He was better known as "Mama" in the Theater industry, as a matter of respect. He lost his father at the age of 10. His uncle was a police officer in Mumbai. His uncle took him to Mumbai and out in the Seth Anandila Potdar school. On the first day of school, he showed interest in a school play to his class teacher Jaykar Madam.
Pratidnyapurto was his first play which he directed in the school. The play was written by
Chintaman Vinayak Joshi. Later during his school and college days, he directed many plays. After school and college education, he joined as clerk at
Premier Automobiles Limited, Mumbai. Later in 1968, he moved to Ahmednagar and became a professor of English at a college in
Ahmednagar. Toradmal quit his job to take the plunge into acting and straddled the world of Marathi theatre and cinema for more than five decades. He formed an organization called "Rasikranjan", dedicated to Marathi plays. He also played important roles in the plays of the organization like
Natysampada,
Natyamandar,
The Goa Hindu Association etc. He played a famous role in the play
Tarun Turk Mhatare Ark, which he wrote and directed. More than 5000 shows were done. Initially the show was projected as not suitable for high class ladies by the media. But this show was a great success. On 14 January 1972, the play was put on three times in a single day at
Bal Gandharva Ranga Mandir,Pune, which was an all-time record at that time. These shows were attended by famous personalities like
Bal Thackeray,
G. D. Madgulkar,
Vasant Desai and many more. He had done a lot of writing, including novels like
Tisari Ghanta,
Uttarmamayan, etc.
Translation work He translated many novels and plays into the Marathi language. This includes a series called
Buddhipramanyawad, by
Dhondo Keshav Karve. This also includes translations of 27 novels by
Agatha Christie from English to Marathi. == Stage appearances - Character name and play==