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‘Chandamama’ KC Sivasankar, creator of Vikram Vetal, passes away at 97

Sivasankar, who continued illustrating well into his 80s, has shared in interviews that Nagi Reddy used to remark that “Chithra (another artist) and Sankar are the two bullocks of Chandamama”.

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‘Chandamama’ KC Sivasankar, creator of Vikram Vetal, passes away at 97

Legendary artist K.C. Sivasankar. NE FILE PHOTO

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CHENNAI, SEPT 30

Legendary artist KC Sivasankar who has contributed to the field of art for over 60 years, illustrating for popular children’s magazine Chandamama aka Ambulimama, passed away at his residence in Chennai on September 29. The artist, best known for illustrating the Vikram Vetala series, was 97.

At the time of his passing away, Sivasankar was the last of the original Chandamama team.

Creative art works of K.C. Sivasankaran in Chandamama.

Sivasankar was born in 1927 at a village in Erode and developed an early passion for art. In 1934, he moved to Chennai along with his mother and siblings where he would be discovered for his talents by his drawing teacher at school.

Sharing an interesting anecdote about his admission to a 5-year art course at the reputed School of Arts, Sivasankar, in an interview with The Hindu says he astounded Principal DP Roy Chowdhury with a brush technique that came naturally to him. When the Principal asked him where he had learnt it, Sivasankar says he kept quiet. “It is best to keep quiet at such moments. He straightaway admitted me to the second year,” he had laughed to the interviewer.

Sivasankar was hired by Nagi Reddi in 1952 and he created the legendary sword-wielding King Vikram carrying the Vetala corpse slung across his shoulder around the sixties. Sivasankar, who continued illustrating well into his 80s, has shared in interviews that Nagi Reddy used to remark that “Chithra (another artist) and Sankar are the two bullocks of Chandamama”.

Chandamama, a periodical magazine for children originally in Telugu, was founded by filmmakers B Nagi Reddi and Chakrapani in 1947. The magazine reached far and wide, being published in 13 Indian languages.

In 2007, 60 years after it was first published, the magazine was acquired by Geodesic, a Mumbai-based software services provider company, with an intent to digitise its content. In 2013, Chandamama stopped publishing when the parent company ran into financial troubles following which in 2017, a volunteer-driven effort began to revive and preserve the magazine for future generations.

Condolences came pouring in following Sivasankar’s demise with many fondly recalling his contributions to the field of art.

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