Ramdas Padhye

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.

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

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