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Few other special issues issued as part of the new series such as Tulsidas Ramayana, Mahabharata, Bhagawat Purana and Mahatma Gandhi are not numbered but are considered as part of the official title list of Amar Chitra Katha. [1] [2] As of May 2014 Amar Chitra Katha have released 465 titles (454 individual issues and 11 special issues).
The term Chitrakathi is the conjunction of two words: chitra meaning picture and katha meaning story. With this application, a Chitrakathi is the one who narrates stories with a visual aid.
Amar Chitra Katha (ACK Comics) is an Indian comic book publisher, based in Mumbai, India. The company was founded in 1967 by Anant Pai . Most of its comics are based on religious legends and epics , historical figures and biographies , folktales and cultural stories.
Title Publication Publishers Website A Bag of Gold Coins: 1977: Amar Chitra Katha: Abhimanyu: 1972: Amar Chitra Katha: Adi Shankara: 1974: Amar Chitra Katha: Agastya
Anant Pai (17 September 1929 – 24 February 2011), popularly known as Uncle Pai, was an Indian educationalist and a pioneer in Indian comics.He is most famous as the creator of two comic book series viz. Amar Chitra Katha, which retold traditional Indian folk tales, mythological stories, and biographies of historical characters; and Tinkle, a children's anthology.
Mahabharata (also known as Amar Chitra Katha's Mahabharata [1]) is a comic adaptation of the Indian epic poem Mahabharata. The 42-issue best-selling series by Amar Chitra Katha , Mumbai was illustrated by Dilip Kadam. [ 2 ]
Amar Chitra Katha, Raj Comics and Diamond Comics, Diamond Toons has ventured into other entertainment media like feature films, web series, games, mobile applications etc. since late 1990s and continuously attempting to widen their impact on the comics-reading population.
Pai left his job at Times of India, and started ACK (Amar Chitra Katha) the same year, with the help of late G.L. Mirchandani of IBH, (who also took charge as the command of Tinkle late when it was formed), when most other publishers had rejected the concept. Later, he took on the role of writer, editor, and publisher.