Lotpot

Lotpot (Hindi : लोटपोट) is a Hindi comic magazine published by the Mayapuri Group of publications. Lotpot title was registered by Mr.A.P.Bajaj in 1969 and first issue came out in same year and has been published without a break since then. Initially it was a fortnightly magazine which later on switched to weekly mode.^[1][2][3] Later on, the magazine also was published in English. The circulation of Hindi version reached 1,75,000 and of English version to 2,25,000.^[2]

The main comic strip characters of the magazine are :-

• Motu-Patlu - two brothers one fat ( Motu ) and another slim ( Patlu ), who were shown being involved in silly plots and were shown as idiots. The supporting characters with them were Master Ghasita Ram, Dr. Jhatka, Chela Ram, Dhela Ram and Anguthanand. Kripa Shankar Bhardwaj was the creator of these characters.^[3] Most of the post-Bhardwaj features of Motu-Patlu in Lot-Pot were created by Harvind Makkad.
• Chacha Chaudhary, the famous and legendary cartoon character of Hindi comic strip, was created by Pran in 1969 for Lotpot magazine, though it made its first appearance in 1971 in Lotpot.^[4]
• There were other comic strips, in the magazine of characters like Jasoos Chakram & Chirkoot, Deepu, etc.

In December 2010, Lotpot had tied up with Ajay Devgan's animation film for children Toonpoor Ka Superhero and has come out with six special editions of the Lotpot.^[5]

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