Diamond Toons has collaborated with Zee Studios – which is behind the movie Swatantrya Veer Savarkar – to bring the life of freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in comic style. This one-of-a-kind talking comic featuring Diamond Toons’ character Little Chanakya, aims to tell the story of Savarkar to kids.
Little Chanakya is a sharp, super smart, and fearless nine-year-old boy who is a great strategist and a quick decision-maker. The comic – titled Little Chanakya and Swatantra Veer Savarkar – is full of facts uses colourful visuals to bring history to life and make learning simple and fun for kids. The comic will be available in Hindi, English, and multiple Indian languages.
Talking Comics is an innovative storytelling experience using words and illustrations that are super easy to learn and follow. In today’s world of multimedia, such short content helps to vary and enhance the learning process and leads to better knowledge retention.
In this comic, Little Chanakya and his friends are gearing up for a debate on “Great Hero of the Freedom Struggle.” While one character Ronnie champions Mahatma Gandhi, Little Chanakya, and his friends choose Savarkar.
The comic showcases Savarkar’s early revolutionary acts, his imprisonment, his fight against social evils, his opposition to partition and his role in Goa’s liberation.
On the launch of the comic book, Diamond Toons director Manish Verma said, “We are happy to get a chance to create this talking comic. We think every young Indian should know Savarkar’s story and his contributions to the freedom struggle. This talking comic will be like having your personal history teacher, but way more exciting. It makes learning about Savarkar feel like an adventure. In support of the New Education Policy (NEP) by the Government of India, we are making learning easy and impactful with these comics. The NEP aims to help students define and recharge their creative, analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking abilities.”
Little Chanakya and Swatantra Veer Savarkar is available in print, Google Play Books, Amazon Kindle and Apple Books.