P.C. Sorcar was the stage name of the Indian magician,
Protul Chandra Sorcar, who passed away on 6 January 1971. Sorcar was an internationally active magician throughout the
1950s and 1960s, performing his Indrajal show before live audiences and on
television. The original family name was "Sarcar", but was changed to
Sorcar to more closely match the word "Sorcery."
Sorcar’s publicity design was
relentless and steeped in Indianness. His extravagant magic shows began with a
ritualistic drawing of a mandala pattern on stage and lighting of an oil lamp
before the portrait for Goddess Durga. Dressed as the Rajput royalty, Sorcar
presented his magic tricks.
He was the master of grand stage acts like the famous “Water
of India” where an earthen pot would always be filled with water up to the
brim. Sorcar would throw away the water from time to time and yet the pot would
be filled to the brim. His X-Ray vision, drum illusion and the floating lady
took him to higher echelons of fame.
Sorcar died of a heart attack at the age of 57 in
Ashaikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan, where he was performing.
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