chacha chaudhary and encounter with gabbar singh

Chacha Chaudhary

by Pran Kumar Sharma

Contains various adventures of Chacha Chaudhary. The title story puts the smart Chacha face to face with the escaped dacoit Gabbar Singh. Good simple stories.

Genres: Comics

46 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Pran 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.

Pran received a Lifetime Achievement Award 2001, from Indian Institute of Cartoonists. He was also included in People of the year 1995 by Limca Book of Records for popularizing comics in India.

Reviews

[Archit · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thakur nahi Chaudhary. Chacha Chaudhary.

You are not aware what mess you got yourself into Mr. Gabbar.
An enticing title and gets a brilliant 5 star rating from me.

You never know with Pran, what he might throw in the next edition.