Sarvadaman D. Banerjee | |
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Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1983–2004 2016 2022 |
Sarvadaman D. Banerjee is an Indian film and television actor known for his works in Hindi, Bengali and Telugu language films. [1] He is best known for playing Krishna in Ramanand Sagar's hit television series Krishna (1993). [2] [3] He played the title role in films such as Adi Shankaracharya (1983), which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film and Swami Vivekananda . [4] In the 1986 film Sirivennela , he played a blind flutist. [5] He has played the role of PKR (chief minister) in the 2022 Telugu film Godfather . [6]
Banerjee was born into a Bengali Brahmin family on 14 March 1965, in Magarwara village of Unnao district in Uttar Pradesh. He went to St. Aloysius School, Kanpur and graduated from Pune Film Institute.
He was married to Suneeta Banerjee, a doctor by profession. The couple had a daughter, Alika Banerjee, however the marriage ended in a divorce. Currently he teaches yoga and meditation in Rishikesh. [1] [7] [8] Banerjee supports an NGO Pankh which provides free education to slum children and livelihood skills to underprivileged women of Uttarakhand. [9] [10] [11]
Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
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1983 | Adi Shankaracharya | Adi Shankara | Sanskrit | |
1985 | Vallabhacharya Guru | Telugu | ||
Sri Datta Darsanam | Sridatta | |||
1986 | Sirivennela | Pandit Hari Prasad | ||
1987 | Swayam Krushi | Bhaskar | ||
O Prema Katha | ||||
1991 | Madhavatyana | |||
1998 | Swami Vivekananda | Swami Vivekananda | English | |
2004 | Paio Maro Bhagwan | Hindi | ||
2016 | M. S. Dhoni: The Untold Story | Chanchal | ||
2022 | Godfather | PKR | Telugu | |
Year | Serial | Role | Language | Channel | Notes |
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1993–1997 | Krishna | Krishna / Vishnu | Hindi | DD National | |
1995 | Arjuna | ||||
1997–1999 | Om Namah Shivay | Rajkumar Vrishdwaj | DD National | ||
2001 | Jai Ganga Maiya | Vishnu | |||
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