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CartOOnist Pran

Posted by Arifur Rahman On November - 4 - 2009

pranPran Kumar Sharma (born August 15, 1938), better known as Pran, is one of the most successful Indian cartoonists.

Pran graduated with a Master of Arts (Political Science) degree. He then completed a four-year course in Fine Arts from Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai.

Pran began his career in 1960 as a cartoonist for the Delhi-based newspaper Milap with comic strip Daabu. In 1969, he sketched Chacha Chaudhary for the Hindi magazine Lotpot, which made him famous. Pran has also created other cartoon characters like Shrimatiji, Pinki, Billoo, Raman, Channie Chachi and others, which are regularly published in Indian magazines.

Maurice Horn, the editor of World Encyclopedia of comics, has described him as “Walt Disney of India” in World Encyclopedia of comics.

He’s creator of Chacha Chaudhary, Saabu, Billu, Pinki, Shrimatiji, Raman, Ankur, Channi Chachi etc.

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