Subir Banerjee

Subir Bandopadhyay

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Born in 1946 in Calcutta, Subir Banerjee was plucked from a rooftop game by Satyajit Ray’s wife and cast without formal training as the young Apu in Ray’s landmark Bengali film Pather Panchali, the opening chapter of the celebrated Apu Trilogy. Though a novice, he was guided through improvised techniques to convey Apu’s hesitant walk, and his natural presence helped the film achieve international…