Sarada Charan Ukil (14 November 1888 – 21 July 1940) was a Bengali actor and artist, known for his role in the movie Prem Sanyas, "The Light of Asia", under the German director Franz Osten.
[1] Sarada was the father of Shantanu Ukil, one of the early pioneers of the Bengal School of Art.
[citation needed] Sarada Ukil was a pioneer of the New Delhi art movement between the 1920s and 1940s.
[3] In 1925, Sarada Ukil played the role of King Shuddhodana in the still movie Prem Sanyas, an Indo-European co-production.
[4] Around 1926 Sarada Ukil left the Modern Art School of his friend Lala Raghubir and established his home at the Esplanade Road in Delhi.