Satyajit Padhye

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Satyajit Padhye with his puppet

Satyajit Padhye

Satyajit Padhye, son of Indian ventriloquist and puppeteer Ramdas Padhye^[1], is a budding ventriloquist, puppeteer and puppet maker. Satyajit has assisted his father in various stage shows and plays. He is a third-generation ventriloquist who hopes to carry on the legacy of his father.

Padhye is known for his youth-targeted humour. Satyajit honed his skills of puppetry and ventriloquism for five years before giving his first solo performance.

Satyajit got interested in this art from childhood.At the age of 8, he started learning the art of ventriloquism from his father Ramdas Padhye^[2].He performed for first time at the age of 12^[3]

At the age of 13, Satyajit started as an assistant puppeteer and assisted his father for the play Good Night Baby Dino which was directed by Ad-man Bharat Dabolkar^[4]. Since then, he and his father have worked together on number of projects, including various television series, films (Dil Hai Tumharra), plays, music videos (Maine Payal Hain Chhankai), and television advertisements. He did a TV series for Disney Channel as well as for Singapore T.V-12 for which he was one of the lead puppeteers.^[5]

Padhye has represented India at the Japan Ventriloquist Festival, held in Tokyo^[6].

[edit] "Puppet and the Politician's Nautanki"

It is always said that a politican has two minds. What he speaks, he may not necessarily mean, because something different may be going on in his mind. What happens when you listen to his second mind? Satyajit Padhye has used this concept to create a humor-based show titled 'A Beautiful Mind', where Satyajit himself plays a typical Indian politician and the puppet is his alter ego or second mind.^[7] This weekly show is a cult favorite, sarcastic, extremely witty and pokes fun of politicians. Another unique part of this show is that it will be seen on India's first online TV channel, Nautanki.TV.Nautanki.TV is an internet channel which webcasts programs/episodes/segments on an ongoing basis in the short format.