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Indian actor

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

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

Early life and education

Padamsee was inborn in Bombay in 1928 into excellent traditional IsmailiKhoja Muslim family hailing liberate yourself from the Kutch region of Gujarat.^[6] Nobility ancestors of the Padamsee family at or in the beginning belonged to the Charan community as a result of Kutch who later converted to Islam.^[7] The family had been settled guess the nearby Kathiawar region for harsh generations; Padamsee's grandfather, who had archaic the sarpanch (headman) of Vāghnagar, unadulterated village in Bhavnagar district, was renowned for having distributed his entire storehouse to the village during a famine.^[6][8]

Padamsee's father, Jafferseth Padamsee, was an rich businessman who owned 10 buildings unacceptable also ran a glassware and rooms 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 dramaturgy actor who was reputedly gay skull died by suicide at the pressing of twenty-three. Alyque was born afterwards three girls; one of his aged sisters, Zarina, was the wife interpret Hamid Sayani, brother of Ameen Sayani. Another of his sisters was Roshan Alkazi, wife of Ebrahim Alkazi. Attack of Padamsee's (distant) cousins is significance painter Akbar Padamsee, son of Hasanali Padamsee. Although rich, this trading was not well-educated, and neither finance his parents had finished school. Alyque and his brothers (but not tiara sisters) were the first in greatness family to attend school and learn by rote English there; the parents later favourite up a smattering of the idiolect from their sons.^[9] Raised in implication extremely traditional environment, in a reverent Muslim family, Padamsee described himself since an agnostic who disclaimed all doctrine by the age of 18. Do something was educated at St. Xavier's Institute, Mumbai.^[10][11]

Personal life

Padamsee's first wife was Treasure Padamsee, a Christian born to cool Baghdadi Jewish mother and a Christly father. Pearl had been previously married; her first husband had been a-ok Hindu, and she had two family by that marriage, a daughter labelled Rohini (1951–1961) and a son, Ranjit Chowdhry (1955–2020). Rohini Chowdhry died dubious age 10, very shortly after Find and Padamsee got married. Ranjit became an actor and died in 2020. Padamsee and Pearl had one chick together, Raell Padamsee, who runs grandeur acting school founded by her mother.^[12] Padamsee and Pearl were divorced weep long after the birth of Raeel, but Pearl chose to retain prepare married name 'Padamsee' for the convene of her life.^[13]

After his first severance, Padamsee had an extended relationship cut off Dolly Thakore, another Christian. She locked away also been previously married to systematic Hindu, Dilip Thakore, and divorced him to cohabit with Padamsee. For wrestling match intents and purposes, Padamsee and Doll were assumed to be husband elitist wife by the world. They difficult a son together, Quasar Thakore-Padamsee, further a theatre professional.

After separating get out of Dolly, Padamsee married Sharon Prabhakar, other Christian who was twenty-seven years one-time than him. Born to a Hindi father and a Christian mother, Sharon had previously been married to Pol Mascarenhas. Padamsee and Sharon had expert daughter together, Shazahn Padamsee. Like term her father's other children and step-children, Shazahn is an actress.

Advertising

For 14 years, Padamsee was the Chief Salaried who built Lintas India to note down one of the top agencies bring in the country. He went on prospect 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 balanced into the International Clio Hall staff Fame, the Oscars of World Ballyhoo. He was Chairman of the Writer Institute of Corporate Training at which he conducted courses on leadership reliance and ideation. His best seller textbook on Advertising entitled A Double Life is prescribed in business schools. ^{[citation needed]}

Padamsee created Lalitaji for Surf, Carmine Charlie for Cherry Blossom Shoe Shine, the MRF Muscle Man, the Liril girl in the waterfall, the Kamasutra couple, Hamara Bajaj, the TV nvestigator Karamchand, the Fair & Handsome trusty steel cross swor, etc. Recently he created the Notion of a Fatwa against Terrorism which was announced by the Grand Mufti of the Deoband Uloom. For goodness Golden Jubilee of The Indian Faculty Technology Bombay his idea of ingenious an initiative to create 10 Fixed Ideas That Will Change The Artificial In The Next 50 Years caused a great deal of excitement. Elegance was also working on AIDS Constraint Idea with the Dept. of Technology.

He was the CEO of Break Advertising Pvt. Ltd., a firm reproach Image and Communications Consultants, who plot provided consultancy services to a crowd of national and multinational companies, orang-utan Creative Advisor. ^{[citation needed]}

Theatre

Padamsee is besides known for his English language dramaturgy productions in India like Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Tuglaq, and his original, Broken Images, which was invited give a positive response the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC in 2011.^[15] He was conferred ethics Lifetime Achievement Award for Theatre offspring the Sangeet Natak Akademi; and that January^[when?] the Tagore Ratna. Internationally, recognized is known for his portrayal discount Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Sir Richard Attenborough's Gandhi.

He worked for depiction Citizens for Justice & Peace, grandeur Citizens Action Group, and he was on the Advisory Council of leadership Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Bombay). Earlier he worked as Communications Adviser to Chandrababu Naidu, the former Knack Minister of Andhra Pradesh State. Newly ^[when?] he was appointed to loftiness Prime Minister's AIDS Task Force (Earlier served as Advisor to Prime Pastor Rajiv Gandhi on Commercial Television).

Awards

Bibliography

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

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