Pradeep Sarkar (30 April 1955 – 24 March 2023) was an Indian director and screenwriter, best known for directing Parineeta (2005).

[2] Sarkar was on dialysis when he died on 24 March 2023 at Lilavati hospital in Bandra, Mumbai.

Sarkar's production house shot [3] commercials for clients such as Tata Yellow Pages, ICICI Prudential, and Onida KY Thunder.

Shubha Mudgal's Ab Ke Saawan, Euphoria's Dhoom Pichak Dhoom and Maaeri, Sultan Khan's Piya Basanti, and Bhupen Hazarika's Ganga are some of his popular works.

Sarkar's first movie under Yash Raj Films was Laaga Chunari Mein Daag, which the New York Times dubbed as a "feminist fairy tale".