Chintoo

Chintoo
Pappu, Chintoo, Mini
Author(s)	Charuhas Pandit and Prabhakar Wadekar
Current status/schedule	Running
Launch date	November 21, 1991
Genre(s)	Humor

Chintoo is a famous Marathi comic strip that appears in Sakal newspaper. Chintoo is written by Charuhas Pandit and Prabhakar Wadekar. For couple of years it appeared in Loksatta. Chintoo (sometimes incorrectly spelled as Chintu) has been popular in all age groups since it started. It was first published on November 21, 1991.

Theme

Chintoo, the hero of the strip, represents a typical boy in middle class Marathi family. Normal incidents in his day to day life are given a humorous face in this cartoon series. He faces all the problems that other boys of his age face like pressure to study from parents, getting bullied etc. He also enjoys doing pranks. He gets fun out of simple things. He enjoys watching cricket, stealing mangoes from Joshi Kaku's trees. He loves to have pets, but his parents always refuse to let him have one.

Characters in the cartoon

Pappa

Chintoo’s father. He is an engineer by profession.

Aai

Chintoo’s Mother she is very good mother

Pappu

Chintoo's best friend. The boy who helps Chintoo when he is in danger. But then, Raju is more danger than anybody can handle.

Mini

Girl in the group. She loves going to school, exams and everything about studies. She is a poet at heart but nobody in the group like her poems. Chintoo dislikes everything that Mini likes.

Bagalya

Geek in the group. His name derives from his long frame, much like giraffe. Baglya is kind of average Joe.

Raju

The bodily strong but mentally slow person in the group. Likes Mini's poems, but then that is not a praise. He does not understand jokes quickly, even if you make fun of him. So, if you are fast, you can crack jokes about him and get away. If he catches you, you are beaten. Chintoo loves making fun of Raju and keeps getting beaten by Raju.

Joshi Kaku

Chintoo's neighbor, who has a large garden full of fruit trees. Gets the brunt of the group's play, with their cricket resulting mostly in ball going through Joshikaku's glass windows, with predictable results.

Sonu

The small child in the group. He always faces troubles and everyone tries to rescue him. He is a typical boy with handkerchief tied to his shirt.

Banti

The doggy. He is a small brown-yellow coloured dog owned by mostly Baglya.

External Links

• Chintoo website by Pan Ads, Pune ( Regularly updated by Tansar Solutions, Pune )
• Sakal Newspaper (online edition)
• Loksatta Newspaper (online edition)