The notable illustrators were Ram Waeerkar, who illustrated the very first issue of Amar Chitra Katha, Krishna, Dilip Kadam, C. "And he built a wonderful team and a great brand." Writers like Kamala Chandrakant, Margie Sastry, Subba Rao, Debrani Mitra and C.R Sharma joined the creative team of Amar Chitra Katha, with Anant Pai taking on the role of editor and co-writer on most scripts. "They brought in Anant Pai" says Ananthram. To Anathram's satisfaction, the 1965 Kannada ACK venture was a great commercial success which led to Mirchandani in the head office in Mumbai pursuing the Amar Chitra Katha idea in English diligently. "The English ACK titles begin from number eleven because the first ten were in Kannada," clarifiesĪnanthram. Ananthram which led to the first Amar Chitra Katha comics being produced in 1965-in Kannada, not English. However, Outlook Magazine has this article about the genesis of this popular comic series: The idea and proposal for Amar Chitra Katha was made by a Bangalore book salesman called G.K. The above is an oft-told story of how ACK was founded beginning with 'Uncle Pai', in Mumbai in 1967. It so happened that a quiz contest aired on Doordarshan in February 1967, in which participants could easily answer questions pertaining to Greek mythology, but were unable to reply to the question "In the Ramayana, who was Rama's mother?".
He was shocked that Indian students could answer questions on Greek and Roman mythology, but were ignorant of their own history, mythology and folklore.
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The comic series was started by Anant Pai in an attempt to teach Indian children about their cultural heritage. Modernisation Criticism References in popular culture FilmsĪmar Chitra Katha Authors Anant Pai, Reena Ityah Puri (a Tamilian writer) On 17 September 2008, a new website by ACK-media was launched. In 2007, the imprint and all its titles were acquired by a new venture called ACK Media. It was created by Anant Pai, and published by India Book House. Founded in 1967, the imprint has more than 400 titles that retell stories from the great Indian epics, mythology, history, folklore, and fables in a comic book format. Amar Chitra Katha Amar Chitra Katha (ACK, "Immortal Captivating (or Picture) Stories") is one of India's largest selling comicīook series, with more than 100 million copies sold in 20 Indian languages.
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