FrameThrower · Actors · Karuna Banerjee
Karuna Banerjee
2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1955–1956
Born 25 December 1919 · Khulna, Bangladesh · died 13 November 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 expanded over more than two decades in Bengali cinema and theatre.…
How their films are shot
Measured across 130 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Karuna takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 78% of their frames are day, 72% natural — the look of the work Karuna takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
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Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
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