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Mario Miranda

This article is about the Indian cartoonist. For the mixed


martial artist, see Mario Miranda (ghter).
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Illustrated Weekly of India which published a few of his


works.[5] His drawings & cartoons also brought him an
oer to work at the Current magazine. A year later, the
Times of India oered him a slot, even though they had
rejected him at rst. Thereafter, his creations, such as
Miss Nimbupani and Miss Fonseca, appeared on a regular basis in Femina, Economic Times, and The Illustrated
Padma Vibhushan Mario Joo Carlos do Rosario de
Brito Miranda, ComIH (2 May 1926 11 December Weekly of India.
2011), popularly known as Mario Miranda or Mario Miranda was oered the Fundao Calouste Gulbenkian
de Miranda, was an Indian cartoonist and painter based Scholarship, which enabled him to travel to and stay a
in Loutolim in the Indian state of Goa.
year in Portugal and this time in Portugal, according to
Miranda had been a regular with The Times of India Miranda, helped him to broaden his horizons. After a
and other newspapers in Mumbai, including The Eco- year in Portugal, Miranda travelled to London, England
nomic Times, though he got his popularity with his works and was to spend ve years there, learning as well as doing
published in The Illustrated Weekly of India.[1] He was jobs for newspapers and even worked in television animation, at Independent Television.
awarded Padma Vibhushan in 2012.[2]

Mirandas cartoons were featured in the Lilliput, Mad


(once), and Punch (twice) magazines. This supplemented
his nances, and enabled him to travel around Europe,
interacting with other cartoonists, gaining considerable
knowledge and exposure. This led to his meeting of Sir
Ronald Searle, whom Miranda considered his mentor.

Early life

Miranda was born in Daman, then in Portuguese India, to


Goan Catholic parents. At an early age when his mother
saw him drawing his home walls, she brought him a blank
book, which he calls his Diary. He even started getting 4 Return to Mumbai
into trouble at school, for sketching Catholic priests.[3]
Mario Mirandas early cartoons presented vignettes of
Goan village life, a theme he is best known for even today. After ve years in England, Miranda returned to Mumbai
and was oered back his old job with the Times of India,
where he worked with noted cartoonist, R.K. Laxman.

Thereafter, Miranda met artist Habiba Hydari. They got


married and had two sons, Raul and Rishaad.

Education and early cartooning

He studied at St. Josephs Boys High School, Bangalore and then did a B.A. in History at St. Xaviers Col5 Recognition and fame
lege, Mumbai, while focusing on the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). Thereafter he started studying architecture at the behest of his parents, though he soon lost Mirandas big break came in 1974, when, at the invitation
of the United States Information Services, he travelled to
interest.[4]
America, which enabled him to promote his art and inMeanwhile his talent was noticed and his friends encour- teract with other cartoonists in the United States and also
aged him to make postcards and draw for them, which got a chance to work with Charles M. Schulz, the creator
earned him extra pocket money.
of Peanuts, and met Herblock, the editorial cartoonist of
the Washington Post.
He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1988, the Padma
Bhushan in 2002[6] and All India Cartoonistss Association, Bangalore, honoured him with a lifetime achieveMiranda started his career in an advertising studio, where ment award.[7] The King of Spain, Juan Carlos, conferred
he worked for four years, before taking up cartooning on Mario the highest civilian honour of Cross of the
full-time. He got his rst break as a cartoonist with The Order of Isabel the Catholic" which was presented to him

Career

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on 11 November 2009 at his family home in Loutulim by


Don Miguel Nieto Sandoval and on 29 December 2009
Portugal, under the President of the Republic Anbal Antnio Cavaco Silva, made him Commander of the Order
of Prince Henry", a Portuguese National Order of knighthood. Mario Miranda was posthumously awarded the
Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award in
the Republic of India, by the President on 4 April 2012.[8]
He has held solo exhibitions in over 22 countries, including the United States, Japan, Brazil, Australia, Singapore,
France, Yugoslavia, and Portugal.[9]
Mirandas cartoons grace the walls of one of South Mumbais most famous hotspots, Cafe Mondegar, in Colaba.
Miranda is also featured in the "Mile Sur Mera Tumhara"
video, which included a host of Indias most notable personalities in arts, lms, literature, music, and sports.

Mural in Caf Mondegar

Main article: Caf Mondegar Murals


In 1990s, Rushi Yazdegardi (then owner) asked Mario
Miranda to draw murals (cartoons) on two opposite walls
of Caf Mondegar. Both walls have dierent themes.
Whilst one wall is dedicated to the Life in Mumbai, the
other wall is dedicated to Atmosphere in the Caf.[10]
Murals
Cafe bar with murals
Murals on restaurant walls

Beyond cartooning

REFERENCES

8 Later years and death


After retirement, Miranda lived in his ancestral home, at
Loutolim, a village in Salcete, Goa, with his wife, younger
son and their pets. This house features in the 1985 Shyam
Benegal lm, Trikaal. Even after he retired, Mirandas
work was seen regularly in Mumbai publications, and he
was invited to travel to countries such as Mauritius and
Spain, and draw their local cultures.[11] On 11 December 2011, Mario Miranda died of natural causes at his
home in Loutolim.[12] His funeral was held on 12/12/11 at
Loutulim Saviour of the World Church, where the family choir of Miguel Cotta, rendered for the rst time Andrew Lloyd Webbers version of Pie Jesu. Marios body
was then taken to the Hindu Crematorium in Pagifond,
Margao, where he was cremated, thus fullling his wish,
according to his wife.
Miranda was awarded a posthumous Padma Vibhushan
in 2012.
Indian cartoonist Graphi and ne artist, Vijay N Seth
(Vins) paid tribute to Miranda, whom he considered as
a mentor:
With pen & ink that were at his command
to churn out lines that every nib would be jealous of, he brushed aside the old school of cartooning using the brush, and set a new norm to
use the nib pen and to master it for this branch
of art. Mario created characters that gave his
daily audience their quota of a smile without
malice. His trips around the globe produced
subtle close observations of the local musings
a tting example of how far can one stretch the
parameters of this branch of neglected art.[13]
In 2013, a road junction in Mumbai was named after
Miranda.[14]

Besides cartooning, Mirandas murals are present on var- On May 2, 2016 Google honoured him with a doodle, as
ious buildings in Goa and other parts of India. Late in it was his 90th birth anniversary. The doodle showcased a
typical Mumbai neighbourhood scene during the rains.[15]
life he took to paintings which received wide response.
Over the years, he published several books, including
Laugh it O, Goa with Love, and Germany in Wintertime.
Besides his own books, he illustrated books by Dom
Moraes (A Journey to Goa), Manohar Malgaonkar (Inside Goa) and Mario Cabral e S's (Legends of Goa). He
also illustrated many childrens books, including Dul-Dul,
The Magic Clay Horse (1968), The Adventures of Pilla
the Pup (1969), and Lumbdoom, The Long-Tailed Langoor (1968), all written by Uma Anand and published by
IBH Publishing Company, Bombay, under its Echo imprint.
He loved to travel and listening to music and it was his
ambition to experiment further with water colours and to
write memories of his early years in Goa, on retirement.
He was not able to full these two latter ambitions.

9 See also
Caf Mondegar

10 References
[1] Mario Miranda prole at Kamat.com
[2] Padma Awards. pib. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 27
January 2013.
[3] Mario interview indiatravelogue
[4] An interview with Mario Miranda

[5] Lines from Goa The Hindu, 1 March 2004


[6] Padma Awards (PDF). Ministry of Home Aairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
[7] Mario at International Centre, Dona Paula
[8]
[9] Mario at goartgallery
[10] Cartoonist who loved to draw. Hindustan Times. Retrieved Jul 2015.
[11] Travels on canvas and colour, The Economictimes, 27 Oct
2007
[12] Cartoonist Mario Miranda dies at 85. CNN-IBN. 11
December 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
[13] Seth (vinns), Vijay N (16 December 2011). Cartoonartist Mario: a tribute. India Art and Design. Retrieved
16 April 2012.
[14] Raj Thackeray inaugurates chowk named after cartoonist
Mario Miranda. Mumbai: Mumbai Mirror. 15 April
2013. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
[15] Mario Miranda Google Doodle on the occation of Mario
Mirandas 90th birthday.

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External links

Mario Mirandas Ocial website


Mario cartoons on Goa
Article on Mario Miranda
Books (illustrated) by Mario Miranda
Mario Miranda portrait

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