Updated On: 25 August, 2014 08:30 AM IST | | Soma Das
<p>With the demise of Chacha Chaudhary's creator, Pran, the guide looks at the current status of iconic Indian comic book characters who've engaged readers across generations</p>

Chacha Caudhri
Everybody's Chacha
Diamond Comics started cartoonist Pran's Chacha Chaudhary series in 1981 along with series on other characters by Pran like Billoo, Pinki and Chotu Lambu.
The characters became popular, and Diamond Comics continued to publish Pran's works exclusively in Hindi, English and other Indian languages.
Gulshan Rai, publisher, Diamond Comics, admits that he grew up on a diet of foreign characters like Phantom and missed the Indian touch.