CHACHA CHAUDHARY AND PLANET OF MONKEY'S: CHACHA CHAUDHARY

by Pran Kumar Sharma

Once cartoonist Pran struck upon an idea of a wise oldman who solves problems with his sharp intellect. Thus CHACHA CHAUDHARY was born in 1971.Tall and robust SABU, who is an inhabitant of planet Jupiter, gave Chaudhary an ideal company. A combination of wisdom and strength was formed to tackle any difficult task. It is said that " Chacha Chaudhary's brain works faster than a computer". Though both fight the criminals and tricksters, each episode ends with a touch of humour. The duo perform in lighter vein.

The CHAUDHARY family consists of his wife Bini, a fat sharp tongue woman, Sabu, Rocket - the dog and Dag- Dag, an old truck who is half human- half machine.

Chacha Chaudhary is the most popular Indian comics. More than 10 million readers enjoy this series regularly in newspapers and comic books in ten languages. A T.V. serial based on the comics has crossed 500 episodes and still continue to be telecast on premier channel "Sahara ONE".

Genres: Comics

32 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 17, 2015

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]

Chacha Chaudhary is a delight to watch. With Sabu in his side, Chacha can conquering everything. One of the best memories I have of childhood, reading these books.

[BookishDramas · Rating 3 out of 5]

We have been reading Chacha Chaudhary for the last 50+ years and the country has changed, the people and environment have changed, but these comics have stayed true to the earlier vision and are quintessentially Indian and examples of clean fun.

My only complaint forever with the creators is about context, when you plan a cover of a book and it is to be a leaf out of your story then it should be an important part. Many a time like this one the story moves in a different arc and the cover story is just a roadblock in the journey and one would remain scratching one's head after reading the story. It's like picking a novel with a dinosaur's picture and then when you read the story you realize that dino's are just a part of one discussion between the principal characters and that's all.

What also came through here in this book is the relationship between the characters with Chachi who's always cribbing about feeding a giant like Sabu starts missing him like her own kid.
We also have a general unrest with people going to the streets demanding the retun of their favorite character and a tongue in cheek from Chacha about talking to Pran about new characters (Pran off course is the creator of the series).
Series readers would enjoy this one too.

[mehul · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nostalgia and feels

I remember Chacha Chaudhary as being one of those feel-good characters. But now that I'm kinda grown up, it feels dated. Maybe, I'm just too old to enjoy this anymore.

[PageTurners; · Rating 4 out of 5]

What happened to the ‘drama-doing stranger’?🤔🤔

4.31 ⭐️