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Koushik Kar

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.

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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Film Director Character Year
Lorai: Play to Live[25] Parambrata Chatterjee Chipla Mahato 2012
Kader Kuler Bou Soubhik Kundu Rahmaan 2015
Barood[28] Soumik Haldar 2015
Ebong Kiriti Anirban Paria Ranjan Bose 2016
Byomkesh Pawrbo Arindam Sil Dinesh Boral 2016
Shob Bhooturey[29] Birsa Dasgupta Robin babu 2017
Chabiwala: The Keysmith[30] Raja Ghosh Bhaben Post-Production
Parnomochi[29] Own work[2] 2018
Bhoy 2 Suvendu Ghosh 2020
Dwikhondito[33] Nabarun Sen Ritwik 2019
Ek Je Chhilo Raja Srijit Mukherji Servant 2018

TV and web series

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  • Mahanayak (TV series), 2016.
  • Swtyaneshi Pather Kanta – Byomkesh Web Series (Season 1 episode 1 as Prafulla Ray) in Hoichoi Originals.
  • Fotash 2024 (Fridaay OTT app)

Awards

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  • Sayak Samman 2015 in the category of Best Actor[11] for the play Ras (2013).
  • Sundaram Samman 2015.

References

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  1. ^ a b "2nd National Theater Seminar 2017" (PDF). minervatheatre.in.
  2. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ a b "BHARAT RANG MAHOTSAV PLAYS LIST". stagebuzz.org.
  4. ^ a b "Delhi » Events". delhidiary.in.
  5. ^ a b "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.
  8. ^ a b Priyanka Dasgupta. "Its a war for love, peace and power". epaper.timesofindia.com. Times of India Kolkata. Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2012. ... Kaushik Kar(the actor who as the young Chandragupta combines a fine mix of acting talent and dynamic agility) ...
  9. ^ Sunil Gangopadhyay (15 August 2012). "Sisir Kumar Bhadurir hahakar" [শিশির কুমার ভাদুড়ির হাহাকার] (in Bengali). India: Anandabazar Patrika. p. 4.
  10. ^ ইন্দ্রনীল শুক্লা. "Safal raser dhara" [সফল রসের ধারা]. eisamay.indiatimes.com. Ei Samay. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  11. ^ a b "Shilpa Sanskriti" [শিল্প সংস্কৃতি]. Desh (in Bengali). India: Anandabazar Patrika Limited. 17 November 2015. p. 74.
  12. ^ a b পিয়ালী দাস (26 September 2015). "E Judhdho Bhalobasar" [এ যুদ্ধ ভালবাসার] (in Bengali). India: Saturday Supplementary-"পত্রিকা"Anandabazar Patrika. p. 2.
  13. ^ Ananda Lal. "War for love". telegraphindia.com. The Telegraph (Calcutta). Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  14. ^ Ananda Lal. "Bold adaptations". telegraphindia.com. The Telegraph (Calcutta). Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  15. ^ a b দেবশঙ্কর মুখোপাধ্যায়. "মহাকাব্যিক". anandabazar.com. Anandabazar Patrika. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  16. ^ a b ইন্দ্রনীল শুক্লা. "মঞ্চে আঁকা সময়ের বাঁক". eisamay.indiatimes.com. Ei Samay. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  17. ^ Ananda Lal. "REALISTIC DEPTH". telegraphindia.com. The Telegraph (Calcutta). Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  18. ^ পিয়ালী দাস. "বন্দি নয়, মুক্তি". anandabazar.com. Anandabazar Patrika. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  19. ^ "Boma". kolkatacanvas.com. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  20. ^ নিজস্ব প্রতিবেদন. "গুলিয়ে যাওয়া যৌনতার ধারণা". ebela.in. Ebela. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  21. ^ "Play Details". 8ththeatreolympics.nsd.gov.in.
  22. ^ "Indur-O-Manush – A tale of friendship, ambition and aspiration". kolkatacanvas.com. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  23. ^ "Raja Oedipus". kolkatacanvas.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  24. ^ ইন্দ্রনীল শুক্লা. "খুন, ট্রমা, 'ধ্বজ' আর অটো". eisamay.indiatimes.com. Ei Samay. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  25. ^ a b c Neel Dutt. "Lorai review". telegraphindia.com. The Telegraph (Calcutta). Archived from the original on 16 March 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015. ... And debutant Kaushik Kar as the quiet and confident Chipla Mahato is brilliant; ...
  26. ^ দেবশঙ্কর মুখোপাধ্যায়. "কৌশিকের ইচ্ছেপূরণ". anandabazar.com. Anandabazar Patrika. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  27. ^ স্বরলিপি ভট্টাচার্য. "পর্ন দেখতে গিয়ে ধরা পড়ল, তার পর?..." anandabazar.com. Anandabazar Patrika. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  28. ^ "barood". zeebanglacinemaoriginals.com.
  29. ^ a b ইন্দ্রনীল শুক্লা. "কৌশিকের ছবি". epaper.eisamay.com. Ei Samay. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
  30. ^ দেবমাল্য চক্রবর্তী. "কৌশিক-অমৃতার নতুন জুটি 'চাবিওয়ালা'য়". ebela.in. Ebela. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  31. ^ "Prime Video: Biloya - Not A Traditional War". www.primevideo.com.
  32. ^ "Biloya - Not A Traditional War". Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  33. ^ "মন আর মননের আশ্চর্য খেলায় আসছে শাশ্বতর 'দ্বিখণ্ডিত'". www.anandabazar.com. Anandabazar. Retrieved 26 March 2019.

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