Karuna Banerjee
Oyuncu · 1919 – 2001 · Khulna, Bangladesh
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 expanded over more than two decades in Bengali cinema and theatre. She is best known for her memorable performance as Sarbajaya, the mother in the first two parts of Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy: Pather Panchali (1955) and Aparajito (1956). Her performance in the latter earned her a Best Actress nomination at the 1959 BAFTA Awards. She acted in a few more films, including two more by Ray, two by Mrinal Sen, and one by Ritwik Ghatak that was never officially released.
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Film7.8DramTarih20. yüzyılın başlarında, Bangladeş'in bir köyünde fakir bir Brahman ailesinin Apu adında bir çocukları olur. Bir şair ve de rahip olan babası ailesini geçindirmeye yatecek kadar para kazanamamaktadır. Kız kardeşi de sürekli olarak komşunun bahçesinden guava isimli bir meyve çalmaktadır. Bütün bunlar ve de aileyle birlikte yaşayan yaşlı teyzelerinin bitmez tükenmez dırdırları, annesini zaten zor hayatını iyice güçleştirmektedir.
Film7.8DramAparajito (Yenilmez), Satyajit Ray’ın muhteşem Apu üçlemesinin ikinci filmi. Pather Panchali’de (Yol Türküsü) ablasının ölmesinin ardından küçük Apu (Pinaki Sengupta) ve ailesi Benares’e taşınmıştır. Babası Harihar (Kanu Bannerjee) Ganj kıyılarında rahiplik yaparak hayatını kazanırken çocuk da içinde barındırdığı zengin görüntü ve ses karışımından büyülenmiş ve hoşnut bir halde kenti dolaşır. Ne var ki Harihar bir hastalığa yakalanıp ölür ve Apu’nun tek başına ayakta kalmaya gücü yetmeyen annesi Sarbojaya (Karuna Bannerjee), oğlunu yeniden taşraya, kayınpederinin evine götürür. Daha büyük bir dünyanın tadını almış olan Apu, içinde büyüdüğü basit köy hayatıyla yetinemeyecek duruma gelmiştir; köyün öğretmeni de onun tutku ve meraklarını teşvik eder. 16 yaşında Kalküta’da öğrenim görmek için bir burs kazanır. Kent yaşamına kendini kaptıran Apu (artık Smaran Ghosal tarafından canlandırılmaktadır) eve çok seyrek ve gönülsüzce döner.
Film7.5DramA devout upper-class Hindu has a vision in a dream that his daughter-in-law is the human incarnation of the Goddess Kali and begins worshipping her.
Film7.6DramPlayed out in real time, several complex family dramas intersect in the landscape of the Himalayan foothills, allowing the Bengali auteur to examine the class and generational differences of postcolonial India while celebrating the hopes of a society in transition.
Film8.6DramThe spirit of a condemned 20-year-old student wanders through time, linking together four stories of people struggling for survival in this gritty meditation on poverty, natural disaster and political strife in India. A middle-class family's home is no match for the monsoons, while another clan's morality is compromised when famine strikes. Young boys smuggle rice, and politicians pity the poor while living in the lap of luxury.
Film7.0RomantikKomediDeciding to start a school for girls named after his wife, a zamindar looks for a married couple to manage the establishment. They apply for and get the job. The two are not actually married; they posed as a couple to obtain the job. After a series of complications and delicate situations, love blooms between the two and they marry.
Film6.0AileTarihArko, a film student, invites Subir Banerjee, who played the legendary role of Apu, to attend an award ceremony in Germany. But the old man hesitates to accept the invitation.
Film9.0DramThe school of a remote and poor village shut down, the head master Krishna Prasanna (Chhabi) migrates to city in search of job. He moves with family, wife Labanya (Karuna), nubile daughter (Ranjana) and very young son. He takes residence with his wife's brother. He meets per chance one of his ex students, of whom he used to take free evening classes and many of whom got merit scholarship and became cream of society, a doctor, a judge, successful lawyer, manager of a big bank and so on. Can he cross the barrier and meet them? All have big bungalows and office with watchmen to stop. If he managed to meet them, will they recall his contribution and help their benefactor? If they do, what change he has to bring in himself? Can he?
Film7.1DramA young Indian man has been assured by an uncle that all he needs to land a lucrative job is to show up to the interview in a Western style suit, but the morning of the interview is fraught with unexpected difficulties.
Film7.0DramRomantikWhen a bride vanishes on her wedding day, a web of secrets and forbidden love is exposed. Caught in the crossfire are two young women, each battling against the constraints of caste and tradition. As their lives intertwine, a powerful story unfolds about the enduring power of love and the devastating consequences of societal expectations.
Shubha Bibaha
1959