Kishore Kadam belongs to the second generation of non-chocolate heroes of Indian theatre and cinema. Following in the footsteps of Naseeruddin Shah and Om Puri, this new tribe enjoys a happier double life — in terms of full-time careers straddling screen and stage, and art-house and mainstream productions. Incidentally, Kishore is also an acclaimed Marathi poet and writes under the nom de plume, Soumitra.
But things were not as happy for Kishore, in his early days, at the modest fisherman’s cove of Khar Danda in Mumbai. ...