Career
He tried to run his own drama company but found it difficult to perform the dual roles of manager and actor. After the advent of talkies, he tried his hand at that medium as well, though live theatre remained his chief love. His acting in the Marathi film Kunku (1937) set a standard which has rarely been approached since on the silver screen.
He followed it with another sterling performance in Prabhat Film Company"s Shejari (1941).
Later he performed character roles in films made in Mumbai, where he lived. He also acting in V. Shantaram"s Doctor,, and
Keshavrao directed four films,,, and Maali or Mali in Hindi (1944) and it"s Marathi version Bhakticha Mala (1944). Maali and Bhakticha Mala (1944) were Date"s the second and third of his directorial ventures, and were produced by V. Shantaram under his new banner Rajkamal Kalamandir.
