Chacha Chaudhary

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Chacha Chaudhary

Chacha Chaudhary (bottom right corner)

Publisher	Diamond Comics
Publication dates	1971
Main character(s)	Chacha Chaudhary, Chachi, Sabu and Rocket

Creative team
Writer(s)	Pran Kumar Sharma

Chacha Chaudhary (Hindi: चाचा चौधरी) is one of the most popular Indian comic book characters, created by cartoonist Pran Kumar Sharma. The comic comes in ten Indian languages including Hindi and English and sells almost ten million copies. Chacha Chaudhary has also been made into a television series with Raghuvir Yadav playing Chacha.

Chacha Chaudhary was created in 1971 for the Hindi magazine Lotpot. It soon became popular among kids and the elderly alike.

Chacha Chaudhary is a middle class Indian, frail but extremely intelligent old man. The word chacha means 'uncle' in Hindi. He always wears his red turban, which is his trademark and holds a stick in hand. His company includes his wife Bini (Chachi), a faithful street dog called Rocket and a giant called Sabu. Sabu is an alien from the planet Jupiter and provides the physical strength in time of need. Sabu decided to stay at Earth with Chacha Chaudhary when he tasted delicious paratha made by Chachi during his visit to earth.

Chacha Chaudhary is remarkably different from other comic-book superheroes in that he is not a muscleman, nor does he have extraordinary powers. Instead, he uses his shrewd brain and presence-of-mind to fight off evil robbers and thieves. His brain works faster than a computer, state the comic books. Again, unlike his western counterparts, Chacha Chaudhary does not have state of-the-art machine guns or modern technological gadgets to fight his enemies. All he possesses is a wooden stick with which he fights evil-doers.

Some nemeses of Chacha Chaudhary are Raaka (once a dacoit, but an immortal giant after drinking a magic potion), Gabbar Singh (a dacoit), and various others.

[edit] Criticism

Despite the popularity of the series, Chacha Chaudhary comics are criticized by some for having low-quality illustrations, weak or implausible story lines, and incorrect English in translations.This is possibly done so that the children who form the main consumer base of Chacha Chaudhary comics understand the comics easily.