Mangalore: Caricature is Maneuvered as well as Matured Art: Sandhya Pai

Daijiworld Media Network (KM/NR)

Mangalore, Oct 14:Caricatures makes one think and it is self-explanatory. Though caricatures are supported by words, they always go beyond what the frame of words signify, said Sandhya Pai, editor of Taranga weekly here on October 13, Saturday.

She was delivering the inaugural address at the meet titled “On the spot caricature drawing”, hosted by Corporation Bank Officers’ Organization (CBOO) at CBOO center, Kodialbail in the city.

The origin of art dates back to the Stone Age. It never remained under-developed, in-fact with the passage of time it attained maturity. This is clearly evident as caricatures acquire broader meaning today. Today caricatures represent social phenomenon without losing its meaning, she informed.

Humor may be explained as ‘making an exhibition of oneself’ to a certain extent. But there is a thin line between nudity and humor. Films have made the thin line invisible and the overlapping of the two has resulted in ambiguous dialogues in films and serials, declared humorist H Dundiraj and chief guest for the programme, in his address on humor and cartoons.

Newspapers and magazines today provide space to cartoons, as it conveys their message. Moreover, Dundiraj expressing his happiness laying special emphasis on the significance of cartoons, stated that people do not want to miss out on cartoons, rather they first run their eyes on cartoons as soon as they buy newspapers. It is high time cartoonists make the best use of their individuality and opportunities just as poets, who do their best to present their self through poems, he advised budding cartoonists.

Literature and caricature are not independent to each other rather they are complementary, he declared.

Speaking on the history of cartoons, HB Manjunath, president, Karnataka Cartoonists’ Association informed that it’s a popular belief among people that cartoonists only draw caricatures to make fun of people and that they do not attempt to bring serious issues into lime light. This in reality is not true, in-fact cartoonists treat serious as well as simple issues equally. Cartoonists sharpen their brush to highlight the irregularities that prevail in the society, he avered.
 
Gujjarappa, Prakash Shetty and other cartoonists drew caricatures on the spot.

TR Bhat, chairman, CBOO, delivered the introductory address, DN Prakash, president, CBOO, welcomed the gathering, Kaushik Ghosh, general secretary, CBOO proposed vote of thanks and  Krishna Pai, secretary, SWASTI, social wing of CBOO compeered the programme.