6 Indian Comic characters who should be having their own games

When we were children, we had some great choices when it came to comics. Yup, Archie was there, and so were Batman, Mickey Mouse and Richie Rich. But what many of us loved the most were their Indian counterparts, like Chacha Chaudhary, Tinkle, Billoo, Pinky and hordes of other great stuff. Uncle Pai and Pran, the pioneers behind Tinkle and Chacha Chaudhary, were real legends, who understood a kids psyche and brought out stories we Indians could relate, before the world went all western. Tinkle is still one of the best-selling childrens book in India, well-known for printing enjoyable comic strips, folklore and trivia.So what if, one fine day, some of these comic strips caught the eye of a huge game developer and they decide to make a game out of it? Lets offer them some really great choices, so that they dont require to look far and wide. After all, if someone named Boogerman (Yup, thats a name with a game!!!) can have a game of his own, why cant the ones in the list???

#6 Suppandi

The silliest bumbling servant of all time. Don’t go by his huge head, and think he is a brainiac – it has nothing in it!!! He is a simpleton, and like Drax the Destroyer, though very much non-violent, he takes your word by their literal meaning. So be very carfeul when you give him some work to do…When I mean careful, I mean really careful. (I have one really confusing doubt. How does he get to change so many jobs, even after being so dim-witted? Does none of his masters ever heard of something called job references?)

How he would work in a game: Instead of having a single quest game, let’s have him go through a lot of quests, where he gets to do all menial jobs correctly; one job per stage. With each stage that he passes through, the next stage (or job) should be harder!!! On a wilder thought, let’s make him the Prime Minister of the coustry in the final stage! Sorry, Modiji, no offence please...

#5 Kalia the Crow

The smartest bird in the jungle out there. This crow is like Chacha Chaudhary; he doesn’t have any special powers, but is quick-witted and can save himself and his friends from any trap. And he also has a girlfriend as well!!! Yes, folks, he is Crow, James Crow!!! Sorry for the bad joke, kids….

How he would work in a game: Make him do what he is the best in – saving his friends, from various ingenious traps set by his enemies, a crafty fox, Chamataka, and his stupid side-kick crocodile, Doob-Doob. In the final stage, let him have the ultimate challenge; saving his forest from the biggest villain of all – the humans!!!

#4 Tantri the Mantri

The unluckiest assassin in the history of comics. Tantri is an evil minister of a silly childless (I think…) King Hooja, who wants to kill his king so that he can ascend the throne. Unfortunately for the poor sod, all his tricks and attempts backfire on him hilariously. However, fortunately for him, his job and his head are safe, since the naïve king is quite oblivious to his minister’s dastardly plans and actually thinks this man was saving him!!!

How he would work in a game: Maybe we could have a game where he starts off as a common man who dreams of being a king one day, and starts to work his way out to reach the level of the minister. Maybe we could even give him an actual chance to make his plans successful, though I would still prefer him to fail. That’s better, ‘cos that’s funny! Sorry, Tantri...

#3 Shikari Shambu

In folklore, the fearless hunter. In reality, an accidental hero. Or to be more specific, a hunter who is actually afraid of wild animals (including, his wife!!!)! Yet, he is a legend, because he traps the deadly beasts with his good fortune…make that, lots of good fortune! The best part is, no one has ever caught his bluff!!!

How he would work in a game: Send him on a trail to catch some wild beasts, let the beasts chase after him like always, and to win this game, let him lead these animals to various traps that’s hidden around in the forest!!! Not laid by him, of course!!!

#2 Chacha Chaudhary and Sabu

The man whose brains work smarter than the computer. His companion, who is Earth’s strongest man (…only because he is from Jupiter, where actually he is kind of puny!). Together, they are the world’s greatest guardians! Chacha Chaudhary has always been the flagship of Pran comics. He was like Sherlock Holmes, solving crimes and catching criminals using his brain-power (the only place where he would fail rather miserable was before his nagging wife!!! Guess, no amount of brain-power could do anything about a woman’s tongue!). When he required muscle-power, he called in the services of his faithful side-kick, Sabu, a giant of a man, whom Chacha found while on an exploration to Jupiter (Don’t roll your eyes!!! If Hulk can go to space, so can the world’s smartest man!!!)

How they would work in a game: Let Chacha be given a case to solve (like the L.A. Noire game), using all the hints and clues the criminal left. Let him discover a nexus of similar crimes happening all over, and some of his worst arch-enemies involved in it. Let Raaka, the man who wouldn’t die, be the biggest bad guy and the final boss in the game, as all clues would lead it to him. Let Sabu and Raaka fight again in the climax!!! In space!!! Ha, my childhood has returned!!!

#1 Nagraj

Indian Comics had its fair share of action superheroes who can give their counterparts from DC and Marvel a run for their money (Some even say that a few of them are plagiarized, but that’s just jealousy talking!). We had Super Commando Dhruv, Shakti, Doga (Anurag Kashyap was supposed to make a movie on him…), Fauladi Singh. But the best among the lot was….na…na…na…no fighting over this kids, the one and only Nagraj! Why? ‘Because he can shoot SNAKES!!!...Yes, those crawly yucky reptiles!!! Let’s see how you can top that, Superman!!!

How he would work in a game: Put him in an action game and he is gonna totally rock!!! You ask how? ‘Cos he can shoot SNAKES, man, Snakessss!!! Videogamessss will never be the ssssaame again!!!!