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| name = Indushree Raveendra<br />
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| origin = [[Bangaluru]], [[India]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|02|16}}<br />
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| genre = [[Ventriloquist]], [[avant-garde|Experimentalist]]<br />
| occupation = [[Ventriloquism]]<br />
| years_active = 1994-Present<br />
| website = {{url|indushreeraveendra.com}}<br />
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'''Indushree Raveendra''' (born 16 February 1986) is an Indian [[ventriloquist]], [[Impressionist (entertainment)|impressionist]] and [[avant-garde|experimentalist]].<ref name="voices">{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/art/everything-can-talk/article25505830.ece|title=Everything Can Talk|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=November 15, 2018}}</ref> She was also a contestant on ''[[India's Got Talent]]'' and ''[[Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega]]''.<ref name="voices"/><ref name="deccan herrald">{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/334364/where-voice-coming-from.html|title=Where is the voice coming from?|newspaper=[[Deccan Herald]]|date=May 25, 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
A monkey puppet caught Raveendra's eyes at a magic convention and she bought it for Rs.200 thereby started her journey to become the ventriloquist.<ref name="voices"/> She would practice before her mirror hours at length, and slowly and steadily came to grips with the fundamentals of this art .<ref name="deccan herrald"/><br />
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== Education ==<br />
In 2008, Raveendra graduated in BFA [[bachelor of fine arts|(Bachelor of Fine Arts-Painting)]] from chitra kala parishath college of fine arts [[Karnataka]].<ref name="voices"/><br />
Following this in 2013, she completed her M.S. in Communication [[communication studies|(Master of Science in Communication)]] from [[Presidency College, Bangalore|Presidency College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://presidencycollege.ac.in/alumni/illustrious-alumni/|title=list of presidency college alumni}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
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Raveendra got her first appearance on [[Television in India|national television]] show ''[[Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega]]'', where she finished as the first runner-up.<ref name="deccan herrald"/><br />
Raveendrawas also a contestant of ''[[India's Got Talent'' Season 5, where she reached the semi-finals.<ref name="voices"/><br />
She has performed 68 live shows on [[Zee Kannada]] named ''Dinku Duniya'' and ''Filter Coffee with Dinku''.<ref name="deccan herrald"/><br />
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In 2010, on the festival of [[Vijayadashami|Dussehra]] Raveendra performed an act with a 10 feet tall puppet called Mahishasura.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2009/dec/27/indias-first-female-ventriloquist-116538.amp|title="Indushree performing with Mahishasura"|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=December 27, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indiabookofrecords.in/tallest-ventriloquist-doll/|title=Tallest Ventriloquist Doll|date= February 17, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2010/aug/02/a-specialist-in-dummy-act-174760.amp|title=A Speacialist in Dummy Act|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|date= August 2, 2010}}</ref><br />
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== Awards ==<br />
Raveendra received the First Ladies Award from [[President of India]] in 2018.<ref name="voices"/><br />
She has five [[Limca Book of Records]] for:<br />
*The first female ventriloquist of India<br />
*The first to do triple dummy acts<br />
*The first to do four dummy acts<br />
*For performing with the tallest talking doll (10-ft tall Mahishasura at the Mysuru Dasara)<br />
*For performing most number of live ventriloquy shows (68).<ref name="deccannews">{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/books-and-art/201018/urban-legend-this-woman-speaks-in-many-voices.html|title=This woman speaks in many voices|date= October 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name="deccan herrald"/><ref name="voices"/><br />
She has also won the [[Young Achievers Award]], the Global Shapers Award, along with the [[Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshamitra Awards]].<ref name="deccannews"/><br />
== Puppets ==<br />
This is a list of character names of the puppets that indushree uses during his shows:<br />
*'''Dinku''' - Dinku has played the roles of politicians and actors, [[Manmohan Singh]], [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]], and [[Rakhi Sawant]].<ref name="deccan herrald"/><br />
*'''Grandpa''' (Venkat or Venki) - Grandpa talks humorously about the concept of marriage and happy life. <ref name="deccan herrald"/><br />
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