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Padamsee, who studied theatre at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, made his first stage appearance at age 7 with The Merchant of Venice. As a Khoja Muslim from Kutch, Padamsee was very troubled by the polarisation in his favourite city,” he says. Popular ad-filmmaker and theatre personality Alyque Padamsee passed away on Saturday in Mumbai (Photo: The Express Archive) Popular ad-filmmaker and theatre personality Alyque Padamsee passed away on Saturday in Mumbai (Photo: The Express Archive)“Many people are amazed that I have two full-time careers, one in theatre and one in advertising, when they can barely handle one,” Alyque Padamsee wrote in My Double Life: My Exciting Years in Theatre and Advertising, his 1999 memoirs that he co-wrote with Arun Prabhu. Adman-turned-filmmaker R Balki says “Padamsee brought a lot of credibilities” to the world of advertising. Padamsee died in Mumbai on Saturday morning at the age of 90..