Yusuf Lien also known as Yusuf Bangalorewala is an Indian

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best known for his work on the

Amar Chitra Katha Amar Chitra Katha (ACK Comics) is an Indian publisher of Indian comics and graphic novels. Most of its comics are based on religious legends and epics, historical figures and biographies, folktales and cultural stories. The company was founded ...

comic book series, which deals with subjects from Indian myth, legend and history. His dream-like sensual work on the titles ''Tansen'' and ''Mirabai'' is admired by many who believe he had one of the most distinctive styles among the Amar Chitra Katha artists. According to researcher John Stratton Hawley, the Amar Chitra Katha staff took a 'nonsectarian pride' that the exquisite depictions of

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in ''Mirabai'' were the work of a

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artist, who as his editor

Anant Pai Anant Pai (17 September 1929 – 24 February 2011), popularly known as Uncle Pai, was an Indian educationalist and a pioneer in Indian comics. He is most famous as the creator of two comic book series viz. ''Amar Chitra Katha'', which reto ...

described it, would be in tears as he drew his frames for the comic book. Yusuf also painted the image of the child Krishna seen on the cover of the comic book of the same name. Yusuf eventually gave up drawing comics, considering the work ' haraam' and took up

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. He later told Nandini Chandra, author of ''The Classic Popular: Amar Chitra Katha, 1967-2007'' that he found the series' depictions of Muslims problematic.

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Indian illustrators Indian children's book illustrators Indian comics artists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-artist-stub