Dada Kondke : Comedy King

नाव:	कृष्णा खंडेराव कोंडके
जन्म:	8 ऑगस्ट 1932
जन्मस्थळ:	नायगाव मुंबई
वडिलांचे नाव:	खंडेराव कोंडके
आई:	सखुबाई खंडेराव कोंडके
कार्यक्षेत्र:	वगनाट्य, चित्रपट कलाकार, चित्रपट निर्माता
कार्यकाळ:	१९६९ ते १९६८
मातृभाषा:	मराठी
अभिनय:	मराठी, हिंदी, गुजराती
मृत्यु:	१४ मार्च १९९८ मुंबई

Dada Kondke was the comedy king of Marathi cinema. Comedy in Marathi cinema became world famous because of Dada Kondke. His name was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records after he gave a series of nine consecutive hits in Marathi films.

Kondke's film dialoges are famous for double meanings. He always gave importance to music. Most of the songs featured in Kondke's films were composed by Ramlaxman and Ram Kadam. Kondke's playback singers are Mahendra Kapoor and Jayawant Kulkarni. He always prefer Usha Mangeshkar as a female singer.

Kondke was from a drama background, he brought that drama into films. That appealed to the Marathi crowd. That is why he was such a big hit.

Kondke also made some Hindi films and there too his work was appreciated.

Kondke's audience is the mill worker and the poor farmer. They need entertainment in life after their work.

Though Kondke never made a single sombre film in his career, his last, and yet incomplete, film was to be a serious one