Nana Patekar
| Nana Patekar | |
|---|---|
 Nana Patekar | |
| Born |
Vishwanath Patekar 1 January 1951 Murud-Janjira, Maharashtra, India |
| Residence | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | Nana |
| Ethnicity | Maharashtrian |
| Alma mater | Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art |
| Occupation | Actor, Filmmaker |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Organization | Naam Foundation |
| Spouse(s) | Neelakanti Patekar |
| Children | Malhar Patekar |
| Parent(s) |
Dinkar Patekar Sanjanabai Patekar |
| Awards | Padma Shri |
Vishwanath "Nana" Patekar (Marathi: नाना पाटेकर, born 1 January 1951) is an Indian actor, writer and filmmaker.
Early and personal life
Patekar was born in a Marathi[1] family as Vishwanath Patekar on 1 January 1951 in Murud-Janjira in Raigad District, Maharashtra, to Dinkar Patekar, a small textile printing businessman, and Sanjanabai Patekar, a housewife.[2] He is an alumnus of the Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai.[3][4] Nana Patekar was married to Neelakanthi Patekar and they have a son Malhar Patekar. But their marriage life did not go well and it resulted in a divorce later on.[5][6]
In September 2015, Nana Patekar established an organisation, Naam Foundation, with fellow Marathi actor Makarand Anaspure, which works to provide aid to farmers to overcome by drought conditions in Maharashtra, India.[7]
Career
Patekar has played many types of roles. He has played the occasional villain but been a hero in most of his films.
Early 1970s and 1980s
He acted in movies such as Gaman (1978), notable role in Sujata Mehta-led Pratighaat (1987), Mohre (1987) and Salaam Bombay! (1988) and was noticed by the mainstream Bollywood industry for his portrayal of the villain in the 1989 film, Parinda, for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was also awarded the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for the role.
1990s
He turned director with his movie Prahaar: The Final Attack co-starring Madhuri Dixit. He underwent training for his role as an Indian Army officer in Prahaar and was awarded honorary Captain's rank. He joined the Territorial Army in the early 1990s.[8]
He took up the sport of rifle shooting and qualified for the G.V. Mavlankar Shooting Championship.[9]
He won the Filmfare Best Villain Award in 1992 for Angaar.
In 1994, he won the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Krantiveer (1994). He won the Filmfare Award and the Star Screen Awards in the best actor category.
Nana portrayed the character of a ghost in the children's film Abhay (The Fearless) which won two awards at the 42nd National Film Festival held in 1994.[10]
2000s
He played a truant, gambling son in Krantiveer (1994), a wife beater in Agni Sakshi (1996), a deaf father to Manisha Koirala in Khamoshi: The Musical (1996) and a schizophrenic in Wajood (1998). In the movie Ab Tak Chhappan (2005) he plays a police officer who is an encounter specialist . He costarred with Amitabh Bachchan in Kohram, where he played an undercover Indian Army intelligence officer chasing Bachchan's incognito. Patekar has also done comic roles, such as in Welcome (2007), in which he plays a powerful crime lord in Dubai who once desired to be an actor in films.
His other films as an actor include Hu Tu Tu and Bluffmaster!. For his performance in Apaharan, he received the Filmfare Best Villain Award as well as the Star Screen Award Best Villain.
He has acted in a few Marathi movies and plays. He is known to donate generously to the poor.[11][12]
2010s
Nana Patekar starred in the Marathi film Deool, released on 4 November 2011. He acted in Sangeeth Sivan's film EK, which is a remake of the Telugu film Athadu (2005) and as the character Anjaneya Prasad (CBI officer), which was originally played by Prakash Raj.
In 2014 Nana starred in another Marathi film, Dr. Prakash Baba Amte - The Real Hero, directed by Samrudhi Porey. Starring Sonali Kulkarni, it was based on a true story.
In 2015 he starred in a Bollywood film Ab Tak Chhappan 2, a sequel of Ab Tak Chhappan.
In the 2016 Nana starred as Ganpatrao 'Appa' Belwalkar in the film adaptation of the Drama 'Natsamrat' by V.V Shirwadkar
Singing career
Patekar did some playback singing in the films Yeshwant (1997), Wajood (1998) and Aanch (2003).
Movie direction
He turned director with Prahaar: The Final Attack co-starring Madhuri Dixit and Dimple Kapadia.
Awards and recognition
- Nana Patekar has been awarded Padma Shri award for his dedication in the field of Films and Arts in 2013 on the eve of 64th Republic Day.[13]
- Nana Patekar is the only actor ever to win Filmfare Awards in the Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Villain categories.[14]
| Award | Film | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor | Parinda | 1990 | Won |
| National Film Award for Best Actor | Krantiveer | 1995 | Won |
| National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor | Agni Sakshi | 1997 | Won |
| Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award | Andha Yudh | 1989 | Nominated |
| Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award | Parinda | 1990 | Won |
| Filmfare Best Villain Award | Angaar | 1992 | Won |
| Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award | Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman | 1993 | Nominated |
| Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award | Tirangaa | 1994 | Nominated |
| Filmfare Best Actor Award | Krantiveer | 1995 | Won |
| Filmfare Best Villain Award | Shakti: The Power | 2003 | Nominated |
| Filmfare Best Villain Award | Apaharan | 2006 | Won |
| Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award | Raajneeti | 2011 | Nominated |
| Star Screen Award Best Actor | Krantiveer | 1995 | Won |
| Star Screen Award Best Villain | Apaharan | 2006 | Won |
| Bengal Film Journalists' Association - Best Actor Award (Hindi) | Ab Tak Chhappan | 2004 | Won |
| Zee Cine Award for Best Actor (Marathi) | Natsamrat | 2015 | Won[15] |
Filmography
- As director
| Year | Film |
|---|---|
| 1991 | Prahaar: The Final Attack |
- As actor
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Gaman | Vasu | ||
| 1979 | Sinhasan | Marathi film | ||
| 1980 | Bhalu | Marathi film | ||
| 1982 | Raghu Maina | Marathi film | ||
| 1983 | Savitri | Marathi film | ||
| 1984 | Aaj Ki Awaaz | Jagmohandas | ||
| 1985 | Gad Jejuri Jejuri | Marathi film | ||
| 1986 | Ankush | Ravindra Kelkar 'Ravi' | ||
| Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy | Nathuram Godse | |||
| Maaficha Sakshidar | Rajendra Jakkal | Marathi film based on Joshi-Abhyankar serial murders | ||
| Phansi Ka Phanda | Raghvendra | |||
| 1987 | Sutradhar | Kumar | ||
| Mohre | Abdul | |||
| Andhaa Yudh | S.P. Suhas Dandekar | |||
| Pratighaat | Ex-Constable Karamveer | |||
| 1988 | Trishagni | |||
| Salaam Bombay! | Baba | |||
| 1990s | Jungle Book Shōnen Mowgli (Hindi) | Shere Khan (Voice) | ||
| 1990 | Parinda | Anna Seth | ||
| Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen | Natwarlal aka Dhrushtadyumna Padmanabh Prajapati Neelkant Dhumketu Barish Kar | |||
| 1991 | Prahaar: The Final Attack | Major Chauhan | ||
| Disha | Vasant D. Mandre | |||
| Diksha | Koga Pandit | |||
| 1992 | Tirangaa | Shivajirao Wagle | ||
| Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman | Jai | |||
| Angaar | Majid Khan | |||
| 1994 | Krantiveer | Pratap Narayan Tilak | ||
| Abhay | Ghost | |||
| 1995 | Hum Dono | Vishal Saigal | ||
| 1996 | Agni Sakshi | Vishwanath | ||
| Khamoshi: The Musical | Joseph Braganza | |||
| 1997 | Ghulam-E-Mustafa | Ghulam-E-Mustafa | ||
| Yeshwant | Yeshwant Lohar | |||
| 1998 | Yugpurush: A Man Who Comes Just Once in a Way | Anirudh | ||
| Wajood | Malhar Gopaldas Agnihotri/Col. Latti | |||
| 1999 | Hu Tu Tu | Bhau | ||
| Kohram | Maj. Ajit Arya | |||
| 2000 | Gang | Abdul | ||
| Tarkieb | CBI Inspector Jasraj Patel | |||
| 2002 | Vadh | Dr. Arjun Singh | ||
| Shakti: The Power | Narasimha | |||
| 2003 | Bhoot | Inspector Liyaqat Qureshi | ||
| Darna Mana Hai | John Rodrigues | |||
| Aanch | Mahadev | |||
| 2004 | Ab Tak Chhappan | Inspector Sadhu Agashe | ||
| 2005 | Apaharan | Tabrez Alam | ||
| Pak Pak Pakaak | Bhutya | Marathi film | ||
| Bluffmaster! | Chandru Parekh | |||
| 2006 | Taxi No. 9211 | Raghav Shastri | ||
| 2007 | Hattrick | Doctor | ||
| Dus Kahaniyaan | Man Carrying balloons for dead wife in the story "Gubbare" | |||
| Welcome | Don Uday Shetty | |||
| Yatra | Dasrath Joglekar | |||
| The Pool | Bunglow Owner | |||
| 2008 | Ek: The Power of One | CBI Officer Rane | ||
| Bommalattam | Film Director | Tamil Film | ||
| 2009 | Horn 'Ok' Pleassss | Govinda | ||
| 2010 | Paathshaala | Principal Aditya Sahay | ||
| Raajneeti | Brij Gopal | |||
| Tum Milo Toh Sahi | Subramanium | |||
| Yaksha | Police Officer | Kannada Film | ||
| 2011 | Shagird | Hanumant Singh | ||
| Deool | Bhau Galande | Marathi film | ||
| 2012 | Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal | brother | ||
| 2013 | The Attacks of 26/11 | Rakesh Maria, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime).[16][17] | ||
| It's My Life | Businessman | |||
| Hungame Pe Hungama | Jigar Bhaiya | |||
| 2014 | Dr. Prakash Baba Amte: The Real Hero | Dr. Prakash Amte | Marathi film | |
| Yashwantrao Chavan– Bakhar Eka Vaadalaachi | Pratap Deshmukh | Marathi film | ||
| 2015 | Ab Tak Chhappan 2 | Inspector Sadhu Agashe | ||
| Welcome Back | Uday Shetty | |||
| 2016 | Natsamrat | Ganpatrao Ramchandra Belwalkar | Marathi film | |
| The Jungle Book (Hindi) | Shere Khan (Voice) | |||
| 2016 | Tadka_(film) | Tukaram | Hindi Film |
Philanthropy
Nana Patekar known for his simple lifestyle[18] has been generous in donating to charities. He contributed money towards rebuilding of the flood ravaged villages in Bihar through the charitable organisation Anubhuthi.[19] All the monetary remuneration he obtained for his performance in the movie Paathshaala was donated by him to five different charitable organisations.[20] When he was awarded the Raj Kapoor award which carries a cash prize of Rs 10,00,000, he donated the entire amount towards drought relief activities in Maharashtra.[21] 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.[22][23]
References
- ↑ "Nana Patekar: I learnt acting from the hunger and humiliation I faced at 13 - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2015-08-26. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
- ↑ "Nana Patekar breaks his khamoshi". The Times of India (The Times Group). Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ↑ "Riveting persona". India Today (Living Media). Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ↑ "About Nana Patekar". Konkan World. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
- ↑ "Nana Patekar - Nana Patekar Biography". www.koimoi.com. Retrieved 2015-09-08.
- ↑ "Exclusive biography of #NanaPatekar and on his life.". Retrieved 2015-09-08.
- ↑ "DNAIndia News - Nana Patekar sets up Naam Foundation to fund drought relief for farmers".
- ↑ Army set to honour actor Nana Patekar with Lieutenant Colonel title
- ↑ "Nana Patekar — the new `shooting' star". The Hindu. 5 September 2004. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ↑ ABHAY (The Fearless) Children's Film Society India
- ↑ "Nana Patekar is just like Salman Khan: Shaurya Chauhan". Realbollywood.com. 2009-09-23. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
- ↑ "Nana Patekar’s generosity reciprocated". Realbollywood.com. 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
- ↑ "Nana Patekar gets Padma Shri". Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ↑ "Awards list". IMDB. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
- ↑ "Zee Cine Awards 2016 Complete Winners List: Who won what?". Daily News and Analysis. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ↑ "Nana Patekar essays Rakesh Maria in RGV's 26/11 film". Mid-day.com. 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
- ↑ "Ramu and Nana reunite after 10 years". Koimoi.com. 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
- ↑ "Nana Patekar believes in simple living". 2010-10-19. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
- ↑ "Nana Patekar donates to flood relief". 2013-11-28. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
- ↑ "Nana Patekar donates to charity". 2010-02-02. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
- ↑ "Patekar donates Raj Kapoor award money for drought relief". 2013-05-06. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
- ↑ "Nana Patekar gives aid to kin of farmers who committed suicide". 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
- ↑ "Nana Patekar donates to Widows Of Farmers In Drought-Struck Maharashtra". 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2015-09-13.
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