Ramdas Padhye is India's leading ventriloquist, puppeteer and puppet-maker. He has performed more than 9000 ventriloquism and puppet-based, stage and T.V. shows for last 40 years in India and abroad. His website is the first Indian website on ventriloquism and puppetry. He has been regularly featuring on India' National Channel Doordarshan since 1972.

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  • Ramdas Padhye is India's leading ventriloquist, puppeteer and puppet-maker. He has performed more than 9000 ventriloquism and puppet-based, stage and T.V. shows for last 40 years in India and abroad. His website is the first Indian website on ventriloquism and puppetry. He has been regularly featuring on India' National Channel Doordarshan since 1972. He was the first Indian ventriloquist to perform ventriloquism and puppet-based shows on NBC, ABC America and CBS television in America, and BBC's Channel Four. For the last four decades, Ramdas Padhye has been pursuing with devotion, the almost extinct ancient art of ventriloquism and allied arts. The art of ventriloquism popularly known as “ Bolkya Bahulya “ or “ Talking Dolls “ or “ Shabdabhram “ or “ Voice Illusion “ is little known in a country like India. He has given the traditional Indian Puppets and Ventriloquial dolls the technological edge by upgrading them to International Standards without losing their Indian identity and universal appeal. Ramdas Padhye received the formal training in the art of ventriloquism and the use of talking puppets from his father late Prof. Y. K. Padhye. Late Prof. Y. K. Padhye was the pioneer exponent of the art of ventriloquism who introduced India to this art around 1920 in its modern format. In 1968, at the age of 23, he performed before the Prime Minister of India Late Smt. Indira Gandhi in New Delhi. Spurred by her advice to give distinct Indian touch to the art, Ramdas Padhye introduced several Indian puppets/dolls with whom the Indian masses could readily identify themselves. He then selected several themes of national importance such as “ Family Planning “, “ Small Savings “, “ Child Education”, and "Grow more Food" etc. for his shows and presented them with the help of his witty and entertaining puppets. He regularly visited the hospitals and brought cheers to the lives of Cancer patients and mentally retarded children.
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  • Ramdas Padhye is India's leading ventriloquist, puppeteer and puppet-maker. He has performed more than 9000 ventriloquism and puppet-based, stage and T.V. shows for last 40 years in India and abroad. His website is the first Indian website on ventriloquism and puppetry. He has been regularly featuring on India' National Channel Doordarshan since 1972.
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  • Ramdas Padhye
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