In 2017, when Pourush Chandra Sorcar (PC Sorcar Master) last performed in Chennai, the world was different. At the Krishna Gana Sabha for a performance organised by Priya Cultural, he unleashed his bag of tricks – which included pulling out pigeons from thin air and pouring water from an empty bottle – to a packed crowd that went ‘wow’ every few minutes. With a smile on his face and an air of mystery about him, Pourush would go on to do more packed shows till 2019, touring many cities and entertaining audiences wherever he went.
And then, the pandemic hit. His family members kept falling ill, and show business went from bad to worse. His mother passed away too, and life has never been the same since.
“Bad things kept happening,” he shrugs, “Suddenly, everything looked bleak. I lost a lot of my hair too! My enemies became friends, because we all knew life was fleeting.” And the PC Sorcar legacy – Pourush is the grandson of India’s legendary magician PC Sorcar and son of Provas Chandra Sorcar – had nowhere to go.
This was also the time OTT platforms were mushrooming, in a world that was scared of venturing into cinema halls. In these platforms, Pourush saw an opportunity, something that would still take the art of magic forward to newer audiences. Pourush Chandra Sorcar Cut to 2024, and Pourush is ready with his pilot project, Chhoo Mantar , an hour long feature film on magic that will be out on an OTT platform soon.
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