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Ventriloquism, a dying art in India
Santhosh Kumar, a ventriloquism artiste is the only one from India to have attended the 41st International Ventriloquist Convention held recently in Kentucky, USA. More than 500 ventriloquism artistes from all over the world participated in the festival.
Santhosh Kumar, a ventriloquism artiste is the only one from India to have attended the 41st International Ventriloquist Convention held recently in Kentucky, USA. More than 500 ventriloquism artistes from all over the world participated in the festival.
Ventriloquism, is an act of stagecraft in which a person (ventriloquist) changes his voice so that it appears that the voice is coming from elsewhere, usually a dummy puppet. Speaking with The Hans India, Santhosh Kumar shares how he become a ventriloquist.
“I was interested in this art since my school days. When I was 15-years-old, a ventriloquism artist had come to my school and performed the show.nI was mesmerised by his skills and decided to take up this art. Later, I was trained under GVN Raju, a personality development trainer. I did a diploma course from Telugu University in Mimicry,” said Santhosh Kumar.
“I started performing the art on the streets and later I did for welfare programmes of charity organisations. I did shows in cities like Mumbai, Bengaluru and Calcutta. I met many ventriloquism artistes in the country and observed their techniques,” adds Santhosh.
Speaking about the success of a ventriloquist, Santhosh shares “Lip movement is key for any ventriloquist. Voice modulation, acting, humour are the tips to perform better. The artiste must have control over breathing. We must incorporate the present issues in the show to involve audience in it.”
Sharing his experience at the 41st International Ventriloquism Convention at Kentucky, USA, he says “I have learnt many things from the international artistes. I participated in various workshops there to learn the new techniques like ‘Voice Illusions’ and ‘Sound Illusions’” he added.
Santosh said that the art was in a bad condition in the country and many are performing only in native languages restricting them to a particular area. “I am also planning to organise an international Ventriloquism festival in India. Many artistes are interested to perform in India,” concludes Santosh.
By V Sateesh Reddy
