P. C. Sorcar, Jr.

P C Sorcar Jr.
পি.সি. সরকার,জুনিয়র
Born July 31, 1946
Tangail, Bengal, British India
Nationality Indian
Ethnicity Bengali Hindu
Occupation Illusionist
Salary $20000 per show [1]
Political party
 Bharatiya Janata Party
Religion Hinduism
Spouse(s) Jayashree Devi
Children Maneka, Moubani, Mumtaz
Website
P.C. Sorcar, Jr.

P. C. Sorcar, Jr. (formal name Prodip Chandra Sorcar) (পি.সি. সরকার,জুনিয়র - প্রদীপ চন্দ্র সরকার) (born 31 July 1946[2]) is an Indian magician based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He is the second son of Indian magician P. C. Sorcar. He is also the recipient of Merlin Award in Magic.[3]

He holds a doctorate degree in applied psychology from the University of Calcutta,[1] and holds the record of being the highest individual foreign exchange earner in entertainment.[2]

Sorcar contested Indian general election, 2014 from Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency) as Bharatiya Janata Party candidate and lost to Dr. Kakali Ghosh Dastidar of Trinamool Congress.[4][5]

Family background

His elder brother Prafulla is an Electrical Engineer and younger brother Provas is a commercial pilot. He lost his father, Padma Shri award-winner Pratul Chandra Sorcar (P.C. Sorcar Sr.) at the age of 25 due to a massive heart attack in Japan.

Sorcar married Jayashree, daughter of Sri Aroon Kumar Ghosh and Smt. Nilima Devi on 22 May 1972. The couple have three daughters, Maneka, Moubani and Mumtaz. Maneka is also a magician. Moubani is a model and Mumtaz is a Tollywood film actress.

His mother Basanti died on 26 December 2009 while he was performing the magic show in Barasat.

Indrajal

Sorcar's troupe, Indrajal, uses 48 tons of equipment, 75 artists, dozens of settings, 12 jadoo girls, psychedelic laser lighting systems, more than 400 brocade dresses, original music by his own orchestra and more than 50 tricks of illusion.

His earliest stage experience involved him assisting his father at Kolkata's New Empire in 1959. His first solo stage performance was held at Siliguri Railway Institute Hall in 1963.[2]

Sorcar's signature trick is the use of light refraction to convey the impression that large scale objects have vanished. Past performances have included the "disappearance" of the Taj Mahal and the Indore – Amritsar Express.[6]

On 8 November 2000, Sorcar "vanished" the Taj Mahal for two minutes in Kachhpura in Agra. He also made the Victoria Memorial disappear on the 300th anniversary of Calcutta, and vanished a train full of passengers vanish before a large crowd at Bardhaman Junction, West Bengal, India in 1992.

Sorcar is a critic of Sathya Sai Baba for using his knowledge of stage magic to give a natural explanation for manifestations.[7]

Gili Gili Ge (1989)

Gili Gili Ge is a 1989 children's movie[8] directed by Iswar Chakraborty and produced by Indrajaal Production. This classic Bengali movie stars P.C. Sorcar, Jr. in a double role. Both the protagonist and the antagonist characters are enacted by him. Utpal Dutt, Santosh Dutta, Sreela Majumdar also acted in the movie. The charismatic screen presence of P.C. Sorcar, Jr. and the spectacular visual effects of the movie is a favorite among children and elders.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sankar, Anand (July 12, 2008). "By the sleight of my hand". Business Standard. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "The magical world of P C Sorcar". Sunday TOI. 25 March 2001. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  3. ↑ "Merlin Award Recipients". www.magicims.com. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
  4. ↑ Magician P C Sorcar (Jr) to contest Barasat MP seat as a BJP candidate,“The Times of India”,Feb 27, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Magician P C Sorcar gets bail over Derogatory remarks against Mamata Banerjee". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  6. ↑ Gupta, Subhrangshu: Into the magic world of P.C. Sorcar, The Tribune, April 15, 2001.
  7. ↑ P.C. Sorcar: "Baba's a bad trickster", India Today, December 4, 2000.
  8. ↑ Gili Gili Ge (1989) at the Internet Movie Database

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