He lost most of his immediate family to unfortunate events and the grieving process changed him profoundly. As a youngster, Kondke was a rough kid who later on took up job in a local grocery retail chain called Apna Bazaar.

Kondke and his migrant family retained close connections to their rural roots. 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. Krishna 'Dada' Kondke (Marathi pronunciation: 8 August 1932 – 14 March 1998) was an Indian actor and film producer.

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