Manick Sorcar
| Manick Sorcar | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tangail, Mymensingh, British India |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | Indian Institute of Technology, BHU, University of Washington |
| Occupation | Artist, animator, laserist, engineer |
| Spouse(s) | Shikha Devi |
| Children | Piya Sorcar, Payal Sorcar |
| Parent(s) | P.C. Sorcar, Basanti Devi |
Manick Sorcar (formal name Prafulla Chandra "P.C." Sorcar) is an Indian American artist, animator, engineer, and laserist based in Denver, Colorado, United States.
Sorcar is an award-winning artist in various media, including fine arts, cartoons, animations, laser arts, and world-touring stage shows with live action mixed with laser animation. His animated films, all based on children's stories from India, have won prestigious awards at international film festivals and been broadcast on the Public Broadcasting Service for 22 years. He first shot to fame in the nineties when his Deepa & Rupa: A Fairy Tale from India, India's first animation mixed with live action, received the Gold Plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival in 1990, and The Sage and the Mouse won the Gold Medal at the International Film Festival of New York in 1993. After this, his Calcutta Forever: A Laser Fantasy was recorded as the first laser-documentary screened inside a movie theatre. In 2000, he received the Excellence in Art Plaque from the National Federation of Indian American Associations in New Jersey, for his laser shows Dancing with My Soul and India Forever. Hosted by the Indian Consulate General of San Francisco for India’s 61st Republic Day celebration on January 26, 2010, his laser documentary Our Republic’s Birth, which captured India’s history starting from 3300 BCE to its independence from the British and proclamation as a Republic Dominion was shown at the historic Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California.
In 2012 he produced Swamiji, a laser documentary on Swami Vivekananda, which was praised by the critics, Ramakrishna Missions and Vedanta Societies around the world for its accurate depiction of Swami Vivekananda’s life. The Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math, Howrah, India said “It was as if he was painting the events of Swamiji’s life with a paintbrush before our eyes. It was fascinating.” about the show which took place on 31 January 2014 at Belur Math campus, attended by 15,000 people.
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