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Kanu Banerjee
Kanu Banerjee in Pather Panchali (1955)
Born	(1905-06-20)20 June 1905 Jodhpur, Jodhpur State, British India
Died	27 January 1983(1983-01-27) (aged 77) Calcutta, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Theatre actor and director
Notable work	Pather Panchali (1955) Aparajito (1956)

Kanu Banerjee (Kanu Bandyopadhyay) ^[1] (20 June 1905 – 27 January 1983) was an Indian actor and director of Bengali cinema and theatre. ^[2] He is best known for his portrayal of Harihar Ray, father of Apu, in Satyajit Ray's classic Pather Panchali (1955) and Aparajito (1956), part of the Apu Trilogy. ^[3] He was born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. He first appeared as an amateur artiste with Sisir Kumar Bhaduri in Biraj Bou (1934) as Netai at Naba Natyyamandir. ^[4] In 1955, he also appeared as saint Ramakrishna in Prafulla Chakraborty’s biographical film Bhagaban Sri Sri Ramakrishna. ^[2]

In 2012, his memoirs titled, Hariharer Panchali, based on his long interview published in Sharadiya ( Durga puja) magazine Baro Maas in 1979 and other interviews was published by Sutradhar and released by Sandip Ray, son of Satyajit Ray, at Nandan theater in Kolkata. ^{[2] [5]} Previously, on 20 June 2012, on the occasion of his 108th birth anniversary, his statue was unveiled on Banamali Chatterjee Street in Tala neighbourhood of North Kolkata, where he used to stay. ^{[2] [6]}

• Kanu Banerjee at IMDb
• Kanu Bandopadhyay filmography at Gomolo
• Kanu Bandopadhyay moviestills slideshow