Shri. Balakrishnan K.Anat, a native of Thrissur, grew up in Palakkad, Kerala. He took his bachelor's degree in Physics from the Calicut University and Masters in Psychology from the University of Madras. He is presently an Air traffic Controller in Airports Authority of India, Varanasi Airport after having served in airports across the country. He is also a Member of the Aeronautical Society of India.
Balakrishnan has evinced keen interest in fine arts since his school days. He has bagged innumerable prizes for sketching, painting and photography both at the university and state level competitions. After his graduation he freelanced as cartoonist and photographer for leading dailies like The Malayala Manorama, The Hindu and The Telegraph. After a gap of almost 20 years Balakrishnan has returned to the field of cartooning and is freelancing to columns in different publications including international aviation magazines .
Parents - P.K.Menon & Mahalakshmy Menon
Wife - Latha Balakrishnan
Daughters - Krishna Balakrishnan
Varna Balakrishnan
Address
Balakrishnan K . Anat
Senior Manager (ATC)
Airports Authority of India
L.B.S. Airport
Varanasi.221006
UttarPradesh-India
e-mail . kabalakrishnan@hotmail.com
Blog . http://balakrishnananat.blogspot.com
Phone . 09451244589 / 0542 2283051
Acknowledgement:
I extend my heartiest gratitude to Shri Sudheernath, Secretary, Kerala Cartoon Academy for bringing up this platform of an exhibition through the most widely used mass media. It goes without mentioning the support and encouragement of my wife and daughters. I’m also extremely thankful to my creative friends and colleagues .
Dr.Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister of India.Well qualified, less utilized.
Bharat Rathna Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
Former President of India- the missile man and a dreamer
Sonia Gandhi
The Italian-born Indian politician. - President , Indian National Congress
Barack Obama
President of the United States. First African American to hold the office-2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Amitabh Bachchan
The Angry young man of the 70s. Arguably India’s greatest ever superstar.
Sachin Tendulkar
The greatest batsman in the history of cricket-first personality without an aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain.
Jyoti Basu
Colossus of the communist and democratic movement- The longest-serving Chief Minister of any Indian state.
Tiger woods
American professional golfer whose achievements were tarnished by his multiple Infidelities revealed by over a dozen women.
A.R.Rahman
The "Mozart of Madras”- the music Factory
Sharukh Khan
The emotional, passionate, intense and funny actor
Lallu Prasad Yadav
Politician from Bihar- The wizard of wits !
Mayawati
Utter Pradesh Chief Minister- the youngest CM - Dalits icon.
Priyanka Chopra
Miss world 2000- Bold & Beautiful- Queen of Bollywood
V.P.Singh - 1990
Former Prime minister of India- efficient , intelligent and bold - the Boforce Bomber !
Chandra Shekhar - 1990.
Former Prime Minister of India- the "Young Turk” !!
Dr.I.K.Gujral - 1990
Dr.I.K.Gujral - 1990
Former Prime Minister of India - the “Gujral Doctrine” and his neighbours !
Dr.R.K.Laxman -1990
India's greatest-ever cartoonist – the creator of the “The Common Man”.
Madhav Rao Sindia -1990
The Royal politician – Computerization of Indian Railways – his brain child.
Maneka Gandhi - 1990
Maneka Gandhi - 1990
Model turned politician turned animal rights activist turned environmentalist turned ….
George H.W. Bush - 1990
Former President of the United States.
Osho Rajneesh - 1990
Osho Rajneesh - 1990
Indian mystic and spiritual teacher – the Sex Guru !
Rekha - 1990
Actress- The Heartthrob of yesteryears.
Whitney Houston - 1990
American pop singer, actress, and former fashion model.
Some of the Caricatures Published in Malayala Daily – 1987
Vivian Richards
Kapil Dev & Sunil Gavasker
Asharuddin & Sreekkant
Navjyot Siddhu &Ravi Shashtri
Dilip Vengsarkar & Manoj Prabhakar
Maninder Singh & Roger Binny
Sivarama Krishnan & Chetan Sharma
Best wishes dear Anaatjee
ReplyDeleteGreat caricatures... Sri. Balakrishnanji...!
ReplyDeleteBest wishes...!
nice works best of luck
ReplyDeleteExcellent-I like your coloured ones -especially Tiger Woods,Jyothi Basu,Lallu & Mayawati -Great works Babu-
ReplyDeletePrasad,
M/s Rohini,Prasad & Associates,Architects,Kochi
Dear Babu ,
ReplyDeleteGood work both old and new .
Excellent caricatures of politicians. Joyoti Da
is my toast . But I thought the captions
could be little more tongue in cheek.
GREAT JOB BALA
ReplyDeleteVery-very good old and new CARICATURES. Best wishes!
ReplyDeleteBala, my dear colleague and room-mate during bachelor days, that was a good exercise for my cheeks which my wife complains rarely get it!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite is Lalluji!
Best wishes on your creative vision and I look forward to see more from you.
Great Work ----
ReplyDeleteLiked all the works ; but some of the those which i liked most are
1. Big B (The Eyes tell a lot)
2. Lallu (Naughty Smile)
Keep Sharing these !!!!!
Sankar Ramachandran
Dear Bala
ReplyDeleteIt was great, what i really liked was that it was more refreshing change from the existing caricatures that we see every day, improve upon it and bring the key factors like expressions etc so that u dont have to give even a title to the drawing........... great to see abundant talent from our native place
Balakrishnaaaaa,
ReplyDeleteGreat job, man! Keep on with the good work. Rekha's caricature is the best! There are two more that you drew during our college days (about another lady and another about a staff guy) that comes to mind...... Well done, once again.
Nice work Bala ji.Congrats.
ReplyDeleteDear Babuvetta,
ReplyDeleteExcellent...really appreciated.
Best Regards,
Suneesh
Dear BALA ji,
ReplyDeletecongrats...fantastic work...my best wishes with you...
Rigards.
UDAYSHANKAR
Wow..!!!
ReplyDeleteAll the best...
I love the eyes of Tiger Woods..!!!
Dear Bala,
ReplyDeleteExcellent work. All of them come alive to speak their character.We enjoyed each one of them. We hope to see many more in coming days.
Rekha and Satish
Delhi
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ReplyDeleteCongrats Bala, your striving for perfection is clearly visible in the recent works vis-a-vis the yesteryears'... That of Obama and Priyanka Chopra is really really wonderful..My best wishes
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Asst.G.M(ATC),NSCBI Airport,Kolkata
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Dear Balakrishnan,
ReplyDeletewe all enjoyed the caricatures & comments...
keep going...
all he best...
santhosh, bindu, soorya & varun
Great works indeed! I was particularly captivated by the caricatures of Sonia,Obama,Jyodida, VPS, Maneka and Rajneesh. As for that of RKS, I thought it fetched you the title "kaduvayey pidicha kidua"
ReplyDeleteALL THE BEST FROM A GREENHORN!
Dear Babuchettan,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Great work. We enjoyed the exhibition. We hope to see more of your work in the future.Best Wishes.
Regards,
Meera Balachandran Sasikumar
DearBalaji
ReplyDeleteThe cartoon are amazing. I liked Lalujis best
Great works. hearty Congrats
Dear Balakrishnan............,
ReplyDeleteIt is like the other side of Midnight.
Amasing to see your calibre on the other side. Hearty congratulations.
..........B.R.MOHAN KUMAR, NEW DELHI
Congrats.. and we are proud of you..
ReplyDeleteMy dear Babu,
ReplyDelete"Excellent" would be too small a word to describe my appreciation of your great work... and to rate one of these as the best...I am confused as each one is better than the other. It's a gift given to you by God. May almighty shower you still in much abundance with the skill and help you scale greater heights in the World of Art.
Lovely work.Seems all characters will speak up and say ....WAH JANAB!Keep it up.warm regds
ReplyDeleteAlok and Mamta varshney,9810587802
Very nice work sir the cartoons are too good for words
ReplyDeletesuper!! :)
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ReplyDeletedear babumama
ReplyDeletegreat lines .. masterful strokes.. each caricature an experience in itself !!!
sreedevi
very nice work............caricatures of lalu prasad yadav,sachin,abdul kalam are simply excellent!!!!!!!!!!ALL D BEST.......
ReplyDeleteGirish&family
Pallickathodu
pazhaya suhrutthu Baalayude works onlinil kandu. Valare santhoshamaayi. College kaalatthu thanne Baala ee midukku theliyichittundu. ippol kooduthal mizhivum mikavum vannu. iniyum valaratte. aashamsakal.
ReplyDeleteV. Jain,
Bureau Cheif,
Deshabhimani Bureau,
Kolkatha.
PROUD TO SEE MY FRIEND'S EXTRAORDINARY WORK.
ReplyDeleteEXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great Caricature Babu. Cloloured Lalu was fun. No go on a la R K Laxman -contemprory themes subtle and tounge in cheak
ReplyDeleteDear Bala
ReplyDeleteThose are really excellent ones, I particularly liked the Sonia Gandhi, Lalu jee and Jyoti Basu. We would also like to congratulate you for the recognition of your talents.
Our best of wishes are always with you.
Saraswati
Great work <all the best and expect more great Ideas
ReplyDeletevijay kumar
trivandrum
Hello Babumama,
ReplyDeleteIts really awesome! :-) kudos! Especially loved the cricket ones.. ;-) Hope everything is good at your end.. All the best!!
Love,
Ramu
nice........
ReplyDeletewe enjoyed it.....
Joshi & fly..mumbai
Dear Bala,
ReplyDeleteGreat Work ! We enjoyed all the caricatures and Laluji stands out.....may be destined to be so in any form....
I thank God for bringing out the real mettle in YOU through this platform and recognition......
Yes, You are not to be restricted to Indian Skies !
May GOD bless you and your family with lot more laurels.
VM (V.Muruganandam)
Sharmila Muruganandam
Atulya and Anjana
Chennai
Dear balakrishnan ji,
ReplyDeleteWishing you all the best .. and Heratly Congratulations to your new exhibition.
Thanx and regrds,
Abdul Salim.
Ernakulam.
Ha ha ha ....Priyanka chopra is nice one...!
ReplyDeleteDear Bala,
ReplyDeleteGald to see your drawings after many years...and more happy to knew that you are back to your drawings...if you have any nostalgic school/college drawings please do post it too..
rgds,
Gopan
Excellent creative work. Superb caricature.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations.
Krish
(Radhakrishnan)
outstanding caricatures ! loved each one of them..congragulations & thanks for sharing your amazing talent !
ReplyDeleteOutstanding job. Keep it up.
ReplyDeleteVikram Kapur.
Hi Balakrishnan,
ReplyDeleteCaricatures are great. Congrats. I quite like those black and whites.
My favourites are Amitab bachan, V.P. Singh and Madhavarao sindya.
Hope to see you next time.
Best wishes
Ajoy
Enjoyed it. I rate Mayawati & Abdul Kalam as best. R.K.Laxman also very good. Lalu looks innocent,cute.I thank Latha for intimation.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful decision -after 20 years- whatever prompted, whoever motivated.
Hope to see more..
-S.Bhaskarbhatta, DGM(Com),AAI, Nagpur.
CONGRATULATIONS! Great Job, After BHU exhibition this is other achievement in just within six months.
ReplyDeleteDear Balakrishnan,
ReplyDeleteCongrats...fantastic work...bast wishes with you.
Rigards
ThomasAntony
hai balaji,
ReplyDeleteGreat work. what a versatile person you are!!. I am really proud of you. Keep going!!!.
Regards,
V J Jacob, AGM(ATM), VOCB
Dear Babu
ReplyDeleteGreat. All works are good. I liked all of them. Congratulatrions and Best Wishes.
Venummama
Nandielath Venugopal
Nice and Crisp...!!!
ReplyDeleteE-mail received from veteran cartoonist Yesudasan
ReplyDeleteപ്രിയപ്പെട്ട ബാലകൃഷ്ണന് ആനന്ദ്,
തങ്ങള് എഴുതിയാല് ഇമെയില് കിട്ടി. വളരെ നന്ദി.
കാരിക്കെച്ചരുകളുടെ പ്രദര്ശനം കേരള കാര്ടൂണ് അക്കാദമിയുടെ വെബ് സൈറ്റില് കണ്ടു. ചിലതെല്ലാം വളരെ നന്നായിട്ടുണ്ട്. ഇനിയും പ്രയത്നിക്കുക.
നന്ദിയോടെ,
യേശുദാസന്
www.yesudasan.info
Dear Balakrishnan,
ReplyDeleteHighly commendable caricatures-especially Lalu & Amitabh, SRK & Maneka....Nice expressions & clean strokes...Maybe a little more thought on the captions would have made it better ...Sincerely hope you will spare some time create more of such interesting creations...
Jason John
Its excellent, Bala. Keep up your good and creative work. I wish you attain greater laurals.
ReplyDeleteD.S.Raghavan, President, ATC Guild(I).
Hi Babu.......Real good work!!
ReplyDeleteWe enjoyed the exibition.
I'm really happy about that you have come back to do what you like to do after a while.....Thats great....
Looking forward to see more...
All the very best.....
Sindhu, Surendran & mon
Dear Bala. Got to see your excellent work. Thx to KCA.. Hope to see more and more of your work !! All the best to you !
ReplyDeleteBalasubramaniam RG
Hi Bala,
ReplyDeleteheartiest congratulations. Excellent carricatures. Do keep it up.
Gr8 Work
ReplyDeleteDear Bala,
ReplyDeleteI could not go through the exhibition immtly. As I already commented your lines stand out from others around.
I really liked the cat like Laaluji, the mischief in Tiger Wood's eyes, the spectacles bigger than the eyes of Jyoti Da and a few others.
Keep it up. Best wishes
Dear Babu,
ReplyDeleteExcellent work. Keep it up.Waiting to see more. All the best.
Molly chechi.
Rohini Prasad
M/S Rohini,Prasad & Associates,Architects,Kochi.
I am not the person to rate it.... But I enjoyed it.....each caricature shows the known typical mannerism of the particular individual and doesn't require any caption or introduction....
ReplyDeleteDear uncle
ReplyDeleteExcellent work.keep it up.Best wishes.......
sherin shakir
Ashik shakir
Hi Bala,
ReplyDeleteAgainst all your altogether busy and stressful Profession, you have developped good passion on cartoons and excelling well. All the best
K.Murali
Chennai ATC
Dear Bala,
ReplyDeleteExcellent work. Proud to have such a talented person in our ATCO community. Keep up the good work. Hoping for some rib-ticlers for the Seminar at Delhi & GCM at VOBL.
Mandeep S Arshi
Hi Bala,
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed your cartoons. Happy to see you back in the world of cartoons. Keep it up. Expecting more.
P.V.Muraleekrishnan,
Chennai ATC.
Dear Mr Balakrishnan,
ReplyDeletewe enjoyed your cartoons. Really Fantastic. SUPER.
All the Best
S.Vasugi
AAI, Chennai.
Dear bala....
ReplyDeleteexcellent work. i like the laluji most.it is amazing to see bachan in a different angle...congratsss... expecting more.....
fm jayamohan calicut airport
Dear Latha,
ReplyDeletei have seen your Husband's cartoons. Really very nice. All the best wishes.
P.Shantha,
AAI, Chennai
Dear Baboo,
ReplyDeleteCONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!excellant work. Very very happy to see your old drawings again. Baboo...keep up your good work. Hope to see more work soon...ALL THE BEST.
MANI
Good work. Waiting to see your cartoons depicting good work of ATCO and problems also.
ReplyDeleteRegards.
Man Singh & Manisha Singh
CATC Allahabad
Hi Bala, excellent work.Where are those cartoons published in English dailies when we were in Calcutta? Anyway keep it comming to make up for those 20 years you went into hibernation!!
ReplyDeleteHi Bala,
ReplyDeletethank you so much dear,
for introducing the world of on line cartoon.
for allowing me to use your products in my presentations.
and so on ….
I wish you all success in whatever field u enter.
AR Rehman with Oscar attracted me more
The more I enjoyed is The wizard of wits.
With warm regards and wishes
Muthu, from Mumbai
Baalashnaaa,
ReplyDeleteTerrific caricatures. In fact, yours is the go between the goddamn lined mine and the well-mannered Ninanesque caricatures. And the stylisation is also hugely amusing- a style missing in present malayali cartoonists, except in the newcomer Madhoos.
Assalaayi!
120kg
Babumamae super.. Ellam adopli.. But AR Rahman is the best :)
ReplyDeleteAmazing ! to see what you have achieved in your life time. Great work ! You will always be remembered for your sense of humour.
ReplyDeleteGreat caricatures.Leaves one asking for more......
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