India's Best cartoonists and their works will be on display at the Frankfurt Book Fair as part of a 13-part Doordarshan serial. The serial, `Eminent Cartoonists of India' will be on show, round the clock, for over 30 days.
The 13 cartoonists featured in the serial are Abu Abraham, R.K. Laxman, Mario Miranda, K. Shankar Pillai, Bapu, Gopulu, Ajit Ninan, E.P. Unny, Suresh Sawant, Sushil Kalra, Vijay Narain Seth or Vins, B.V. Ram Murthy and Prabhakar Wairkar.
Doordarshan Director General Leeladhar Mandloi said the broadcaster had paid Rs 30 lakh for the serial, which has been telecast several times on TV and had been acclaimed by UNESCO as DD's best in 2003.
The producer of the serial, Hyderabad-based cartoonist and comedy film maker S.B. Shankar Kumar, popularly called Sanku, told the Hindustan Times:
"It is a big achievement for Doordarshan because no other DD serial has ever been on display round the clock for 30 days at an international event. It is a great honour for Indian cartoonists. Besides, Indian cartoons are also on display at an exhibition called `India at a Glance'. Sanku leaves for the Frankfurt book fair as a special invitee on Wednesday.
"I wanted to do a serial on cartoonists because they are introverts and do not like to speak about themselves and their art," he said.
Source- HT, 04/10/06
