Very recently, Mr. Pran Kumar Sharma, father of the Indian comic
book industry and creator of iconic character Chacha Chaudhary,
passed away. Chacha Chaudhary, a middle class turban-clad witty old
man, who resolves everyone's problems with great ease using his
wisdom, is India's most popular and loved cartoon character.
Pran created this Indian superhero along with various other
captivating cartoons and with them was created history in the
Indian comic and children's book industry.
In order to cater to readers from different regions, all the
comic strips of Pran are published at least in 10 different
languages including English and Hindi. Also, a serial based on
Chacha Chaudhari comics, presently airs on an Indian television
channel, where Raghubir Yadav portrays the role of Chacha
Chaudhary. As expected, the television series has been well
received so much so that more than five hundred episodes of the
serial have been telecasted.
