| Protul Chandra Sorcar প্রতুলচন্দ্র সরকার |
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P.C. Sorcar |
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| Born | 23 February 1913 Tangail, Bengal, British India |
| Died | 6 January 1971 (aged 57) Ashaikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Ethnicity | Bengali Hindu |
| Occupation | Magician |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Spouse | Basanti Devi |
P.C. Sorcar (Bengali: পি সি সরকার) (23 February 1913 - 6 January 1971) was the stage name of Protul Chandra Sorcar (Bengali: প্রতুলচন্দ্র সরকার), a famous Indian magician. He was an internationally active magician throughout the 1950s and 1960s, performing his Indrajal show before live audiences and on television. Sorcar died of a heart attack at the age of 58 in Ashaikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan, on January 6, 1971, where he was performing.
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Sorcar was born on February 23, 1913 in Ashekpur, Tangail District in Bengal (now in Bangladesh). He studied in Shibnath High School. His initial magic lessons were from the magician Ganapati Chakraborty. He became famous from the mid-1930s, when he performed shows in Kolkata and also in Japan and several other countries.
P. C. Sorcar was married to the late Basanti Devi (died December 26, 2009, Kolkata). They were the parents of animator, director, and laserist Manick Sorcar and magicians P.C. Sorcar, Jr., and P.C. Sorcar, Young.
On 23 February 2010, Indian Post issued a Rs. 5/- stamp to honour him.[1]