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Nana Patekar is an Indian actor, film director, and screenwriter who began his work period in 1978. Born in 1951 in Murud, which is also identified as Murud-Janjira in Maharashtra, he is a male who practices Hinduism. He is educated at the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art and speaks Hindi.
Patekar has received several awards, including the Filmfare Award for Best Actor, the National Film Award for Best Actor, and the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. He currently resides in Mumbai and Pune. His name in his native language is Nana Patekar.
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Murud-Janjira, Maharashtra, India
Nana Patekar is an Indian actor, writer and filmmaker who predominately appears in Bollywood movies. Patekar has played many types of roles. He has played the occasional villain but been a hero in most of his films.
Known for
- O'Romeo — Ismail Khan2026
- Subedaar — Nana Waghmare2026
- Shakti Shalini2026
- Sankalp — Kanhaiyalal2026
- The Confession — Father Benedict2025
- Housefull 5 — Dagdu Hulgund2025
- Ole Aale — Omkar Lele2024
- Vanvaas2024
- Gadar 2 — Narrator2023
- The Vaccine War — Dr. Balram Bhargava2023
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Key facts
- Born
- Vishwanath Patekar , ( 1951-01-01 ) 1 January 1951 (age 75) , Murud-Janjira , Bombay State , India
- Alma mater
- Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Arts
- Occupations
- Actor Screenwriter Film maker Army Officer
- Years active
- 1978–present
- Organization
- Naam Foundation
- Works
- Full list
- Spouse
- Neelkanti Patekar ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1978 )
- Awards
- Padma Shri (2013)
- Allegiance
- India
- Branch
- Indian Army
- Service years
- 1990– 2013
- Rank
- Honorary Lieutenant Colonel
- Unit
- Territorial Army , Maratha Light Infantry
- Conflicts
- 1999 Kargil War
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nana
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Murud
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art
- Languages spoken
- Hindi
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Image
- Nana patekar.jpg
- Height
- 1.73
- Residence
- Pune
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- Nana Patekar
- date of birth
- 1951-01-01
- name in native language
- Nana Patekar
- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Vishwanath Patekar (born 1 January 1951), better known as Nana Patekar, is an Indian actor, film maker, mainly working in Hindi and Marathi cinema. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in Indian Cinema, Patekar is recipient of three National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards, two Maharashtra State Film Awards and Filmfare Awards Marathi respectively for his acting performances. He was bestowed with the Padma Shri award in 2013 for his contribution in cinema and arts.
After making his acting debut in Bollywood with the 1978 drama Gaman, Patekar acted in a few Marathi films and some Bollywood films. After starring in the Academy Award-nominated Salaam Bombay in 1988, he won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the crime drama Parinda (1989). He then starred his directorial debut, Prahaar: The Final Attack (1991). Patekar subsequently starred in and received critical acclaim for his performance in several commercially successful films of the 1990s, including Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman (1992); Angaar (1992), for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Villain; Tirangaa (1993); Krantiveer (1994), for which he won the National Film Award for Best Actor and the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. Further acclaim came his way for Agni Sakshi (1996), for which he won his second National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor; and Khamoshi: The Musical (1996).
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