31 Facts About Nana Patekar

Nana Patekar is regarded as one of the finest and 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.

Nana Patekar was bestowed with the Padma Shri award in 2013 for his contribution in cinema and arts.

Nana Patekar acted in and made his directorial debut with Prahaar: The Final Attack.

Nana Patekar subsequently starred in and received critical acclaim for his performance in several commercially successful films of the 1990s, including Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman ; Angaar, for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Villain; Tirangaa ; Krantiveer, for which he won the National Film Award for Best Actor and the Filmfare Award for Best Actor.

Nana Patekar's gained widespread appreciation for playing a noted gangster Uday Shetty in the comedy Welcome and its sequel Welcome Back, and a politician in the political thriller Raajneeti.

Nana Patekar won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his performance.

Nana Patekar was born as Vishwanath Patekar in a Marathi family on 1 January 1951 in Murud-Janjira of present-day Raigad District, Maharashtra.

Nana Patekar is an alumnus of the Sir JJ Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai.

Nana Patekar has played the occasional villain, but has been a hero in most of his films.

Nana Patekar did the role of Nathuram Godse in the British television series Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy.

Nana Patekar had notable roles in Aaj Ki Awaz, Ankush, Pratighaat, Mohre, Trishagni, Awam and Sagar Sangam.

Nana Patekar was noticed by the mainstream Hindi Cinema for his portrayal of a crime lord in Parinda, for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and was awarded the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award.

Nana Patekar turned director with his movie Prahaar, co-starring Madhuri Dixit, for which he underwent training for his role as an Indian Army officer.

Nana Patekar played a truant, gambling son in Krantiveer, for which he won the National Film Award for Best Actor and won the Filmfare Award and the Star Screen Awards.

Nana Patekar portrayed the character of a ghost in the children's film Abhay, which won two awards at the 42nd National Film Festival held in 1994.

Nana Patekar co-starred with Rishi Kapoor in Hum Dono.

Nana Patekar played a sadist husband in Agni Sakshi, a deaf father to Manisha Koirala in Khamoshi, a gangster in Ghulam-E-Mustafa, an honest, but maverick cop in Yeshwant and a schizophrenic in Wajood.

Nana Patekar co-starred with Amitabh Bachchan in Kohram, where he played an undercover Indian Army intelligence officer chasing Bachchan's incognito.

Nana Patekar starred with Aditya Pancholi as the CBI director in the crime drama Tarkieb.

Nana Patekar played a taxi driver in Taxi No 9211.

Nana Patekar has done comic roles, such as in Welcome, in which he plays a powerful crime lord in Dubai who once desired to be an actor in films.

Nana Patekar acted in Prakash Jha's multi-star political drama film Raajneeti.

Nana Patekar did the voice acting for Sher Khan in the Hindi version of The Jungle Book.

Nana Patekar did some playback singing in the films Yeshwant, Wajood and Aanch.

Nana Patekar's father died of a heart attack when Nana was 28 and later Patekar lost his first son.

Nana Patekar was a chain smoker until he quit at the age of 56.

Nana Patekar is known for his simple lifestyle and his generosity in donating to charities.

Nana Patekar contributed money towards rebuilding of the flood ravaged villages in Bihar through the charitable organisation Anubhuthi.

Nana Patekar provided financial aid to families of farmers who committed suicide due to indebtedness brought about by drought.

Nana Patekar 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.

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