LIFE SKETCH OF Cartoonist S. JITHESHJI :
(WORLD's FASTEST PERFORMING CARTOONIST)
Super-speedy Cartoonist Jitheshji is the pioneer and progenitor of the new infotainment art form VARAYARANGU. He belongs to the genre of odd and rarest species of Performing Cartoonists. Perhaps he may be the first one who courageously and successfully experimented with and explored the performance dimensions of FINE ART as a perfect STAGE ART with consistency. He evolved and gave fine finish to the Infotainment CARTOON STAGE SHOW through more than thousand stages by blending poetry, anecdotes and socio-political satire with high speed drawing.
Former Vice Chairman of Kerala Cartoon Academy.
Present Secretary of Kerala Animation Academy and Vice Chairman of Cartoonist Shankar foundation. He is acclaimed as SUPER-SPEEDY CARTOONIST in the art circle since he had set the FASTEST CELEBRITY CARICATURING RECORD by drawing 50 celebrity faces within 5 minutes in the year 2008. He possesses an amazing ability of drawing about/around 300 celebrity caricatures at a stretch from memory at stage shows. Director of one of the oldest book publishing firm Venus Books Konny. Worked as the Editor in Chief of CHIRICHEPPU Cartoon Monthly for a decade. Regularly presents ‘Celebrity Caricaturing Shows’ in major malayalam TV Channels since 2000. Did cover illustrations and art works for more than 500 books.Winner of Best Caricaturist Award instituted by Kerala Cartoon Academy. Winner of Mathrubhumi Weekly’s ‘Kalalaya Kavitha Puraskaram’ for the poem ‘MAZHA’. Published poems both in English and Malayalam. Author of three books in Malayalam. Nakshathrangale Pranayicha Oraal(Poetry collection), Kuttikkavithakalum Cartoon Padanavum(Children’s literature), Cartoon-Caricature Varakkaan Padikkaan(Cartoon study) . Since the year 2000 he is practicing as an Advocate in Pathanamthitta District Bar.
Wife: Unnimaya, Two Children: Sivaani and Niranjan
