" Bakricha samdyasni laglay lala" (goat) in the film Ram Ram Gangaram." Jodi bailachi khillari" (bullocks) in the film Mala Gheun Chala.
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. These events made him focus more on the lighter side of life and make people laugh. He lost most of his immediate family 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.