{"id":6834,"date":"2017-07-22T00:54:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T19:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pollywoodboxoffice.com\/?p=6834"},"modified":"2017-07-22T00:54:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T19:24:00","slug":"harvinder-mankkar-legend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pollywoodboxoffice.com\/harvinder-mankkar-legend\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvinder Mankkar – A Legend who juggles many hats"},"content":{"rendered":"
Harvinder Mankkar the name needs no introduction as his work speaks for him. He is a living legend of his field. He has illustrated more than 22,000 books, directed and written scripts for more than 800 commercial ad films and as a writer he did 4 Hollywood films and many Bollywood films.<\/strong> Pollywood Boxoffice – Harvinder ji tell us about your journey? When and how you started and reached at this level?<\/strong> Pollywood Boxoffice – Late President Dr. Abdul Kalam honoured you ? May I know what was it for?<\/strong> <\/p>\n Pollywood Boxoffice –<\/strong> 22,000 books you have illustrated so far..hats off!!! It seems Impossible in a lifetime ?<\/strong> <\/p>\n Pollywood Boxoffice – Surely, it will reach. Okay so I have seen some of your really amazing ad films so what is the magic that you put in them and they become such hits!!<\/strong> <\/p>\n Pollywood Boxoffice – Okay ! So tell us like you keep visiting abroad for the Bollywood shows so the Indians who live abroad what do they think about Bollywood or about us?<\/strong><\/p>\n Harvinder Mankkar<\/strong> – I have been to the Film festival in Norway, Australia and many more countries we do this and the Indians there they really miss India. They are 1000 miles away from here and your country is always our own country. May be the person be in any part of the world but your home, your birth place can never be forgotten and it surely calls you you believe it or not. There are chances that you get more money there or there are better facilities and its more clean and hygienic but your country, your own home is something a person can never forget about. So they all miss these things and when they miss all this they get attracted to bollywood as they can easily relate it with their lives, their country. I would like to share few Punjabi lines with you that I was told to say when I was in Australia for the ones who are living abroad.<\/p>\n Gore chitte lakhan jism handaye howangye. So many people cried there , these words are written by Gurdas Maan Ji. These days the films, ads, stories, cartoons, etc. are more like a source to connect people with each other. It is not only entertainment rather it is more like a family. Facebook, Twitter, etc. all the social media is also a family now. You should say thanks to such things that they have connected people who were separated a long time back and allowed you to interact with others as well.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Pollywood Boxoffice – You have worked with Sunny Leone to The Superstar Amitabh Bachchan. How was your experience working with them?<\/strong> <\/p>\n
\n His cartoon characters Motu Patlu are extremely famous in Animation world.<\/strong>
\n He wrote & directed the film Khoj and entirely shot on Mobile phone which is first of its kind film. Pollywood Boxoffice got Opportunity for an Exclusive interview with the Great Personality find out…<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nHarvinder Mankkar –<\/strong> My journey actually started from my childhood as I started working for my family in early age, the cartoonist phase you know, so when I was young I used to draw lines on the footpath with coal. And at that time I had no idea that these lines one day will take shapes of my cartoon characters like motu-patlu and many more.
\nFrom then, my journey started. I was 13-14 years old when my first cartoon was published in a magazine and I got Rs. 5\/- for it. At that time it was really a big thing for me, when you see your name being published, people start to know you, your family is happy. So, that was my starting, that one cartoon was like my first step towards this journey. Interestingly the cartoon slowly changed to steps, and then the comics came, I worked for different kinds of comics\u2026. In India, first Indian comic was created by me like Amar-Akbar, Bhootnath series, etc. After writing these comics my interest developed in writing as well so I started writing serials, film shows for TV, jingles for ad films and films\u2026and today here I am in front of you. I just thank god to make me capable of all this.<\/p>\n
\nHarvinder Mankkar –<\/strong>Actually, I illustrated his biography Rameshveram se Rashtrapati Bhawan and when we gave him the book at Rashtrapati Bhawan, he referred it, he really liked it as it was the first time when a biography was illustrated through cartoons. So for that biography, he honoured me and praised me too. His Appreciation meant a lot to <\/a>me and I still remember one of his saying that In life whenever you move, move alone if you move alone 20 people will follow you but if you move with the 20 people, there are chances of you to being lost in the crowd
\nFirst start with your own, take your first step yourself. Do not wait for others to walk <\/a>with you. I am still trying to follow his words.<\/p>\n
\nHarvinder Mankkar –<\/strong>It just happened yousee when you work at that point you have no clue that you are making a record just do your work with passion, enjoy your work because when your passion becomes your profession nothing is beautiful than that. Understand that, just enjoy your work and never take it as a load or stress over it. If this had happened with me I would have not have been able to make even 22 books.
\nI enjoyed it, I enjoyed the characters, I enjoyed what I made, enjoyed writing, be it any ad film or feature film, I always went in deep and thought if I was there at their place what all I could do. So when you enjoy not only 22,000 but with gods blessing it will reach to 22 Lacs ..<\/p>\n
\nHarvinder Mankkar –<\/strong>See ad films have a different method. In about 10-20 seconds you have to make a commercial and within that time only you have to convey your message too. Ad films should be more attractive, crispier and you convey the message in a simple yet beautiful manner. Many ad films you see that are not even understandable but you will be happy to know that in the whole world India is on top in terms of quality and concept of ad films. It can vary in terms of quality sometimes or the technique but in terms of concept it is India and the maximum numbers of ads are also made in India. And I feel extremely lucky that I have been a part of that journey too and will surely be one.<\/p>\n
\n.nit nevi sajni naal nehal agwaye howangye
\naakhir kaar je ghar di yaad sata dendi howegi
\ntenu wi ydwatan di kadiaan di ho wangi
\nChithi cheere naal ankhaa di bhukhna mitdi eh
\nRoz bechari bebe abuhey tey khad di hai..
\nputtar nu marjana hai aankh bulandi hoengi..
\ntenu vi yad kadi watan di aandi howangi..<\/p>\n
\nHarvinder Mankkar –<\/strong>With, Mr. Amitabh Bachchan I did a show with him in Hyderabad. He is not only a Legendary Actor but also a down to earth human being I ever met…see someone is well known when he\/she is capable of it and is worth it too. I can say it with confidence that he is at such a higher level and still very down to earth. If you go to their home or office from the 1st stair to the top there are so many awards that if you pick 10 awards he will not even get to know about it. It is full of awards and the awards show his hard-work and his worth and that he is capable of it.
\nI remember once I went to his room as I had the script and direction and I told him that well start at 9 o clock and I did not had that much of guts to even tell him that I have the script in my hand because I thought there is nothing that I should say as he himself is so intelligent already so I just turned back and then he called me and asked that who has written the script? I said I have written it so he said why youre not giving it then? His word to word saying was really a respected thing for me. And that is the reason Bachchan saheb Bachchan saheb hai.<\/p>\n