The famous creator of Chacha Chawdhury & Sabu/Pinki/Billo/Raman ,Mr.Pran Kumar Sharma aka PRAN, passed away on the last tuesday. He was 75. He gave us a good fun-filled childhood.
Usually,no Indian comics ever published any info regarding the creator/artist except him(talking about old era). Due to his brief bio-with-pic was always present in the inside-cover of each Chacha/pinki/Billo etc comics,we were very much aware about him since childhood....it was like we used to 'see' him everyday although never met him personally!
Although I have moved on from reading Pran's newer output since the last 15-16 years,but most of the older issues still made me laugh....my favorites are RAKA series and those cross-over stories with Billo and Pinki .Plus anything with Japatji(Pinki) and Bazrangbali(Billo) stories.
Once again, RIP Sir!
Now a review :
In general Pran's Chacha Chawdhury was an adventure series in the backdrop of humor and most stories were ended in lighter note!! But Raka-series was completely different...it was much grimmer and violent!! This series was most popular among ALL Diamond Comics titles and ran for many parts.But the FIRST SIX parts were most famous!
RAKA #1 - Raka(DB-19)
RAKA #2 - Raka-r Punoragomon(DB-20)
RAKA #3 - Raka-r Protishodh(DB-21)
RAKA #4 - Raka-r Sathe songhrshow(DB-33)
RAKA #5 - Raka-r Tufan(DB-52)
RAKA #6 - Raka-r Akromon(DB-100)
Here is the cover-gallery of first 6 titles....
Usually,no Indian comics ever published any info regarding the creator/artist except him(talking about old era). Due to his brief bio-with-pic was always present in the inside-cover of each Chacha/pinki/Billo etc comics,we were very much aware about him since childhood....it was like we used to 'see' him everyday although never met him personally!
Although I have moved on from reading Pran's newer output since the last 15-16 years,but most of the older issues still made me laugh....my favorites are RAKA series and those cross-over stories with Billo and Pinki .Plus anything with Japatji(Pinki) and Bazrangbali(Billo) stories.
Once again, RIP Sir!
Now a review :
In general Pran's Chacha Chawdhury was an adventure series in the backdrop of humor and most stories were ended in lighter note!! But Raka-series was completely different...it was much grimmer and violent!! This series was most popular among ALL Diamond Comics titles and ran for many parts.But the FIRST SIX parts were most famous!
(Story begins when Raka - the dreaded killer and dacoit - accidentally drank a special potion which not only make him a giant but gave him immortality and as a result his brutality increased quite a folds until CC and Sabu stopped him...but he keeps returning using his power of immortality!!)
[DB = 'Diamond Bengali']
RAKA #1 - Raka(DB-19)
RAKA #2 - Raka-r Punoragomon(DB-20)
RAKA #3 - Raka-r Protishodh(DB-21)
RAKA #4 - Raka-r Sathe songhrshow(DB-33)
RAKA #5 - Raka-r Tufan(DB-52)
RAKA #6 - Raka-r Akromon(DB-100)
Here is the cover-gallery of first 6 titles....
3 comments:
raka series ta amar darun lagto! paoa jabe naki dada?
ok..will try to post some...
thaku thaku dada......agrim dhonyobad roilo......Chacha Chaudhuri emni valoi chhilo tabe Raka series ta durdanto lagto!
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