Pran, the man behind Chacha Chaudhary and other comics, is no more
Pran, the man behind Chacha Chaudhary and other comics, is no more Pran Kumar Sharma, the man behind the famous Indian cartoon character Chacha Chaudhary, passed away on 5 August 2014 at the age of 75. Pran gave Indian comics a new lease of life at a time when reprints of foreign comics dominated the scenario. A look at his many cartoon characters that tickled our funny bone
Pran, with his most successful cartoon creation Chacha Chaudhary in the background. Chacha Chaudhary was first published in the Hindi magazine ‘Lotpot’. It became immensely popular and got Pran the title of ‘Walt Disney’ of India from the World Encyclopedia of Comics. HT
The man whose ‘brain works faster than a computer’, Chacha Chaudhary is the old wise man who solves problems with his sharp intellect. Invented in 1969, he became the most popular of Indian comic characters, with a TV series dedicated to him. ChachaChaudhary.com
Sabu, the giant from the planet Jupiter helped Chacha Chaudhary in fighting crime and provided him the physical strength in times of need. Also in the picture is Raaka, the villain of the comic series, and Chacha Chaudhary’s faithful dog Rocket.
Pinki, the five-year-old girl, whose neighborhood is scared of her doings (much like Dennis the menace), with her squirrel Kut-Kut. The strip was created by Pran in 1978, and it appeared in several magazines and newspapers.
Cartoon character Channi Chachi. Pran’s cartoon characters became part of folklore and were inspired by middle-class Indian life. The cartoon strips were published by Diamond Comics
Character Raman. The comics were published in various regional languages, apart from English.
0 In 1973, Pran created Billoo, a lanky school-going teenage boy with long hair covering his eyes. Much liked by the readers, Billoo’s gang included Gabdu, Jozi, Mono, Bishamber, etc, who were always at loggerheads with Bajarangi, the wrestler and his aide Dhakkan
Famous comic strip Shrimati ji, depicts the life of Sheila and her husband Kishore. Despite difficulties like spiralling prices, the couple takes life as it comes, an undertone present in most of Pran’s work.
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