Pran, cartoonist
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The creator of Chacha Chaudhury
Pran, creator of comic book character 'Chacha Chaudhary', dies
PTI | Aug 6, 2014
Eminent cartoonist Pran Kumar Sharma (1939-2014), popularly known as Pran, gave life to the lovable comic characters Chacha Chaudhury and his friend Sabu
His publisher was Diamond Comics. He was 75.
He had a son and a daughter
Prime Minister Narendra Modi described Pran "as a versatile cartoonist who brought smiles on the faces of people through his rich work".
Born in Kasur, near Lahore in Pakistan in 1938, Pran began his career in 1960 as a cartoonist for the Delhi-based newspaper 'Milap' with comic strip 'Daabu'. In 1969, Pran sketched Chacha Chaudhary for the Hindi magazine 'Lotpot', which made him famous.
"Pran was making small cartoons for newspapers when I first contacted him in 1981. At that time there were no Indian comics, it was all reproductions of foreign titles. For the last 35 years we have been the sole publisher of his cartoons," said Rai.
With a career spanning over five decades, Pran employed a simple style of art and sense of humour to create a family of characters like Shrimatiji, Pinki, Billoo, Raman and Channi Chachi, which are regularly published in Indian magazines.
