The Angry Man of Bollywood 'Nana Patekar'

Nana Patekar (Vishwanath Patekar ) born on 01 Jan 1951 in Murud-Janjira, Maharashtra, to Dinkar Patekar (a painter) and Sanjanabai Patekar. He is an alumnus of the Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai.

Nana Patekar acted in movies such as Gaman (1978), Ankush (1986), 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.

Patekar has played various type of roles. He played a truant, gambling son in Krantiveer (1994), a wife beater in Agni Sakshi (1996), a deaf father to his then off-screen lover Manisha Koirala in Khamoshi: The Musical (1996) and a schizophrenic in Wajood (1998). In the movie Ab Tak Chappan (2005) he plays a police officer who is a sharpshooter.

He has an honorary Captain's Rank from Indian Army. He underwent training for his role as a Army officer in the movie Prahaar. He was thus awarded the rank. He joined the Territorial Army (India) in early 90s. At the age of 54, he took up the sport of rifle shooting. He qualified for the G.V. Malvankar Championships.

He has also acted in couple of Marathi movies and plays. Nana is known to donate generously to the poor.

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