about 150 films. In 1982 he was cast in the lead role in the movie Troyee opposite Debashree Roy and Mithun Chakraborty. The movie became a hit and he began to receive offers from directors afterwards. Despite his desire to play the protagonist, he soon became a typecast in negative roles, especially in the role of a spoilt son of a wealthy father. He has worked many successful movies as an antagonist.

Soumitra Banerjee died on 8 January 2000.^[3] His last film was Khelaghar.^[4] Sarod maestro, music director and writer Abanindra Maitra was his nearest friend, they grew up together since childhood. He gave music in many of his films like Debotar Grash, Jeeban Sangra and others. Abanindra said Soumitra was a highly talented actor and a singer.

Filmography

All films are in Bengali language, unless mentioned.

Year	Film	Role
1964	Subha O Debatar Grash
1982	Troyee	Ranjan
1987	Guru Dakshina
1986	Ashirbad
1989	Mangal Deep
1989	Amar Prem
1987	Pap Punya
1990	Badnam
1990	Ladai
1992	Indrajit	Raja Sanyal
1989	Sreemati Hansraj
1989	Satarupa
1992	Anutap
1991	Neelimay Neel
1992	Pratham Dekha
1988	Aagaman
1994	Phiriye Dao
1989	Asha O Bhalobasha
1994	Bouma
1996	Bhoy
1987	Amar Sangi
1991	Katha Dilam
1989	Jhankar
1995	Jeevan Yoddha
1994	Rakta Nadir Dhara
1990	Jibansangee
1988	Sudhu Tomari
1991	Ahankar
1986	Abhisap
1990	Alingan	Bikram
1986	Raj Purush
1998	Ami Je Tomari
1990	Anuraag
1988	Anjali
1987	Ekanto Apon
1992	Jekhane Aashroy
1999	Khelaghar

Death

He died in 2000. He was survived by his wife, actress Rita Koiral.

References

1. "Soumitra Bannerjer". Archived from the original on July 16, 2018.
2. "Soumitra Bannerjee Filmography". Archived from the original on May 17, 2019.
3. "Soumitra Banerjee". BFI. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
4. "Bengali actor died". The Tribune.

External links

• Soumitra Banerjee at IMDb