Kondke retained his team from Songadya and delivered his next hit Eakta Jeev Sadashiv. Some of the other people who played major characters in this movie were Nilu Phule, Ganpat Patil, Sampat Nikam and Ratnamala. He cast himself as Namya, the simpleton who falls for the glamour of Kalavati (played by Usha Chavan) who is a dancer. Songadya was based on a story written by Vasant Sabnis, and was directed by Govind Kulkarni. He then turned producer with Songadya in 1971. Vichha Majhi Puri Kara brought Kondke into spotlight and in 1969, he debuted in Marathi movies through a role in Bhalji Pendharkar's movie Tambdi Maati which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi. The drama went on to play over 1500 shows all over Maharashtra and made Dada a star. The drama was named Vichha Majhi Puri Kara (Translation: Fulfill my Wish). Sabnis appreciated Dada's performance in Khankhanpurcha Raja (Translation: Bankrupt King), and agreed to write a modern Marathi language Tamasha or Loknatya ( folk play). Later, Kondke started his own theatre company, and approached Sabnis to compose a drama script for him. During this period came in contact with various Marathi stage personalities including writer, Vasant Sabnis. Kondke was involved in cultural activities of Seva Dal, a Congress party volunteers organization, where he started working in dramas. While working for the drama companies, Kondke toured throughout Maharashtra which helped him understand the local population's taste in entertainment. Kondke started his entertainment career with a band and then worked as a stage actor. Left alone with his elder brother Dhondiram and his family to take care of him, these events made him focus more on the lighter side of life and make people laugh. He lost his parents to unfortunate events and the grieving process changed him profoundly. Kondke and his migrant family retained close connections to their rural roots.Īs a youngster, Kondke was a rough kid who later on took up job in a local grocery retail chain called Apna Bazaar. His family originally hailed from the village of Ingavali which was in the erstwhile Bhor State near Pune. Kondke was a born to and raised in a Koli family of cotton-mill workers in a chawl in Naigaon, near Lalbaug, Mumbai. He was credited with introducing the genre of sex comedy to Marathi cinema and Indian cinema. Kondke was called "Dada", an honorific Marathi term meaning "elder brother", which led to his popular name Dada Kondke. Dada Kondke was entered in the Guinness Book of World Records for the highest number of films (nine) that achieved silver jubilee (running for 25 consecutive weeks). His family members were also foreman handling millworkers of Bombay Dyeing. Kondke was born into a family owning a grocery shop and owners of chawls in Morbaug area of Mumbai which were let out. He was one of the most renowned personalities in Marathi film industry, famous for his double entendre dialogues in movies. Among them will be Vijay Kondke, President of the Akhil Bharatiya Chitrapat Mandal, Ashok Saraf, Ramdas Phutane, Sudhir Dalvi, Viju Khote, Raghavendra Ghadkol, Usha Chavan, Usha Naik,Usha Mangeshkar, Birbal, Manmaujee, Shakti Kapoor, Anupama Deshpande, Uttara Kelkar, Asha Bhosle, Jaishree T, Madhu Kambikar, Mohan kulkarni, Rajni Chavan, Shanta Tambe, Yashwant Balkar, Balchandra Kulkarni, Bal Mohite, Hrishikesh Paranjpye, Aruna Irani, Rahul Solapurkar, Uday Sinh Marathe, Kamal Patil, Vilas Ratte, Shyam Kamble etc among others.Krishna "Dada" Kondke (Marathi pronunciation: 8 August 1932 – 14 March 1998) was an Indian actor and film producer. On the occasion, several celebrities who were associated with Dada will be felicitated in a grand manner. The concept of the show has been visualized by Nilesh Futane and Prakash Shinde while Megha Sampat has been entrusted with the task of choreographing the dance numbers. To pay a rich tribute to the multi talented actor cum film maker, People’s Arts Centre in association with Vans Music Group, Thane have decided to hold a grand function titled Ekach Songadya at the Shanmukhananda Sabha on Saturday Maat 7 pm Dada Kondke Dada Kondke, who had a multi faceted personality, received unlimited love and regards from millions of his fans all over India, especially in Maharashtra, who he endeared with his comedy films in not only Hindi but also Marathi. The yeoman contribution by the evergreen funster Dada Kondke to Dada Kondke was valuable. A GLORIOUS TRIBUTE EKACH SONGADYA TO DADA KONDKE BY PEOPLE’S ARTS CENTRE
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