Biography of Nana Patekar

Nana Patekar

Nana Patekar's full name is Vishwanath Nana Patekar. He was born on January 1, 1951 in Raigad Murud-Janjir, Maharashtra. His father, Dinkar Patekar, was a textile merchant trader. Mother's name was Sanjana Bai Patekar. He completed the studies of Sir JJ Institute of Applied Arts. Very few people know that they often used to help the police in making sketches of criminals. Before coming to the film industry, he worked for the advertising agency. She came in films because Smita Patil had compelled her. He knew her from Pune. He took them to the famous producer Ravi Chopra. The film's name was 'Today's Voice'. He was given the role of a rapist. Nana Patekar felt this role very bad. They refused and gave them a better role.

If you come back to Nana Patekar's life and see, then his father had a small business of textile painting. His father used to enjoy watching his son's plays, Nana Patekar used to play drama in his village. He felt that his father loved his elder brother more than him. When he worked in a play called 'Valmiki', and his father came from far away to watch the drama, Nana Patekar got happy. When he was only 13 years old, his father had a big loss in business. Their entire property was sold. At the age of 13, she went to school in the morning and used to do laboring in the evening. He used to go to the lamps which was 8 km away from his house and used to paint the film posters. He used to get 35 rupees per month for this work.

Whenever her father said that the children have grown up and I do not have the money to feed them, Nana Patekar would have been crying. Sometimes Nana Patekar used to visit his friend's house at noon or night because he used to think that it is lunch time. Maybe his friend should give him food. He told his friend, 'I am hungry.' But still Nana Patekar did not quit acting. He worked under the direction of a famous artist, Vijaya Mehta. The role was very much appreciated, everyone knew that he would become a famous actor in the future.

When he got married to Neelkanti, he was doing theater. He earns Rs 750 a month while his wife was earning 2500 rupees per month because he was a banker. He always said, 'You work hard in the theater, I will earn money' and 'I am sure that one day you will earn a lot of money.'

They both fell in love and they got married only at the age of 27. He had a child. Due to some complications during the birth, that child died very soon. He had another son, his name is Malhar. Seeing his acting skills in 'Salaam Bombay', the film industry was approaching him. He was signed for the film 'Angar'. He also received an award for this film ... and he started to be seen as a hero in the film industry as well as the villain.

Whether Marathi or Hindi cinema, Nana Patekar has performed miracles everywhere with his performance. The film 'Krantivir' proved that the manner in which Nana Patekar speaks is spellbound to everyone. He is Amol Palekar's 'Somany Romani Ho Jai' .. .. Vidhu Vinod Chopra's 'Parinda' has done work in movies that he can adapt to every character.

There was a time when he became director of the film. The name of the movie was 'Prahar - The Last Attack' .. He also personally took army training for it. The film became very famous. There was a cartoon series called 'The Jungle Book' on Doordarshan. In it Nana Patekar gave his voice for the character of "Sher Khan". There is no role, hero, villain, or comedy .. It is impossible to do any role played by him for any other actor. He was also given National Award for films such as 'Parinda', 'Krantivir' and 'Agni Sasakshi' Nana Patekar's name will be taken with honor in Indian cinema history for his non-acting skills.