It was a city that inspired Mohan Chandran to become a cartoonist. The hustle and bustle of Thiruvananthapuram made his fingers itch while he was job seeker. And Mohan Chandran found himself doodling all the time.

The first prize he won in a college cartoon competition in 1971, was the turning point. The late Kambisseri Karunakaran, editor of Janayugam Publications spotted his talent and encouraged him to draw a ‘Picture Story'. Maniyanum Kurukkanum, which took shape under his encouragement in 1973, was serialized for five years in Balayugam.

The same year, Mohan Chandran made his debut in the world of cartooning, with a cartoon being published in the Kunkumam Onam Special. Soon, his cartoons and ‘Chitrakathas' were appearing regularly in almost all Malayalam commercial publications. His political cartoons became a staple in Janayugam daily.

But much as he loved cartooning, Mohan Chandran decided to keep his job in a public sector bank. the banking fraternity discovered the gold mine in its midst, and soon, his cartoons on banking topics were being published regularly in banking journals like UCO Spark, Labour Life, Vigil and Sarathi.

Meanwhile, Mohan Chandran discovered he had a flair for writing humour also, and began writing under the pseudonym Dr. Choman. His humour pieces have published in three collections: Hasyam Gaveshaneeyan , Sukhino Bhavanthu and Mayakkuvedi.

Mohan Chandran has served as secretary and Treasurer of the Kerala Cartoon Academy and also Editor of the Academy's magazine, Cartoon Parthrika .

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