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.
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.
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