Satyajit Padhye

Satyajit Padhye is an Indian ventriloquist, puppeteer and puppet maker, and third generation ventriloquist.

Satyajit Padhye was born on 5 May in Mumbai, India to Ramdas Padhye and his wife, Aparna. His brother Parikshit is also a puppeteer and ventriloquist. His mother appeared on national television in the 80s and 90s. She has a master's degree in Marathi literature and is herself a puppeteer and ventriloquist in skits with her husband.

His father Ramdas Padhye, included his son in various stage shows and plays, and his grandfather was Y. K. Padhye, a pioneering ventriloquist who popularised this form of entertainment in India. Ramdas took over from him and brought the art to the masses through television.

Satyajit got interested in puppetry from childhood. At the age of eight, he started learning the art of ventriloquism from his father Ramdas Padhye. He performed for first time at the age of 12 at a school gathering when he was in 7th grade

Satyajit is from R.A. Podar College of Commerce and Economics, Matunga where he took part in the Youth Festival and Malhar. He has won several prizes in inter-collegiate events using his skills. He made a Professional Quality Puppet called "Rapster" as Mascot for RAPPORT 2003, an annual college festival which was the anchor for various events in the festival. Padhye began working life as a Chartered Accountant.

However, Satyajit honed his skills of puppetry and ventriloquism for five years before giving his first solo performance.

Padhye is known for his youth-targeted humour. He is C.A.At 13, he was assistant to his father for the play Good Night Baby Dino (1993), directed by advertising man Bharat Dabholkar. He also was a lead puppeteer in another play called "Hats Off"(1997) which gave him lot of scope with different puppetry techniques.

Since then, he and his father have worked together on number of projects, including various television series, films (Dil Hai Tumhaara), 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. Satyajit is also one of the Lead Puppeteer for the Celebrity Puppet Show "Juicy Pammi" on ZOOM Channel where he handled the puppet of main anchor "Juicy Pammi" besides operating different celebrity puppets. He has also assisted his dad for an international advertisement on a Dutch T.V. Network.

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