Ramdas Padhye

Ramdas Padhye
Ramdas Padhye with his puppet
Born
Ramdas Padhye

(1945-01-24) January 24, 1945 (age 79) [1]
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupations
SpouseAparna Padhye[2]
ParentYeshwant K Padhye (father)

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]

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.

  1. ^ "रामदास पाध्ये, हंसा वाडकर, सुभाष घई, जे. ओमप्रकाश". bytesofindia.com.
  2. ^ a b "Puppetry has a lot of potential". DNA India. 20 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Say hello to....Ramdas Padhye". The Hindu. 30 July 2015.
  4. ^ "On a string and a prayer". DNA India. 15 October 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Making strings talk". Tribune India. 29 August 2015.
  6. ^ "एका कॉलवर आदित्य रॉय कपूरच्या मदतीला धावून आले रामदास आणि सत्यजित पाध्ये". Maharashtra Times. 24 November 2020.