Mangesh Tendulkar (1934-2017) was an Indian artist as cartoonist and humourist. He has also written in many magazines on cartoons.
Brief biography
Tendulkar was a caricaturist for the year 1954. He was instrumental in creating traffic awareness in Pune city and gave great support to Pune traffic police. He used to personally stand on
Karve road, Pune Karve may refer to:
* Karve (surname), an Indian surname
** Dhondo Keshav Karve, a 20th-century Indian social reformer
*** Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha, an Indian education society
*** Karve Road, Pune, India
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for creating awareness regarding the traffic for last 17 years of his life.
The city-based Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) had used Mangesh’s talents to draw images in their drive to promote road safety. In a series of 100 cartoons, he set forth his concerns about the city and the preservation of Pune’s once-leafy environs with his trademark good-humoured, gentle skepticism. Besides his prolific cartoons, Tendulkar also authored collections of satirical sketches accompanied by his caricatures in works like Bhuichakra and Sunday Mood. He also documented Pune’s theatre scene in incisive articles and books.
He started sketching caricatures in his 70s and he was active till his death.
Books
Tendulkar’s book named Cartoons was published in 2001.
# Cartoons
# Bhuichakra भुईचक्र
# Sunday Mood संडे मूड : (५३ लेख आणि जवळपास तेवढीच व्यंगचित्रे असलेले पुस्तक)
# Atikraman अतिक्रमण
# Kuni Pampato Ajun Kalokh कुणी पंपतो अजून काळोख
# Bittesha Dakesha ’बित्तेशां?’ ‘दांकेशां!’
Apart from that, he had written in various magazines regarding cartoons:
Exhibitions
In total, 89 exhibitions have seen Tendulkar's cartoons placed.
Awards
* 1980 - President’s medal
* 1993 - Marathi Natya Parishad Award
* 2003 - Pulotsav award
* 1984 - Active theatre award
* Award from Kamayani Pune
* Award from Pune Police for cartoon on Traffic
* Award from Dnyaneshwar Vidhyapeeth
* Award from Samvad TV
* Award from Urja Kotwal Foods
* Award from Maayboli
* 2001 - Award in Kothrud Natya Sammelan
* 1994- Award from Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh
* 2003 – Award from Muktachand
Family
He was the brother of acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Padma Bhushan
Vijay Tendulkar
Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar (6 January 1928 – 19 May 2008) was an Indian playwright, movie and television writer, literary essayist, political journalist, and social commentator primarily in Marathi. His Marathi plays established him as a writ ...
. He was survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter.
Death
Mangesh Tendulkar died on July 10, 2017, in
Pune
Pune ( ; , ISO 15919, ISO: ), previously spelled in English as Poona (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1978), is a city in the state of Maharashtra in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau in Western ...
at 83 years of age. Tendulkar was suffering from bladder cancer for the last three years and was admitted to Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune after he complained of pain. He developed a
pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blockage of an pulmonary artery, artery in the lungs by a substance that has moved from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream (embolism). Symptoms of a PE may include dyspnea, shortness of breath, chest pain ...
and died at around 11 p.m. on Monday.
Noted Cartoonist Mangesh Tendulkar Passes Away at 82
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References
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1934 births
2017 deaths
Indian editorial cartoonists
Indian caricaturists
Journalists from Karnataka
20th-century Indian painters