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Nana Patekar

Vishwanath Patekar (born 1 January 1949), better known as Nana Patekar, is an Indian actor, film maker, and a former Indian Territorial Army officer, mainly working in Hindi and Marathi cinema. Widely regarded as one of the finest and most influential actors in Indian Cinema, Patekar is recipient of three National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards and two Filmfare Awards Marathi for his acting performances. He was bestowed with the Padma Shri award in 2013 for his contribution in cinema and arts.

Nana Patekar
Patekar in 2017
Born
Vishwanath Patekar

(1949-01-01) 1 January 1949 (age 75)
Murud-Janjira, Bombay State, India
Alma materSir J.J. Institute of Applied Arts
Occupations
  • Actor
  • screenwriter
  • film maker
Years active1978–present
OrganizationNaam Foundation
WorksFull list
Spouse
Neelkanti Patekar
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(m. 1978)​
Children1
AwardsPadma Shri (2013)
Military career
Allegiance India
Service / branch Indian Army
Years of service1990– 2013
Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Unit Territorial Army
Maratha Light Infantry
Battles / wars 1999 Kargil War

After making his acting debut in Bollywood with the 1978 drama Gaman, Patekar acted in a few Marathi films and some Bollywood films. After starring in the Academy Award-nominated Salaam Bombay in 1988, he won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the crime drama Parinda (1989). He then starred his directorial debut, Prahaar: The Final Attack (1991). Patekar subsequently starred in and received critical acclaim for his performance in several commercially successful films of the 1990s, including Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1992); Angaar (1992), for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Villain; Tirangaa (1993); Krantiveer (1994), for which he won the National Film Award for Best Actor and the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. Further acclaim came his way for Agni Sakshi (1996), for which he won his second National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor; and Khamoshi: The Musical (1996).

During the early 2000s, he received praise for his performances in Shakti: The Power (2002), Ab Tak Chhappan (2004) and Apaharan (2005); the latter of which earned him his second Filmfare Award for Best Villain, and Taxi No. 9211 (2006). Patekar received widespread praise for playing a good-hearted gangster Uday Shetty in the comedy Welcome (2007) and its sequel Welcome Back (2015), and a politician in the political thriller Raajneeti (2010). In 2016, he starred in the critically and commercially successful Marathi film Natsamrat; in which he portrayed a retired stage actor. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor (Marathi) for his performance in the film.[1]

Early life

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Nana Patekar was born Vishwanath Patekar, into a Marathi family in Murud-Janjira, in the present-day Raigad District, Maharashtra.[2][3] He is an alumnus of the Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai.[4][5]

Career

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Early character roles (1978-1987)

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Patekar made his debut with Gaman (1978), after which he did several small roles in Marathi cinema. He portrayed Nathuram Godse in the British television series Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy (1986). He also played notable roles in Aaj Ki Awaz (1984), Ankush (1986), Pratighaat (1987), Andha Yudh (1987), Mohre (1987), Trishagni (1988), Awam (1987) and Sagar Sangam (1988). His performance in Andha Yudh earned him his first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Acclaimed actor (1988-2006)

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During this period, his performance in Mira Nair's Salaam Bombay! (1988) earned him high praise. He also received widespread critical acclaim for his portrayal of a crime lord in the crime drama Parinda (1989), which earned him his first National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and his first Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.

 
Nana Patekar and Sameera Reddy at the premiere of Taxi No. 9211 in 2006.

He then turned director for his film Prahaar: The Final Attack (1991), co-starring Madhuri Dixit, for which he underwent training for his role as an Indian Army officer. His role in Angaar (1992) earned him his first Filmfare Award for Best Villain. He co-starred alongside Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla and Amrita Singh in the romantic comedy Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1992) and alongside industry veteran Raaj Kumar in Tirangaa (1993), both of which earned him two consecutive nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. He played a truant, gambling son in Krantiveer (1994), for which he won the National Film Award for Best Actor, the Filmfare Award for Best Actor and the Screen Award for Best Actor. Patekar portrayed a ghost in the children's film Abhay (1994), post which he co-starred with Rishi Kapoor in Hum Dono (1995). He played a sadist husband in Agni Sakshi (1996), which earned him his second National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor, a deaf father to Manisha Koirala in Khamoshi: The Musical (1996), both of which earned him two nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor, a gangster in Ghulam-E-Mustafa (1997), an honest, but maverick cop in Yeshwant (1997) and a schizophrenic in Wajood (1998). He co-starred with Amitabh Bachchan in Kohram (1999), where he played an undercover Indian Army intelligence officer chasing Bachchan's incognito. His other notable films of this decade were Yugpurush (1998) and Hu Tu Tu (1999).

He starred with Aditya Pancholi as the CBI director in the crime drama Tarkieb (2000). After a hiatus of a year he returned to acting in Shakti: The Power (2002) in which he played an extremely violent father, which earned him his second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Villain. In Ab Tak Chhappan (2004), he played a police officer who is an encounter specialist. His performance in Apaharan (2005) earned him his second Filmfare Award for Best Villain as well as the Screen Award for Best Villain. He played a taxi driver in Taxi No. 9211 (2006).

Established career (2007-2018)

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The year 2007 was a highly successful year for Patekar. He starred in several comic roles, one being his highly praised performance in Welcome (2007), which saw him portray a powerful crime lord in Mumbai who once desired to be an actor in films. He later acted in Sangeeth Sivan's film Ek (2009).

He started the 2010s portraying a school headmaster in Paathshaala (2010). He also acted in Prakash Jha's multi-starrer political drama Raajneeti (2010), which earned him his fifth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2011, he starred in the critically-acclaimed Shagird and the Marathi film Deool. His next film was Ram Gopal Verma's The Attacks of 26/11 (2013) based on the events of the 2008 Mumbai Attacks in which he played Joint Commissioner of Police Rakesh Maria. In 2014, he starred in another Marathi film Dr. Prakash Baba Amte – The Real Hero. In 2015, he made two sequels reprising his roles in Ab Tak Chhappan 2, sequel of Ab Tak Chhappan and Welcome Back, the sequel of Welcome, pairing with Anil Kapoor again. While Ab Tak Chhappan 2 was not commercially successful, Welcome Back was a success.

In 2016, he starred as Ganpatrao "Appa" Belwalkar in the film adaptation of the drama Natsamrat which was a major critically and commercial success. He earned two Filmfare Awards for Best Actor – Marathi for Dr. Prakash Baba Amte – The Real Hero and Natsamrat. He did the voice acting for Shere Khan in the Hindi version of The Jungle Book (2016). He played a supporting role in the Tamil language action film Kaala (2018), starring Rajnikanth. It was moderately successful at the box office.[6]

Break from mainstream films (2019-present)

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After appearing in It's My Life (2020) and Tadka (2022), in 2023, Patekar headlined Vivek Agnihotri directed The Vaccine War, which tells about the development of Covaxin during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. The film was a commercial and critical failure but Patekar's performance received high praise as Renuka Vyavahare of The Times of India wrote "Nana Patekar is outstanding but the film reduces itself to being a government mouthpiece parading as a medical drama."[7]

Singing career

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Patekar did some playback singing in the films Yeshwant (1997), Wajood (1998) and Aanch (2003).

Personal life

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Patekar married Neelkanti at age 27. His father died of a heart attack when Nana was 28 and later Patekar also lost his first son. Patekar was a chain smoker until he quit at the age of 56. In an interview, he said that his father loved plays and encouraged him to watch them. This is how he developed his love for acting. Vijaya Mehta directed his first play.[2] Patekar lives in Andheri, Mumbai in 1BHK apartment.

Patekar was commissioned as a Captain in the Indian Territorial Army in 1990, after undergoing a three-year training period to prepare for the movie Prahaar, and worked with General V. K. Singh, who had the rank of Colonel at that time and had a cameo appearance. During the Kargil War in 1999, Patekar also lent his services in the Maratha Light Infantry regiment as a Major, operating on the Bofors Howitzer Guns.[8][9] He retired in 2013 at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

Controversy

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In 2008, Tanushree Dutta accused Patekar of sexually harassing her on the sets of the movie Horn 'Ok' Pleassss. In March 2008, she filed a complaint with 'CINTAA' (Cine & TV Artists Association) but no action was taken then. This allegation was repeated in an interview in 2013[10] and again made in 2018.[11][12] In late 2018, CINTAA apologized to Dutta admitting that the "chief grievance of sexual harassment wasn't even addressed (in 2008)" but added that since the case was more than three years old, they could not reopen it.[13][14][15]

In 2018, Dutta restated her accusation of sexual harassment by Patekar in 2018, and her accusations led to the Me Too movement coming to Bollywood.[16][17][18] Subsequently, she complained to the Maharashtra Women Commission and demanded an investigation into the allegations of harassment levelled by her against Patekar, Ganesh Acharya, producer Samee Siddiqui, director Rakesh Sarang, and several Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) party workers.[19][20] In the late hours of 1 October 2018, An FIR was registered against Patekar and three others at Oshiwara police station following a complaint by Dutta late on Wednesday night. Patekar, choreographer Ganesh Acharya, director Rakesh Sarang and producer Samee Siddiqui were booked for molestation and obscenity under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).[21]

In June 2019, Patekar was cleared of the sexual harassment charges. The B-Summary report filed by the Oshiwara police station in Mumbai said that the complaint filed by Dutta could be "malicious" and "out of revenge".[22][23] Dutta said that her lawyers may approach the Bombay High Court to reopen the case.[24][25]

Philanthropy

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Patekar is known for his simple lifestyle[26][27] and his generosity in donating to charities. He contributed money towards rebuilding of the flood ravaged villages in Bihar through the charitable organisation Anubhuthi.[28] All the monetary remuneration he obtained for his performance in the movie Paathshaala was donated by him to five different charitable organisations.[29] When he was awarded the Raj Kapoor award which carries a cash prize of Rs 1,000,000, he donated the entire amount towards drought relief activities in Maharashtra.[30] He also provided financial aid to families of farmers who committed suicide due to indebtedness brought about by drought. He distributed cheques worth Rs 15,000 to 62 families of farmers from Vidarbha region in August 2015, and another 113 families from Latur and Osmanabad districts of Marathwada in September 2015.[31][32]

In September 2015, Patekar established the Naam Foundation, with fellow Marathi actor Makarand Anaspure, which works to provide aid to farmers overcome by drought conditions in Maharashtra.[33]

Using a Twitter campaign with the hashtag IcareIsupport, Patekar was able to obtain funds to help Maharashtra drought victims.[34]

Awards and recognition

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The President, Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Patekar, at an Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 20 April 2013
  • Patekar was given the Padma Shri award for his dedication in the field of Films and Arts in 2013 on the eve of 64th Republic Day.[35]
  • Patekar, along with Irrfan Khan, is the only actor ever to win Filmfare Awards in the Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Villain categories.[36]
Year Award Film Status
1990 Best Supporting Actor Parinda Won
1995 Best Actor Krantiveer Won
1997 Best Supporting Actor Agni Sakshi Won
1989 Best Supporting Actor Andha Yudh Nominated
1990 Parinda Won
1991 Best Story Prahaar: The Final Attack Nominated
1992 Best Villain Angaar Won
1993 Best Supporting Actor Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman Nominated
1994 Tirangaa Nominated
1995 Best Actor Krantiveer Won
1997 Khamoshi: The Musical Nominated
2003 Best Villain Shakti: The Power Nominated
2006 Apaharan Won
2011 Best Supporting Actor Raajneeti Nominated
1995 Best Actor Krantiveer Won
2006 Best Villain Apaharan Won
1983 Best Actor Raghu Maina Won
1986 Best Actor Gad Jejuri Jejuri Won
2015 Best Actor Dr. Prakash Baba Amte – The Real Hero Won[37]
2017 Natsamrat
2004 Best Actor (Hindi) Ab Tak Chhappan Won
2017 Best Actor (Marathi) Natsamrat Won[38]
2018 Best Villain – Male Kaala Won[38]

Filmography

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Main article: Nana Patekar filmography

References

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