Koushik Kar

Koushik Kar
Kar in March 2018
Born
Koushik Kar

1984 (age 39–40)
Baharampur, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Education
Occupation(s)Actor, Theatre and Film Director
Years active2010–present
Notable work
  • Chandragupta,
  • Ras,
  • Ma Ak Nirbhik Sainik,
  • Natok Fatok,
  • Boma,
  • Hasuli Banker Upakatha,
  • Indur o Manus,
  • Auto
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party

Koushik Kar (Bengali: কৌশিক কর; born 1984) 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]

  1. ^ "2nd National Theater Seminar 2017" (PDF). minervatheatre.in.
  2. ^ ইন্দ্রনীল শুক্লা. "নিজের নাটক থেকেই ছবি কৌশিকের". epaper.eisamay.com. Ei Samay. Retrieved 6 March 2018. ... কৌশিক মিনার্ভার সদস্য হিসেবে সুমন মুখোপাধ্যায়ের 'রাজা লিয়ার', ...
  3. ^ "BHARAT RANG MAHOTSAV PLAYS LIST". stagebuzz.org.
  4. ^ "Delhi » Events". delhidiary.in.
  5. ^ "আত্মবিস্মৃত বাঙালিকে ধাক্কা". anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Anandabazar Patrika. Retrieved 20 June 2015. ... কৌশিক কর নিজগুণে ইতিমধ্যেই প্রতিষ্ঠিত অভিনেতা ...
  6. ^ Rajaram, Prema (13 March 2021). "Bengali theatre actor loses his role in play after joining BJP". India Today. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Bengal theatre artist joins BJP, loses his role in play". The Times of India. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.