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at 02:05:06 pm on November 8, 2009
In a forthcoming advertisement, Aamir Khan plays a ventriloquist for the first time… well, almost.
Legendary ventriloquist Ramdas Padhye is the one actually operating the puppet in the ad. Padhye said, “When I met Aamir, his first reaction shocked me. He said, ‘It’s lovely meeting you again,’ even though I was meeting him for the first time. Then he told me about noting the time of my Doordarshan show Meri Bhi Suno, in his school notebook and watching it regularly. Though Aamir couldn’t recall the puppet’s name, Ardhavat Rao, he was very excited when I brought it along one day. He stared at it, like a fan would at his favourite actor. It was impossible for a novice to create a false voice, so soon. So, I asked Aamir to try and pick up my body language to add a kind of chemistry between the puppet and him.”
