Born in Khulna, Bangladesh — Dec 25 1919• Died Nov 13 2001

Karuna Banerjee (Bengali: করুণা ব্যানার্জী) was a Bengali actress best known for her role in Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy (1955–1959) as the long suffering mother, Sarbajaya. She was nominated for Best Actress at the 1959 BAFTA Awards for her performance in Aparajito (1956), the second part of The Apu Trilogy. She appeared in a number of other films after that, including Ray's Devi (1960) and Kanchenjungha (1962). She graduated from the Jogamaya Devi College, an affiliated women's college of the University of Calcutta. Banerjee's acting career expand…
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Sarbojaya Ray

Sarbojaya Ray

Harasundari

(Archive Footage)



Self

Meja-boudi


Labanya Roy Chaudhuri

Labanya