Nana Patekar is a Bollywood actor and director. In 2013 he was awarded Padma Shri and many awards including three National Awards. He trained for 3 years at the army for the role in Prahaar. He also received the honorary rank of Captain, for his services to Indian army. His real name is Vishwanath Patekar.
Nana Patekar Bio, Educational Qualifications
He was born in Murud-Janjira in Bombay. He studied at Samarath Vidyalaya and later joined Sir J Institute of Applied Arts. Nana Patekar has completed a Diploma in Commercial Arts.
Nana Patekar is also a writer and film maker. He acted in many award winning Marathi plays like Hamidabaichi Kothi and Purush. He was active in the field since his early childhood. Before coming to film industry, he had done jobs like painting etc.
Nana Patekar Father, Mother, Wife
His father is Gajanar Patekar and mother is Nirmala Patekar. He have two brothers named Ashok and Dilip Patekar. Nana Patekar’s wife was Neelakanthi Patekar, who was his co- star in various stage plays. The couple got married in 1978 and later got divorced. He was rumored to be in a relationship with Manisha Koirala and Ayesha Jhulka.
Nana Patekar Age, Height, and More
He was born on 1st January 1951, and Nana Patekar’s age is 69 years as of 2020. His height is 5 feet and 7 inches. Weight is approx. 70 kgs and has dark brown eyes.
Nana Patekar Career
Nana started his career as commercial artist and visualizer. During his earlier period, he was discriminated by his looks. But with his true talents, he came to the mainstream. He have played the roles of hero, supporting artist, villain, as well as comedian. After his debut film Gaman, he did many Marathi films. He played the role of Nathuram Godse in the British television series Lord Mountbatten.
His first National Award as Best Supporting Actor was for his role in Parinda. Later he won the National award for Best Actor was for Krantiveer. He also won National Award for Best Villian. He voice acted for the character Shere Khan for the Hindi version of The Jungle Book. He also did playback singing for his movies Yeshwant, Wajood and Aanch.
Nana Patekar Controversies
The actress Tanushree Dutta filed a complaint against Patekar on sexual harassment. Her claim was that, it happened at the set of Horn Ok Please. She filed the case before several authorities. Her statement brought the Me Too movement to Bollywood.
Nana Patekar Popular Movies List
- Apaharan
- Taxi No.9211
- Bluffmaster
- Hattrick
- Yatra
- Bheema
- Dus Kahaniyaan
- Welcome
- Pratighaat
- Bommalattam
- Ek-The Power of One
- Horn Ok Please
- Paathshaala
- Raajneeti
- Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal
- Nana
- The Attacks of 26/11
- Yashwantrao Chavan
- Ab Tak Chhappan2
- Welcome Back
- Kaala
- Wedding Anniversary
- Golmaal Again
- Tadkaa
