Shankar Pamarthy
Pamarthy Shankar is a caricaturist and cartoonist from Hyderabad,India. He currently draws for Sakshi, a daily newspaper in Hyderabad published in Telugu.[1]
He has won several national and international prizes in caricature contents both nationally and internationally, such as the Grand Prix World Press Cartoon Award[2][3][4] and India's National Caricature Contest.[5] The uniqueness of his cartoons and caricatures is not in drawing the attention of viewers by nagging or mocking but instead through charm and exaggeration of the subject persons prominent features. His caricatures of prominent people have received wide accolades and given him prominence.[2][6][7][8]
He has frequent exhibitions nationally and internationally.[1][5][9][10]
Awards and Prizes
- First prize in Tabriz International cartoon contest 2005 held in Iran.
- First Prize in Brazil International cartoon and caricature contest 2008 held in Brazil.
- Bronze medal in free cartoon web international cartoon festival 2005 held in China.
- Special Prize in First Indian International Cartoon and caricature contest 2005 held in India.
- Special Honor Prize 3rd LM International Cartoon Competition held in china.
- Honorable Mention in World Press Cartoon Contest 2009 held in Portugal.
- Maya Kamath Memorial Award for Excellence in Cartooning 2008[11]
- Best Political Cartoonist Award 2007 from Government of Andhra Pradesh.
- 3rd Prize Hindustan Times Caricature Contest 2000 held in India.
- First Prize in Fish International Cartoon Contest (2005)[12]
References
- 1 2 "Shankar Pamarthy's pencil spares no one". The Hindu. 21 December 2010.
- 1 2 "Pamarthy Shankar, Telugu daily cartoonist, wins Grand Prix World Press Cartoon Award". Firstpost. 20 July 2015. Archived from the original on 13 December 2015.
- ↑ "Telugu daily cartoonist Pamarthy Shankar wins World Press Cartoon award". The Economic Times. 20 July 2015.
- ↑ "Award for cartoonist". The Hindu. 17 October 2014.
- 1 2 "Caricatures India expo on Saturday". Deccan Herald. 17 November 2015. Archived from the original on 13 December 2015.
- ↑ "Shankar". Alankritha.com. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
- ↑ "Indian Caricature & Cartoons - Shankar Pamarthy". Indiancaricature.com. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
- ↑ Shankar Pamarthy. "shan'karicature'". Shankarpamarthy.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
- ↑ "Shankar's Caricatures - Editorial Review: Events in Hyderabad on fullhyd.com". FullHyderabad. 2009. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
- ↑ Template:Indian Institute of Cartoonists celebrates jubilee
- ↑ "Indian Institute of Cartoonist". Cartoonistsindia.com. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
- ↑ "Results of Fish International Cartoon Contest". Archived from the original on 23 April 2009.
External links
- Examples of Parmarthy's work: "Shankar Pamarthy". Irancartoon.com. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012.
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