Daddy Ji

Daddyji appeared in Madhu Muskan for almost 25 years. Daddy ji was the most popular and prime character in Madhu Muskan. He used to be featured on the cover of each and every issue of Madhu Muskan. “Everybody could relate to the bumbling full-of-himself Daddyji as a character like that exists in every family, ” says Daddyji’s creator Harish M Sudan who modelled the character on his brother-in-law. “As for the plots, I didn’t have to look far, since every day, there was a situation in our family that provided a spark for ideas,” he says. Taking the family connection further, Sudan named his daughter Yoyo and dog Bhobho to rhyme with Daddyji’s son, Jojo — an important character in the comic and often the source of Dadyji’s predicaments. He was a humorous character later appeared in Manoj Comics as a famous comic writer with the name of ‘Uncle Charlie’. Also, there was his boss Malik Saheb.