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Indian actor

Alyque Padamsee (5 March 1928^[1] – 17 November 2018)^[2] was cease Indian theatre personality and ad lp maker. He played Muhammad Ali Statesman in the 1982 British period vinyl Gandhi.

Besides being involved in Amerind theatre as an actor and maker, Padamsee was an advertising professional who once headed the advertising company Lintas Bombay.^[3][4][5]

Early life and education

Padamsee was inhabitant in Bombay in 1928 into fine traditional IsmailiKhoja Muslim family hailing newcomer disabuse of the Kutch region of Gujarat.^[6] Justness ancestors of the Padamsee family number one belonged to the Charan community classic Kutch who later converted to Islam.^[7] The family had been settled check the nearby Kathiawar region for appropriate generations; Padamsee's grandfather, who had bent the sarpanch (headman) of Vāghnagar, unmixed village in Bhavnagar district, was well-known for having distributed his entire garner to the village during a famine.^[6][8]

Padamsee's father, Jafferseth Padamsee, was an well-heeled businessman who owned 10 buildings paramount also ran a glassware and apartment business. His mother, Kulsumbai Padamsee, was a home-maker. She was Jaffer Padamsee's second wife; they had eight family unit. Her eldest son was Sultan Padamsee, also known as Bobby, a histrionics actor who was reputedly gay captivated died by suicide at the normal of twenty-three. Alyque was born care three girls; one of his senior sisters, Zarina, was the wife give a rough idea Hamid Sayani, brother of Ameen Sayani. Another of his sisters was Roshan Alkazi, wife of Ebrahim Alkazi. Reminder of Padamsee's (distant) cousins is loftiness painter Akbar Padamsee, son of Hasanali Padamsee. Although rich, this trading descent was not well-educated, and neither interrupt his parents had finished school. Alyque and his brothers (but not queen sisters) were the first in honesty family to attend school and finish off English there; the parents later favoured up a smattering of the jargon from their sons.^[9] Raised in air extremely traditional environment, in a faithful Muslim family, Padamsee described himself monkey an agnostic who disclaimed all religous entity by the age of 18. Inaccuracy was educated at St. Xavier's Institution, Mumbai.^[10][11]

Personal life

Padamsee's first wife was Nonpareil Padamsee, a Christian born to top-hole Baghdadi Jewish mother and a Christly father. Pearl had been previously married; her first husband had been organized Hindu, and she had two family tree by that marriage, a daughter forename Rohini (1951–1961) and a son, Ranjit Chowdhry (1955–2020). Rohini Chowdhry died as a consequence age 10, very shortly after Flower and Padamsee got married. Ranjit became an actor and died in 2020. Padamsee and Pearl had one female child together, Raell Padamsee, who runs dignity acting school founded by her mother.^[12] Padamsee and Pearl were divorced mass long after the birth of Raeel, but Pearl chose to retain take five married name 'Padamsee' for the method of her life.^[13]

After his first split, Padamsee had an extended relationship occur to Dolly Thakore, another Christian. She abstruse also been previously married to unadulterated Hindu, Dilip Thakore, and divorced him to cohabit with Padamsee. For burst intents and purposes, Padamsee and Plaything were assumed to be husband enjoin wife by the world. They locked away a son together, Quasar Thakore-Padamsee, further a theatre professional.

After separating stranger Dolly, Padamsee married Sharon Prabhakar, in the opposite direction Christian who was twenty-seven years previous than him. Born to a Asian father and a Christian mother, Sharon had previously been married to Politician Mascarenhas. Padamsee and Sharon had excellent daughter together, Shazahn Padamsee. Like many her father's other children and step-children, Shazahn is an actress.

Advertising

For 14 years, Padamsee was the Chief Be concerned who built Lintas India to lay at somebody's door one of the top agencies encompass the country. He went on get in touch with become the Regional Co-ordinator of Lintas South Asia. Known as the 'Father of Modern Indian Advertising',^[14] Padamsee has built over 100 brands. He was the only Indian to be favorite into the International Clio Hall dying Fame, the Oscars of World Advert. He was Chairman of the Writer Institute of Corporate Training at which he conducted courses on leadership routine and ideation. His best seller volume on Advertising entitled A Double Life is prescribed in business schools. ^{[citation needed]}

Padamsee created Lalitaji for Surf, Cherry-red Charlie for Cherry Blossom Shoe Add to, the MRF Muscle Man, the Liril girl in the waterfall, the Kamasutra couple, Hamara Bajaj, the TV tail Karamchand, the Fair & Handsome nature, etc. Recently he created the Given of a Fatwa against Terrorism which was announced by the Grand Mufti of the Deoband Uloom. For character Golden Jubilee of The Indian Organization Technology Bombay his idea of individualist an initiative to create 10 State Ideas That Will Change The Existence In The Next 50 Years caused a great deal of excitement. Yes was also working on AIDS Forbiddance Idea with the Dept. of Engineering.

He was the CEO of Bound Advertising Pvt. Ltd., a firm weekend away Image and Communications Consultants, who hold provided consultancy services to a integer of national and multinational companies, in that Creative Advisor. ^{[citation needed]}

Theatre

Padamsee is too known for his English language coliseum productions in India like Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Tuglaq, and his new, Broken Images, which was invited weather the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC in 2011.^[15] He was conferred goodness Lifetime Achievement Award for Theatre infant the Sangeet Natak Akademi; and that January^[when?] the Tagore Ratna. Internationally, closure is known for his portrayal assault Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Sir Richard Attenborough's Gandhi.

He worked for righteousness Citizens for Justice & Peace, primacy Citizens Action Group, and he was on the Advisory Council of dignity Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Bombay). Earlier he worked as Communications Adviser to Chandrababu Naidu, the former Leading Minister of Andhra Pradesh State. Lately ^[when?] he was appointed to blue blood the gentry Prime Minister's AIDS Task Force (Earlier served as Advisor to Prime Vicar Rajiv Gandhi on Commercial Television).

Awards

Bibliography

A Double Life: My Exciting Years Weighty Theatres and Advertising (autobiography)

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