Yeshwant Keshav Padhye was the pioneering India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n Ventriloquist who started ventriloquism

Ventriloquism

Ventriloquism, or ventriloquy, is an act of stagecraft in which a person manipulates his or her voice so that it appears that the voice is coming from elsewhere, usually a puppeteered "dummy"...

 in India in 1920's. He was a magician and performed magic shows in India.He brought the puppets from England and then slowly started performing Ventriloquism.

Performing Magic

Padhye started performing Magic shows in India.He use to perform them in small functions.The entertainment industry was not so much developed during that time.However he created a niche for himself when he started combining magic and puppetry.He brought the puppets from England and started performing his shows.He started learning Ventriloquism from a book which he ordered from U.S.A.He slowly started incorporating Ventriloquism in his Magic shows.This excited the viewers as they had never seen a lively ventriloquial puppet talk.

Puppets in films

Once the art of ventriloquism gained popularity, he also received offers from films.His puppets were featured in one Hindi Film called "Akeli Mat Jaiyo".The film featured his famous puppet "Ardhavatrao" along with actor Rajendra Kumar

Rajendra Kumar

Rajendra Kumar was one of the most successful Indian Bollywood actors in the 1960s and 1970s. He also produced several films in the 1980s starring his son Kumar Gaurav....

. The puppet was operated by Padhye himself.The music of the film was composed by Madan Mohan

Madan Mohan

Madan Mohan Kohli , better known as Madan Mohan, was a famed Bollywood film music director of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s...

 and lyrics were given by Majrooh Sultanpuri

Majrooh Sultanpuri

Majrooh Sultanpuri was an Urdu poet, lyricist and songwriter...

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