Vishwanath Nana Patekar (English: Vishwanath Nana Patekar, born: January 1, 1951, Murud-Janjira, Maharashtra) is an Indian film actor as well as writer and film producer. Nana Patekar is also doing social service by joining many organizations. He is the only actor to win Filmfare Awards in the categories of Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Villain. Everyone is a fan of his acting and that is why he has been honored with the National Film Award and Filmfare Award many times till date. He has also received the Padma Shri honour. He is quite famous in the industry for his style of delivering dialogues.
Vishwanath Patekar aka Nana Patekar is celebrating his birthday today on 1st January. The legendary actor was born on 1 January 1951 in Bombay. Nana Patekar is one of the most loved and brilliant actors of Indian cinema. Apart from his acting talent, Nana is also famous for film production and screenwriting. Not only this, he has also been honored with three National Awards and four Filmfare Awards and in 2013, he was also awarded the Padma Bhushan. Today on his birthday, let us tell you some interesting things about him.
Nana Patekar was born in 1951 in a Marathi family. Nana Patekar started his film career in a very difficult period and he has been working since the age of 13. Today his name is one of the most brilliant and memorable in Hindi and Marathi films. Nana Patekar told in Siddharth Kanan’s podcast that initially he used to walk only one mile a day and his earning was only Rs 35 per month and today he is worth crores. He started his career with a negative role in the film ‘Gaman’.
However, his first success came in 1986 when the audience liked him in his hit film ‘Ankush’. His signature style in the film won the hearts of the audience. Talking about Nana Patekar’s acclaimed films, he surprised everyone with his acting in films like Parinda, Krantiveer, Agni Sakshi, Tiranga, Khamoshi and Bhoot. Nana Patekar also received the National Award for Best Supporting Role in the film Agni Sakshi.
Due to his dialogue delivery and angry expressions, he was seen many times in the role of a police inspector in films. There was a time when people used to copy Nana’s dialogues. Similarly, he played the character of Uday Shetty in the film Welcome in such a way that the audience has not been able to forget him even today. Nana Patekar’s brilliant acting in Shagird, Taxi No. 9211, Ab Tak Chhappan was greatly appreciated by the audience.
In 2016, Nana Patekar did the Marathi film Natsamrat, the audience still remembers his acting in this classic film. Nana Patekar plays the role of a retired man in the film starring Vikram Gokhale and Medha Manjekar. In 1990, Nana Patekar joined the Indian Territorial Army as a Captain. He underwent army training for three years to play the role of a Major in his film Prahar – The Final Attack. At that time he worked with General VK Singh.
During the Kargil War in 1999, he left his acting career and joined the Maratha Light Infantry Regiment to contribute to the war. Recently Nana Patekar’s film Vanvas was released, which was directed by Anil Sharma.
