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Humourist becoming a Ventriloquist

by Gyanvitaranam

    This is about the humourous experiences of Mr.Shanthakumar, who is a famous ventriloquist in Tamil Nadu. He became a ventriloquist at the age of 48 years, that too, when he worked as a Senior Manager in a nationalized Bank.

    How did he get the confidence to learn a new art at that age? He believed in the power of positive thinking as he knew that age is not a bar for learning any art and that even sky is not the limit to exhibit our talents.

   He was crazy after humour even from his college days as he used to share jokes with his college friends. This interest in humour kindled him to join the Humour Club in 1992, when he came back to Chennai from Calcutta. As his fellow humorists had specialized in mimicry, miming, etc., he wanted to do something unique apart from his standup comedy. At this juncture, it was God’s providence that he happened to meet Mr. M.M. Roy, his guru. Yes, God sent Mr. M.M. Roy to his humour club....

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