This Indian ‘Maharajah’ dressed up as Playboy waitress, sumo wrestler & many other avatars

We can call him the Maharajah for want of a better description. But his blood isn’t blue. He may look like royalty, but he isn’t royal. He is capable of entertaining the Queen of England and splitting a beer with her butler.” These were the words spoken by Air India’s then commercial director, Bobby Kooka, who, more than seven decades ago, conceptualised the mascot that has come to be one of India’s most loved characters — the Maharajah of the skies.
Read more about Air India's Maharajah, with his portly figure, impressive moustache, sharp nose and wardrobe that changed with every city to which he was flying >>