20 Facts About Dada Kondke

Krishna "Dada" Kondke was an Indian actor and film producer.

Dada Kondke was one of the most renowned personalities in Marathi film industry, famous for his double entendre dialogues in movies.

Dada Kondke was instrumental in sustaining audience interests in the Marathi cinema.

Dada Kondke's films were low on aesthetic merit but high on animated comic performance that included double entendre.

Dada Kondke was entered in the Guinness Book of World Records for the highest number of films that achieved silver jubilee.

Dada Kondke was a born to and raised in a Koli family of cotton-mill workers in a chawl in Naigaon, near Lalbaug, Mumbai.

Dada Kondke lost his parents to unfortunate events and the grieving process changed him profoundly.

Dada Kondke started his entertainment career with a band and then worked as a stage actor.

Dada Kondke was involved in cultural activities of Seva Dal, a Congress party volunteers organization, where he started working in dramas.

Later, Dada Kondke started his own theatre company, and approached Sabnis to compose a drama script for him.

Dada Kondke cast himself as Namya, the simpleton who falls for the glamour of Kalavati who is a dancer.

Dada Kondke retained his team from Songadya and delivered his next hit Eakta Jeev Sadashiv.

Dada Kondke's story-lines were always based on the simpleton engaged in lower level occupations.

For example, Dada Kondke portrayed himself as a Dhobi in Aali Angavar, Poor Farmer in Songadya, and a Police Constable in Pandu Havaldar.

Dada Kondke is known for using the same team of actors, technicians and playback singers to repeat the formula for success that he believed he had got from his debut film.

Thackeray's justification for supporting Dada Kondke was that he was a Marathi Manus.

Dada Kondke was impressed with Thackeray's charisma and had toured Maharashtra to attract voters towards Shiv Sena.

Dada Kondke was a very active member of Shiv Sena and was able to influence many areas of rural Maharashtra due to his popularity and way of making fiery speeches to impress the masses.

Dada Kondke was married to Nalini but they later got divorced.

At the time, Dada Kondke was working on the film Jaraa Dheer Dhara with Usha Chavan.