Koushik Kar

Koushik Kar
Koushik Kar
Born	Koushik Kar 1984 (age 37–38) Baharampur, West Bengal, India
Nationality	Indian
Education	Krishnath College (Bachelor of Arts) University of Kalyani (Master of Arts,B.Ed.)
Occupation	Actor, Theatre and Film Director
Years active	2010–present
Notable work	Chandragupta, Ras, Ma Ak Nirbhik Sainik, Natok Fatok, Boma, Hasuli Banker Upakatha, Indur o Manus, Auto
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party

Koushik Kar (Bengali: কৌশিক কর) is an Indian Bengali actor, theatre director. He started his professional acting in the year 2010 as a Minerva Repertory Theatre^[1] actor, in kolkata. His first performance was in the play Raja Lear^[2] (2010) in which the celebrated Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee was in the lead. His work Ma Ak Nirbhik Sainik (2013) as a director and actor was officially selected in 17th Bharat Rang Mahotsav,^[3][4] 2015. His direction and acting in various plays over the years rendered him as a well known theatre personality^[5] in contemporary Bengali theatre community and audiences.

He made his acting debut in the Bengali feature film Lorai: Play to Live (2012). Among other appearances his latest one was in the Bengali horror flick Shob Bhooturey (2017) directed by Birsa Dasgupta.

In March 2021, after joining the Bharatiya Janata Party, Kar was removed from the cast of a play about the 2015 Dadri lynching.^[6][7]

Theatre[]

After starting his career as a Minerva repertory actor with the play Raja Lear in 2010, he subsequently acted in Devi Sarpamasta^[2] (2012) by Debesh Chattopadhyay , Chandragupta (2012) by Koushik Chattopadhya under Minerva Repertory. In Chandragupta he played the title role and his acting, dynamic agility, bodily presence was applauded.^[8] A sword fight scene in this play between Raja Nanda played by Anirban Bhattacharya and Chandragupta played by him was much talked and was also praised by famous writer Sunil Gangopadhyay in an article.^[9] His next notable work was Ras^[10] (2013) based on the novel of Narendranath Mitra by the same name directed by Sangita Pal. He got Sayak Samman - 2015 in the best actor category^[11] for his acting in this play. Some other important mention of him as an actor till now is -Boma (2015) directed by Bratya Basu, Indur o Manush (2016) by Debasis Biswas, Raja Oedipus (2016) by Rajesh Debnath etc.

In 2013 he got into direction with the play Ma Ak Nirbhik Sainik^[12] based on the novel of Sailen Ghosh^[13] by the same name under Howrah Jonaki production. In 2014 he founded his own theatre group Kolkata Rangeela and started to stage the play Ma Ak Nirbhik Sainik under his own Kolkata Rangeela production . The play got selected in the 17th Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2015^[3][4] and also brought him Sundaram Samman 2015 in the best director category. Since then he directed three plays under his own Kolkata rangeela banner Natok Fatok (2015), Pornomochi (2015), Auto (2017), and one under Purbo Paschim production Hasuli Banker Upakatha (2015). His choice of challenging subject, dramatization style and refined dialogue writing in Natok Fatok based on the novel of Ken Kesey - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and in Hasuli Banker Upakatha based on the Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay novel by the same name immensely praised.^[14][15][16]

List of Plays[]

Year	Play	Director	Character	Production
2010	Raja Lear[2]	Suman Mukhopadhyay	Gentleman	Minerva Repertory[1]
2012	Devi Sarpamasta[2]	Debesh Chattopadhyay	Udaas	Minerva Repertory
	Chandragupta[8]	Koushik Chattopadhya	Chandragupta	Minerva Repertory
2013	Ma Ak Nirbhik Sainik[12]	Own work	Moshen	Kolkata Rangeela
	Ras[17]	Sangita Pal	Motalef	Nirnoy
2014	HayBadan	Debesh Chattopadhyay	Kopil	Dinajpur Theatre Company
2015	Falsi Chorar Upakhyan	Aviggyan Bhattacharya	Haribagha	Rosikata
	Natok Fatok[18]	Own work	No. 10	Kolkata Rangeela
	Boma[5][19]	Bratya Basu	Hemchandra Kanungo	Bratyajon
	Hasuli Baker Upakatha[15][16]	Own work	Karali	Purbo Paschim
	Parnomochi[20]	Own work		Kolkata Opera
2016	Indur o Manush[21][22]	Debasis Biswas	George	Howrah Bratyajon
	Raja Oedipus[23]	Rajesh Debnath	Oedipus	Sabuj Sanskritic Kendra
2017	Auto[24]	Own work	Chandan	Kolkata Rangeela

Denotes it was initially a Howrah Jonaki Production

Filmography[]

In 2012 in his debut^[25] movie Lorai: Play to Live, directed by Parambrata Chatterjee he played one important role of Chipla Mahato^[25] and was appreciated in print media. Next he acted in two Bengali films under Zee Bangla Cinema Originals Kader Kuler Bou (2015) opposite Koneenica Banerjee and Barood(2015) as an antagonist. His other notable work was in Shob Bhooturey(2017) by Birsa Dasgupta.

In 2017 ^[26] he took his first venture as a writer director in a Bengali film Pornomochi.^[27] A play by the same name was staged by him back in 2015. The film released in April, 2018.

List of Movies[]

TV and Web Series[]

Awards[]

References[]

External Reference[]

• koushik kar on Twitter
• Koushik Kar at IMDb