[1] He was an internationally active magician throughout the 1950s and 1960s, performing his Indrajal show before live audiences and on television.

Sorcar died of a heart attack at the age of 57 in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan, on 6 January 1971, as he left the stage at the end of a performance.

[6] In 1956, he performed the sawing a woman in half illusion on the BBC's Panorama program.

[7] When he performed it on live television, it draw huge attention in the United Kingdom because the climax made it appear as though the women had actually been cut in half and died, which caused a public panic.

[4]: 152 Sorcar died in Japan in 1971, suffering a massive heart attack while exiting the stage at the end of a performance.