Ramdas Padhye (born 24 January 1945) is an Indian ventriloquist,
puppeteer and puppet maker.
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.
Ramdas was the first Indian ventriloquist to perform on various International television network like NBC, CBS and BBC.
Ramdas Padhye also trained Bollywood actors like
Amitabh Bachchan and
Aditya Roy Kapur in ventriloquism.
Career
Ramdas also performed before the former
Prime Minister of India
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Indira Gandhi in New Delhi in the year 1968.
In 2001, American puppeteer Robert Rockwood used puppets made by Ramdas Padhye at Atlanta.
In 2020, Ramdas along with his son
Satyajit Padhye designed India's first 3D printed puppet for film
Ludo.
Filmography
References
External links
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Living people
Ventriloquists
Indian puppeteers
Entertainers from Mumbai
1945 births