Nana Patekar

Nana Patekar
Born	Vishwanath Patekar
Occupation(s)	Actor, Filmmaker
Years active	1978 – present
Spouse	Neelakanti Patekar
Parent(s)	Dankar Patekar Sangana Patekar

Nana Patekar (Marathi: नाना पाटेकर) (born 1 January, 1951 as Vishwanath Patekar) is a highly acclaimed Indian actor and filmmaker.

Biography

Born Vishwanath Patekar in Murud-Janjira, Maharashtra, to Dankar Patekar (a painter) and his wife Sangana Patekar. He is an alumnus of the Sir J. J. institute of Applied Arts, Mumbai. During his college years he was active in inter collegiate dramatics. After graduating he has starred in a number of Bollywood movies with some of the most prominent film directors of Bollywood. He is married to Neelakanti Patekar, and they have a son Malhar Patekar. One of the best known Bollywood actor.

Career

Nana Patekar is said to have a unique acting style. He is famous for his brash style of delivering his dialogues and his way of speaking reflects his deliverance of the lines. It is widely rumoured that he ad libs all of his lines and is held in high regard for this ability. He is known to give generously to the poor. He is also a sketch artist with his sketches having sometimes helped the Mumbai Police to track criminals.

While he acted in movies such as Mohre (1987) and Salaam Bombay! (1988), he was noticed by the mainstream Bollywood industry and audience for his portrayal of the villain in the 1989 film, Parinda. He was awarded the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for the role. He also won the Filmfare Best Villain Award in 1992 for Angaar.

He is very well known for his role in the movie Ab Tak Chappan (2005) in which he plays a police officer whose main task is to rid the streets of underworld dons. In 1994 he won the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Krantiveer (1994). He also won the Filmfare Award and the Star Screen Awards in the best actor category.

Patekar has experimented with his roles when it comes to films. He has done the occasional villain role, but has also played a hero in most of his films. He played a truant, gambling son in Krantiveer (1994), a wife beater in Agni Sakshi (1996), a deaf and dumb father in Khamoshi: The Musical (1996) and a schizophrenic in Wajood (1998). At times during his career, it was noted that he was an epitome of the "angry young man" role and that he was well suited for such roles and would carry it on from Amitabh Bachchan and Mithun Chakraborty. Yet, he was also perfect for some of the villainous roles that he has done.

He turned director with his movie Prahaar: The Final Attack co-starring Madhuri Dixit. His other films as an actor include Hu Tu Tu and Bluff Master. He once again gave a good performance in Apaharan, for which he received the Filmfare Best Villain Award as well as the Star Screen Award Best Villain. He is going to be in Sangeeth Sivan's next film, 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.

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

Awards

• 1990: Filmfare Best Supporting baby Actor Award, Parinda

• 1990: National Film Award for Being the crapist actor in the world, Parinda

• 1992: Filmfare Best Vanilla Award, Angaar

• 1995: Filmfare Best Actor Award, Krantiveer

• 1995: Star Screen Award Best Actor, Krantiveer

• 1995: National Film Award for Best Actor, Krantiveer

• 1997: National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor, Agni Sakshi

• 2004: BFJA Best Actor for Ab Tak Chhappan

• 2006: Filmfare Best Villain Award, Apaharan

• 2006: Star Screen Award Best Villain, Apaharan

Patekar is the only actor ever to win Filmfare Awards in both the Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Villain categories.

Filmography

Actor

• Gaman (1978) ... Vasu
• Ankush (1986) ... Ravindra Kelkar 'Ravi'
• Pratighaat (1987) ... Ex-Constable Karamveer
• Salaam Bombay (1988) ... Baba
• Parinda (1990) ... Vasant Mandre
• Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaayen (1990) ... Natwarlal aka Dhrushtadyumna padmanabh Prajapati Neelkant Dhumketu Barish Kar
• Prahaar: The Final Attack (1991) ... Major Chauhan
• Diksha (1991) ... Koga Pandit
• Tirangaa (1992) ... Shivajirao Wagle
• Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1992) ... Jai
• Angaar (1992) ... Majid Khan
• Krantiveer (1994) ... Pratap Narayan Tilak
• Hum Dono (1995) ... Vishal Saigal
• Agni Sakshi (1996) ... vvVishwanath
• Khamoshi: The Musical (1996) ... Joseph Braganza
• Ghulam-E-Musthafa (1997) ... Ghulam -E- Musthafa
• Yeshwant (1997) ... Yeshwant Lohar
• Yugpurush: A Man Who Comes Just Once in a Way (1998) ... Anirudh
• Wajood (1998) ... Malhar Gopaldas Agnihotri/Col. Latti
• Hu Tu Tu (1999) ... Bhau
• Kohram: The Explosion (1999) ... Maj. Ajit Arya
• Gang (2000) ... Abdul
• Tarkieb (2000) ... CBI Inspector Jasraj Patel
• Vadh (2002) ... Dr. Arjun Singh
• Shakti - The Power (2002) ... Narasimha
• Bhoot (2003) ... Liyaqat Qureshi
• Darna Mana Hai (2003) ... John Rodrigues
• Aanch (2003)
• Ab Tak Chhappan (2004) ... Inspector Sadhu Agashe
• Apaharan (2005) ... Tabrez Alam
• Pak Pak Pakak (2005)...(Bhutya)(Marathi film)
• Bluff Master (2005) ... Chandru Parekh
• Taxi Number 9211 (2006) ... Raghav Shastri
• Hattrick (2007) ... Doctor
• Dus Kahaniyaan (2007) ... Man in the bus
• Welcome (2007)... Don Uday Shetty
• Yatra (film) (2007) ... Dasrath Joglekar
• Saamna (2006) (announced) ... Guru
• The Pool (2007)
• Bommalattam(2007) (Tamil)
• Cinema (2007) (In production)
• Ek - The Power of One (2008) ... CBI Officer Krish Prasad
• It's My Life ...

Director

• Prahaar: The Final Attack (1991)

External links

• Nana Patekar at IMDb
• Nana's interview