Ramdas Padhye

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Ramdas Padhye
Ramdas Padhye with his puppet
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Ramdas Padhye

(1945-01-24) January 24, 1945 (age 79) [1]
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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SpouseAparna Padhye [2]
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Ramdas Padhye (born 24 January 1945) is an Indian ventriloquist, puppeteer and puppet maker. [3] [2] He has performed in India and abroad for five decades. Ramdas did his first TV debut in 1972 along with his puppet 'Ardhavatrao' when Doordarshan called him to do a 15-minute show. [4]

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Ramdas was the first Indian ventriloquist to perform on various International television network like NBC, CBS and BBC. [5]

Ramdas Padhye also trained Bollywood actors like Amitabh Bachchan [5] and Aditya Roy Kapur [6] in ventriloquism.

Career

Ramdas also performed before the former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi in New Delhi in the year 1968. [7] [8]

In 2001, American puppeteer Robert Rockwood used puppets made by Ramdas Padhye at Atlanta. [9]

In 2020, Ramdas along with his son Satyajit Padhye designed India's first 3D printed puppet for film Ludo. [10] [11] [12]

Filmography

Performed in films
YearFilmNote(s)
1983 Mahaan [13]
1993 Zapatlela [14]
2002 Dil Hai Tumhaara [5]
2013 Zapatlela 2 [15]
Television
ShowPlatformRef(s)
Gharat Basale Saare Zee Marathi [16] [17]
Meri Bhi Suno Doordarshan [18] [19]

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