Dada Kondke
Krishna "Dada" Kondke (Marathi pronunciation: [d̪aːd̪a koːɳɖke]; 8 August 1932 – 14 March 1998) was an Indian actor and film producer. He was one of the most renowned personalities in Marathi film industry, famous for his double entendre dialogues in movies.
Kondke was born into a family owning a grocery shop and owners of chawls in Morbaug area of Mumbai which were let out. His family members were also foreman handling millworkers of Bombay Dyeing. Kondke was called "Dada", an honorific Marathi term meaning "elder brother", which led to his popular name Dada Kondke.
From the early 1970s to the 1990s, Dada Kondke and his films dominated the Marathi film industry. Kondke was instrumental in sustaining audience interests in the Marathi cinema. His films were low on aesthetic merit but high on animated comic performance that included double entendre.
He was credited with introducing the genre of sex comedy to Marathi cinema and Hindi cinema.
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).
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