- Pran Kumar Sharma
Pran Kumar Sharma (born
August 15 ,1938 ), better known as Pran, is one of the most successfulIndia n cartoonists.Pran graduated with a Master of Arts (Political Science) degree. He then completed a four-year course in
Fine Arts fromSir 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 sketchedChacha Chaudhary for theHindi magazineLotpot , 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.External links
* http://pran.in/
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