Chacha Choudhary the
most loved companion
Pran Choudhary a guy born in 1938 British India studied
his BA in Political Science from Gwalior. This education of politics enables
him criticisms and analysis of problem. News paper as a medium was in its
prime, print journalism was practiced with sharp nose for news. Cartoon in
India was new concept. Pran Choudhary a graduate in politics and art school
drop-out started finding his luck in Delhi. He made cartoon strips and started
convincing the potential and impact of wit. In 1960 a Delhi based news paper
Milap offered him space and he created a character Daabu. He struggled till
1969 he sketchedChacha Chaudhary to
a Hindi magazine Lotpot. It became a massive hit. He acutely caught the pulse
of Indians. An old man with a big turban, wooden stick and a waist coat with
two pockets attracted audiences and they accepted this character with pleasant
surprise.
We can easily call him the father of comic in India,
Limca book of records have registered his name in 1995. Phantom and Spiderman
were the imported comics in India, it Chacha Choudhary which is considered to
be the first comic Indian comic. Pran has lion share in Amar Chitra Katha.
Every Indian parent and children learn the Indian history or moral stories
through comic. Amar Chitra Katha has become a part of our childhood and
upbringing. It was not in 1060 when Pran Choudhary, he initiated 1n 1060 and
today we see outcome of his hard work. Pran not only followed the
Socratic principal, all arts are mere reflections but he developed it much
further and left his mark.
India which is very famous for joint family and
agricultural society, every house hold use to have elder people and they use to
guide the youngsters and being an Indian ethos we respect them. This pattern
bit changed when we got independence. Industry in India started growing and
people started mobilizing from villages to town. A concept of town and nuclear
family came in to being. The respected and much loved space of elderly person of
home was been an issue of great concern. Super hero is an alien concept to
Indian which did not digested and Pran Choudhary knocked on Indian ethos, the
place of elderly man and his wisdom is the crux of this comic series.
As India started progressing in the decades of 70s and
80s metro life engulfed the readers. Corrupt officials, road side thieves,
goons were the much loved stories. Chacha Chouchary has handled many day to day
experiences made Indian people laugh and learn. Maurice Horn, the editor of World
Encyclopedia of Comics has called him the Walt Disney Of India. It is the much
awaited praise in this respect he received in 1999.
In 2002 Sahara TV Channel has launched a TV children’s
first Indian comic based serial Chacha Choudhary, which successfully went till
600 episodes. Today’s generation knows it, the adaptation of comic series into
TV serial is the ultimate success of Pran Choudhary. I am happy by this
adaptation as it reflects the grown maturity of the Indian audience,
Pran Choudhary travels all
over the world and address many cartoon artists and conferences. He always
proclaimed,” humor is the base of any story, If I could put a smile on the face
of poor, I would consider my Life successful" 
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