Pran Kumar Sharma: 7 things you must know about his world

Thank you, Pran for the smiles!

Eminent cartoonist Pran Kumar Sharma, better known as Pran, passed away at the ages today. Creator of the immortal characters of Chacha Chaudhary and Sabu, Pran’s creations were exclusively published by Diamond Comics starting 1981.

Here are seven things about Pran’s world that you should know:

1. Chacha Chaudhary has been a ‘chacha’ since 1971

Pran created the immortal character for Lotpot, the popular Hindi magazine in 1969 (when the magazine started) but started getting published only a couple of years later.

Chacha Chaudhary may have made him famous but Daabu was his first comic strip.

It first appeared in the Delhi-based newspaperMilap.

Translated or reprints of western comics such as Phantom and Superman largely dominated the market.

In many ways, Chacha Chaudhary and Sabu were the first Indian superstars in the Indian comics scene.

The talented Raghubir Yadav played Chacha Chaudhary! 

To promote his movie, Boss, Akshay Kumarmade an appearance in a special edition Chacha Chaudhary comic.

Awesome or awesome! Yet another character who was popular before the Chacha became a star was Shrimatiji.

The comic strips appeared first in the women’s magazine Sarita and eventually moved on to Manorama.

Shrimatiji was your everyday wife who found unique ways to keep her household expenses in check.

In a pre-liberalized India, she struck a chord. 

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