Chintoo is a famous Marathi comic strip that appears in Sakal newspaper.
Chintoo (sometimes incorrectly spelled as Chintu) has been popular in all age groups since it started.
Chintoo, the hero of the strip, represents a typical boy in middle class Marathi family.
Normal incidents in his day-to-day life are given a humorous face in this cartoon series.
He enjoys watching cricket and stealing mangoes from Joshi Kaku's trees.
Chintoo's neighbor, who has a large garden full of fruit trees.
Gets the brunt of the group's play, with their cricket resulting mostly in ball going through Joshikaku's glass windows, with predictable results.she loves Chintoo but she doesn't show that.
Ltd. released the feature film version of the comic character and his gang.
The film, directed by Shrirang Godbole, has Shubhankar Atre playing the lead character of Chintoo.
Actors like Subodh Bhave, Vibhawari Deshpande and others played the supporting characters.
The film is the first Indian feature which has been adapted from a daily comic strip.
[1] A sequel to the first film was released in 2013, titled Chintoo 2: Khajinyachi Chittarkatha.