Detective Moochwala
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Detective Moochwala is an eponymous India
n magazine comic strip
created by the well-known Indian cartoonist Ajit Ninan
. The strip chronicles the adventures of Moochwala, a fictional detective, and his dog Pooch
who solve several crimes armed with high tech equipment and a little chutzpah
.
(part of the India Today Group) during the 1980s and 1990s. The strip was notable for its animation, which was remarkably detailed and high quality for the time.
Detective Moochwala was a staple of children and youngsters in India for a number of years. The comic strip was stopped sometime in 1991, when the magazine underwent a renaissance
and transformed itself into a more text-oriented version.
literally means "a person with a moustache". He is depicted as a pot-bellied, stubby legged man with little hair, and a trademark inverted "V" moustache
. The crime fighting duo were sometimes referred to in the strip as "Mooch and Pooch", and managed to crack even the most difficult cases. Pooch was of indeterminate breed
, and possessed above average intelligence for a dog.
Another notable feature of the strip was the names of Police Inspectors who came to clean up at the end of the strip; they always had very apt Hindi-English words.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n magazine comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
created by the well-known Indian cartoonist Ajit Ninan
Ajit Ninan
Ajit Ninan is a well-known Indian political cartoonist, best known for drawing the Centrestage series of cartoons in India Today magazine and Ninan's World in the Times of India....
. The strip chronicles the adventures of Moochwala, a fictional detective, and his dog Pooch
Pooch
Pooch can refer to:* A colloquial term for "dog"* Project POOCH, a rehabilitation program pairing dogs with incarcerated juveniles* Pooch punt, a kick in American football* Pooch Café, a webcomic* Pooch Hall, a track and field athlete...
who solve several crimes armed with high tech equipment and a little chutzpah
Chutzpah
Chutzpah is the quality of audacity, for good or for bad, but it is generally used negatively. The Yiddish word derives from the Hebrew word , meaning "insolence", "audacity". The modern English usage of the word has taken on a broader meaning, having been popularized through vernacular use in...
.
History
The strip appeared in an Indian youth magazine TargetTarget (magazine)
Target was a popular Indian children's magazine that was published monthly in English from 1980 to 1995. It featured a mix of reader contributions, stories from regular writers, do-it-yourself articles and several popular comic strips.-History:...
(part of the India Today Group) during the 1980s and 1990s. The strip was notable for its animation, which was remarkably detailed and high quality for the time.
Detective Moochwala was a staple of children and youngsters in India for a number of years. The comic strip was stopped sometime in 1991, when the magazine underwent a renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
and transformed itself into a more text-oriented version.
Characters
The main characters are Moochwala the detective and his pet dog Pooch. Moochwala in HindiHindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
literally means "a person with a moustache". He is depicted as a pot-bellied, stubby legged man with little hair, and a trademark inverted "V" moustache
Moustache
A moustache is facial hair grown on the outer surface of the upper lip. It may or may not be accompanied by a type of beard, a facial hair style grown and cropped to cover most of the lower half of the face.-Etymology:...
. The crime fighting duo were sometimes referred to in the strip as "Mooch and Pooch", and managed to crack even the most difficult cases. Pooch was of indeterminate breed
Breed
A breed is a group of domestic animals or plants with a homogeneous appearance, behavior, and other characteristics that distinguish it from other animals or plants of the same species. Despite the centrality of the idea of "breeds" to animal husbandry, there is no scientifically accepted...
, and possessed above average intelligence for a dog.
Another notable feature of the strip was the names of Police Inspectors who came to clean up at the end of the strip; they always had very apt Hindi-English words.