Amar Chitra Katha creator Anant Pai dies at 81
Anant Pai, better known as Uncle Pai, creator of Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle comics has died at the age of 81.
Amar Chitra Katha has shown millions of Indians the route to their roots. Tinkle has been the childhood companion of many for over two and half decades. In 1967, the educational comics series Amar Chitra Katha was launched. Each of the comics in this series was devoted to a person or event in Indian history, religion and mythology. Anant Pai conceptualized of all of these, and wrote the scenarios for most of them. He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award this month at India’s first ever Comic Convention held in New Delhi on February 19-20.
Anant Pai was admitted to a hospital last week for treatment of a fracture after he fell from a staircase.
Thursday morning, Pai suffered a massive heart attack and breathed his last around 5 pm, the family member said.
Courtesy: IBN Live
February 24, 2011 at 9:22 AM
RIP, Uncle Pai
February 24, 2011 at 10:31 AM
Very unfortunate. Amar Chitra Katha was a major part of my growing up years what with the rush to buy new titles every summer vacation. But for Amar Chitra Katha, I would not have been aware of most of the great hsitorical figures. When my son got to the reading age, most of the older titles bacame unavailable, a pity. Yet I managed to get a 3 set volume of Mahabharata series at a low price of Rs900/- -today this seems like a collector’s item.
February 24, 2011 at 2:25 PM
this seller has tons of them:
http://shop.ebay.com/mtaf321/m.html?_nkw=amar+chitra+katha&_sacat=0&_odkw=&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3911.c0.m270.l1313
lots of complete collections available as well depending on how much one is willing to pay:
http://shop.ebay.in/i.html?_nkw=amar+chitra+katha+complete&_sacat=0&_odkw=amar+chitra+katha&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313
some of these sellers only ship within India but I’m sure they’d be willing to ship overseas for something extra.
But the prices seem quite reasonable in $ terms. The shipping can jack it up quite a bit. One could perhaps have the set delivered to an Indian address.
February 24, 2011 at 10:39 AM
RIP.
February 24, 2011 at 10:49 AM
Didn’t know this.. thanks for posting..
February 24, 2011 at 1:19 PM
Caught this on twitter:
“When I was a kid, my reward for being good, getting good marks, going to the dentist, whatever, was always an Amar Chitra Katha comic.”
RIP
February 24, 2011 at 11:41 PM
Sad to know that the creator of my childhood companion (Amar Chitra comics & Tinkle) is no more. I was one of those lucky people who got to buy these comics second hand from pavement sales for a mere Rs 1 or 2! I would grab the entire lot!
March 1, 2011 at 5:22 PM
A pioneer and a legemd…RIP!
March 3, 2011 at 12:44 PM
another big loss after r.k laxman in short time
amar chitra katha is an inspiration of many( even ashutosh gowarikar accepted as being big inspiration for jodha akbar)
it along with malgudi days in t.v will always be a big benchmark