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is a man who has developed a unique art of talking with the
monkey.
P Venkateshaka who is more popularly called Venky is a
ventriloquist who talks with the help of belly with doll
monkey. For him, it was George Bernard Shaw who decided the
career.
Before practicising ventriloquism, Venky was into mimicry
for sometime. But he wanted to do something different and
that made him to venture into ventriloquism under the able
guidance of M.M.Roy a noted ventriloquist, who was his
guru.
The monkey is now more famous than Venky. Venky began is
career with a doll, but soon after realized that almost
everyone was using a doll. That is when he decided to use a
monkey. He was motivated on a perception that people will
remember anything that comes out of a monkey’s mouth.
Venky’s shows are devoid of political satire. His shows
have a social message like AIDS awareness for adults. For
children, it is more educational, like educating them on
how to obey traffic rules.
Venky has performed various shows at US, Canada, Singapore,
Malaysia and Muscat. The adept artist is now coming up with
a concept Ican, which is a mixture of ventriloquism, shadow
playing, mimicry and miming. It is basically a motivational
programme and the concept is still under production.
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