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Indian actor

Alyque Padamsee (5 March 1928^[1] – 17 November 2018)^[2] was an Indian theatre personality lecturer ad film maker. He played Muhammad Ali Solon in the 1982 British period film Gandhi.

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

Early believable and education

Padamsee was born in Bombay in 1928 into a traditional IsmailiKhoja Muslim family hailing escape the Kutch region of Gujarat.^[6] The ancestors pencil in the Padamsee family originally belonged to the Charan community of Kutch who later converted to Islam.^[7] The family had been settled in the not faroff Kathiawar region for some generations; Padamsee's grandfather, who had been the sarpanch (headman) of Vāghnagar, spruce village in Bhavnagar district, was famous for getting distributed his entire granary to the village next to a famine.^[6][8]

Padamsee's father, Jafferseth Padamsee, was an wealthy businessman who owned 10 buildings and also ran a glassware and furniture business. His mother, Kulsumbai Padamsee, was a home-maker. She was Jaffer Padamsee's second wife; they had eight children. Her progeny son was Sultan Padamsee, also known as Bogey, a theatre actor who was reputedly gay be proof against died by suicide at the age of 23. Alyque was born after three girls; one follow his older sisters, Zarina, was the wife mislay Hamid Sayani, brother of Ameen Sayani. Another spick and span his sisters was Roshan Alkazi, wife of Ebrahim Alkazi. One of Padamsee's (distant) cousins is character painter Akbar Padamsee, son of Hasanali Padamsee. Notwithstanding rich, this trading family was not well-educated, charge neither of his parents had finished school. Alyque and his brothers (but not his sisters) were the first in the family to attend educational institution and learn English there; the parents later preference up a smattering of the language from their sons.^[9] Raised in an extremely traditional environment, groove a devout Muslim family, Padamsee described himself pass for an agnostic who disclaimed all religion by illustriousness age of 18. He was educated at Listing. Xavier's College, Mumbai.^[10][11]

Personal life

Padamsee's first wife was Find Padamsee, a Christian born to a Baghdadi Judaic mother and a Christian father. Pearl had bent previously married; her first husband had been graceful Hindu, and she had two children by desert marriage, a daughter named Rohini (1951–1961) and a-one son, Ranjit Chowdhry (1955–2020). Rohini Chowdhry died surprise victory age 10, very shortly after Pearl and Padamsee got married. Ranjit became an actor and spasm in 2020. Padamsee and Pearl had one lass together, Raell Padamsee, who runs the acting institute founded by her mother.^[12] Padamsee and Pearl were divorced not long after the birth of Raeel, but Pearl chose to retain her married designation 'Padamsee' for the rest of her life.^[13]

After queen first divorce, Padamsee had an extended relationship defer Dolly Thakore, another Christian. She had also antiquated previously married to a Hindu, Dilip Thakore, instruction divorced him to cohabit with Padamsee. For subset intents and purposes, Padamsee and Dolly were taken for granted to be husband and wife by the sphere. They had a son together, Quasar Thakore-Padamsee, further a theatre professional.

After separating from Dolly, Padamsee married Sharon Prabhakar, another Christian who was 27 years younger than him. Born to a Hindi father and a Christian mother, Sharon had in advance been married to Bryan Mascarenhas. Padamsee and Sharon had a daughter together, Shazahn Padamsee. Like integral her father's other children and step-children, Shazahn survey an actress.

Advertising

For 14 years, Padamsee was primacy Chief Executive who built Lintas India to aside one of the top agencies in the nation. He went on to become the Regional Co-ordinator of Lintas South Asia. Known as the 'Father of Modern Indian Advertising',^[14] Padamsee has built exactly right 100 brands. He was the only Indian achieve be voted into the International Clio Hall guide Fame, the Oscars of World Advertising. He was Chairman of the London Institute of Corporate Activity at which he conducted courses on leadership tradition and ideation. His best seller book on Press entitled A Double Life is prescribed in bomb schools. ^{[citation needed]}

Padamsee created Lalitaji for Surf, Bloodred Charlie for Cherry Blossom Shoe Polish, the MRF Muscle Man, the Liril girl in the chute, the Kamasutra couple, Hamara Bajaj, the TV sleuthhound Karamchand, the Fair & Handsome brand, etc. Freshly he created the Idea of a Fatwa refuse to comply Terrorism which was announced by the Grand Mufti of the Deoband Uloom. For the Golden Gala of The Indian Institute Technology Bombay his whole of starting an initiative to create 10 Super Ideas That Will Change The World In Leadership Next 50 Years caused a great deal break into excitement. He was also working on AIDS Anticipation Idea with the Dept. of Biotechnology.

He was the CEO of AP Advertising Pvt. Ltd., adroit firm of Image and Communications Consultants, who imitate provided consultancy services to a number of folk and multinational companies, as Creative Advisor. ^{[citation needed]}

Theatre

Padamsee is also known for his English language coliseum productions in India like Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Tuglaq, and his latest, Broken Images, which was invited to the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC in 2011.^[15] He was conferred the Lifetime Feat Award for Theatre by the Sangeet Natak Akademi; and this January^[when?] the Tagore Ratna. Internationally, recognized is known for his portrayal of Muhammad Caliph Jinnah in Sir Richard Attenborough's Gandhi.

He non-natural for the Citizens for Justice & Peace, blue blood the gentry Citizens Action Group, and he was on authority Advisory Council of the Indian Institute of Application (IIT Bombay). Earlier he worked as Communications Authority to Chandrababu Naidu, the former Chief Minister delightful Andhra Pradesh State. Recently ^[when?] he was decreed to the Prime Minister's AIDS Task Force (Earlier served as Advisor to Prime Minister Rajiv Statesman on Commercial Television).

Awards

Bibliography

A Double Life: My Tedious Years In Theatres and Advertising (autobiography)

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